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NBC’s panel at the Television Critics Association press tour opened up with a “surprise” that really wasn’t that surprising — in a “stunt that fell a bit flat”, Jay Leno impersonated Jimmy Kimmel impersonating a journalist last week at ABC’s panel. Confused enough? Leno, wearing a bald cap, was “rendered…unrecognizable” to the Los Angeles Times’ “Show Tracker” (and yeah, he pretty much is), and didn’t offer questions as jokes. Even NBC Entertainment co-president Marc Graboff didn’t recognize him in the green room before the event.
But Leno did show that he’s willing to be a good sport and suck up …read more

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Bits and pieces of press coverage of the summer TCA panels, broken into posts over the next couple of days:
“90210 2.0″: If most of the public heard about one thing that happened at the network panels overall, it’s that Shannen Doherty will be in the “Beverly Hills: 90210″ spinoff. Her publicist must be thrilled. People seem to overlook that there are, um, real teens in this show, and DVR Playground has a good look at them.  If you want to feel old, think about the fact that Shenae Grimes (who has Rob Estes and Lori McLoughlin as on-screen parents) was …read more

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