Tonight, November 8th, is a big red-headed letter date for us pop culturists.
Sure, it's a Two and A Half Men night and it's fun watching Charlie Sheen while wondering he's got a hooker stashed in his trailer..
...and then there's Brandy on Dancing With the Stars who's looking fabulous in a kind of Princess Diana of Themyscira outfit that could easily look like a macrame hanging plant holder on anyone else's body.
And last, and kind of boringly least, there's The Event -which I haven't watched in weeks and has made LOST seem a vision of coherence by comparison. Don't you think adding Hal Holbrook just makes you miss Dixie Carter somehow? She rail on about the conspiracy a lot more entertainingly I think.
But I'm saving my television time for 11pm and the return of Team Coco on TBS, Conan O'Brien's new late night talk show appropriately just called Conan. You know, like Rhoda.
It's a given that Coco got more out of getting fired than had he stayed. Sure, The Tonight Show is a great gig and public humiliation is never fun (just ask the Quaid family) but the amount of press (and support, which has always seemed larger than his actual ratings) is sure to fuel an amazing first night's ratings. But what about the second? Third? Next week? Next month? Will you be watching for a bit of lookie-loos or because you're actually a fan?
Ironically, Jay Leno's counter-programmed guest is none other than Arnold Schwartznegger. And what's one of Arnold's movies? Well, Conan of course. Perfect.
