Today's top TV news including Jimmy Kimmel's new timeslot, The Office's cancellation and a Days of our Lives return.
— Nick Offerman is donating Ron
Swanson’s mustache to charity. Click here
to find out how you could own it.
— More Americans watch Late Night with
Jimmy Fallon before going to bed than any
other talk show.
— Speaking of talk shows, ABC is reshuffling
its late night lineup. Jimmy Kimmel Live will
move to the 11:35 p.m. slot beginning Jan. 8th, going up against NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and CBS’s
Late Show with David Letterman. Nightline will move into the 12:35 a.m.
slot but will also have an addition primetime airing on Fridays.
— NBC will shut
down The Office in May. Executive
producer Greg Daniels insists there
will be some big
twists/revelations before the finale. The Dwight-centric spin-off, The Farm, is still a go.
— Kelly Ripa’s new co-host for Live! will be announced
on air on Sept. 4th… TMZ seems to think
it’ll be former NFLer Michael Strahan.
— Could Kanye West be joining
Mariah Carey and rumoured Nicki Minaj on American Idol? Meanwhile, Mariah wants
Lenny Kravitz to join.
— Abby Elliot is leaving Saturday Night Live…which has its season
premiere on Sept. 15th.
— Soap Opera Digest is reporting
that The Bold and the Beautiful’s Susan Flannery (Stephanie) will be
sticking around the soap. Yesterday, outlets reported
that the Forrester matriarch would be retiring.
— Days of our Lives is bringing back
Nadia Bjorlin’s Chloe. Per TV
Guide, the actress begins taping in late September and will start
airing on Jan. 4, 2013.
