Did you know that Conan O'Brien's debut as host of The Tonight Show was last night? If not, a) who are you? and b) don't worry, there are plenty of reviews this morning! Nearly every moment is examined and then stuffed into the larger context of What This Means for Late Night Television. This kind of analysis is especially useful if you are a fan of Conan but don't have access to a television and/or the flash video parts of the internet. But, to be honest, after watching last night I have no idea if Conan will be a success; or if anything he did in his first hour will come to define the next 10-15 years of the Tonight Show franchise. It's simply too early to tell. Disagree? You obviously have not yet read the early reviews of other events throughout the great scope of history that I have so generously assembled for you below. READ MORE

On Tuesday (or whatever Tuesday is called in Canada) the National Post's Robert Fulford equated the life of a television show to that of an art movement, or the history of a civilization. All three of these, he said, feature periods primitive, classic, baroque, and decadent. You probably had to actually show up for more than 25% of your sophomore year art history gen ed req in order to be able to define those terms, but the argument is nevertheless sound. However, it's more of an argument for why procedural television is stupid. READ MORE

Blair and Nate are walking down the street and Blair makes a whiny joke about New York University admitting people she would not fuck with Kristen Chenoweth's dick. Then my phone rings, so I get up and leave the room because my brother is still watching. He has to go to bed early because he goes to work at 6 a.m. so it would be rude to make him pause the show and wait for me to finish my phone call. I miss most of the exposition. Speaking of my brother, he was walking down our block Sunday night when a man approached and asked, "Do you recognize me?" READ MORE