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Yo, Conan, we got yer back!

The Internet has voted, and it's supporting Conan O'Brien in his struggle against NBC.



Tens of thousands of people have taken to their Twitter feeds and Facebook pages — a wired army, indeed — to vent their outrage about Mr. O'Brien's proposed move to 12:05 a.m. The comments heated up on Tuesday afternoon after Mr. O'Brien said that he would not move "The Tonight Show" to that time period, setting the stage for a possible exit from NBC.

"Hey, NBC said they wanted drama at 10," Jay Leno joked on Monday night. "Now they've got it."

Adopting a piece of pop culture terminology, people are placing themselves on "Team Conan." Twitter’s search engine shows thousands of results for the hash tag #teamconan, from users taking Mr. O'Brien's side in the public standoff. The opposing hashtag #teamjay has had only a handful of mentions. Mr. O'Brien, it would seem, is more popular among the tech-savvy users of Twitter, even if they don’t tune into his nightly program.

See a Shrink

Rare footage of tribal headshrinking?



What could be the only footage of an actual human headshrinking ceremony in South America--which shows heads being boiled and dried--may be real, says an explorer in a new documentary.

Blame Game

"Rich people pay Fox people to make middle class people blame poor people."

Comedian John Fugelsang on Friday's Stephanie Miller Show.

The Daily Snow

Jon Stewart calls CNN on their bullshit.

On his Monday Daily Show, Stewart skewered CNN for tearing apart a comedy skit when they don't even bother to fact check their own guests.

"You fact checked an SNL sketch?" Stewart remarked. "That's what you fact checked?... You got together, did some research, and put together a report on a Saturday Night Live Sketch?

"While you were doing your research did you also find that sharks live in water and don't deliver candy grams. That there's no African American equivalent of Mr. Rogers? And that the majority of boxes don't have dicks in them?"

In Jon We Trust

Jon Stewart America's most trusted anchor?

Dinner is Served

I finally caught that episode of No Reservations where Anthony goes to Saudi Arabia.

What the Beck?

Glenn Beck is a crazy, blubbering freak.

In announcing a project that calls for Americans to turn back to the "9 founding principals and the 12 eternal values," conservative Fox host Glenn Beck repeatedly reduced himself to tears. Agitated and emotional, Beck declared, "I'm turning into a frickin' televangelist."

The Fear Years

8 Years of Fear, a documentary from Russia Today.

USA

Check out this new TV spot for the USA network.

Belated Bill

The censored Bill Hicks segment airs on Letterman.



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More TV

3D TV is coming. Seems like everyone's gone television crazy lately.

Transcendental Medication

CNN on the lasting positive effects of "magic mushrooms":



I haven't shroomed in years. Now I'm tempted...

Fox Sux

Fox News ticker: 'Let's hope the magic negro does a good job'

During it's broadcast from New York City, the network encouraged viewers to send in text messages which, if approved by moderators, would scroll across the Fox ticker at the bottom of the screen.

Moderators, however, let this one slip: "HAPPY NEW YEAR AND LET’S HOPE THE MAGIC NEGRO DOES A GOOD JOB. LOVE JEN AND JOHN C."

"Slip," meaning the comment either just 'got past' a negligent moderator, or said moderator thought it was appropriate for broadcast.

Chip Saltsman, a candidate to lead the Republican National Committee, distributed a CD to RNC members containing the parody song "Barack the Magic Negro," that has been a source of loud, public GOP infighting over the holiday season.

Jizzed In My Pants

I watch SNL religiously but I must have missed this one!

Message

Television network guilty of using subliminal advertising.

"rapid-cut graphics used in the program was a technique that attempted to convey information to viewers below or near the threshold of normal awareness"

They Don't Make 'Em Like This Anymore

Tune in to the Classic Sci-Fi Channel and watch the classics online.