MSNBC's Rachel Maddow made a cameo on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" during a segment in which a copy of Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" escapes and goes rogue behind the scenes at NBC.
The fourth hour of the Today show got the SNL treatment again last night, with new castmember Jenny Slate taking over for Michaela Watkins playing Hoda Kotb.
• After the jump Darrel Hammond did his best Lou Dobbs (with a hint of Ted Koppel). "I wish only the best of my replacement John King aka Juan King. Let's not kid ourselves Seth, he says he's American but he's got that Latin tinge. With that fancy haircut, the well-tailored suits, possibly purchased with drug money."
Apparently, this is what Eric Cartman would look like if he were Glenn Beck and in charge of your elementary school announcements. Live Feed has more clips from last night's episode.
A couple of tvnewsers got the SNL treatment last night. Larry King, "the suspenders are prescription, they hold in my organs," and James Carville, "When I play monopoly and I win the beauty contest people don't yell 'hey you can't win a beauty contest, cryptkeeper. You ugly.'"
A TVNewser reader alerted us that their fancy Verizon FiOS cable system is apparently reverting to 10 years ago when Natalie Allen and Lou Waters anchored "CNN Today."
On Saturday Night Live's "Update Thursday," Jason Sudeikis delivered his Glenn Beck impression in a sketch about the Obama Sunday blitz and why the president didn't appear on FOX. Here's a clipped video of the segment:
You might have seen a video floating around from yesterday's "Glenn Beck" of the host tossing a frog into boiling water. It was faked. Beck spent seven minutes today explaining how he went Criss Angel on everyone:
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Wolf Blitzer had a rough night on the "Jeopardy! Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational" Thursday. Maybe it was the pressure or the bright lights or maybe it was just a slow clicker, but Blitzer finished Double Jeopardy with negative $4,600. Andy Richter won $68,000 for St. Jude Children's Hospital. Highlights via Politico:
Kind of makes you wonder how Jack Cafferty would react if his clicker wasn't working fast enough. Richter put together a behind-the-scenes video of his experience and Blitzer makes some appearances.