After 16 years of filming Late Night with Conan O'Brien, tonight the redheaded funnyman begins his new gig as the host of The Tonight Show. He'll be joined by Will Ferrell, musical guest Pearl Jam, and will have former Late Night co-host Andy Richter by his side once more.

In anticipation of his Tonight debut, many of Conan's celebrity friends--including 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin, Apprentice host Donald Trump, and others--offered words of encouragement and advice to O'Brien, who will have all of America watching to see how he makes the gig his own.

As O'Brien recently told the New York Times, "There's an opportunity to put my stamp on this show. I've got an ego, and I want to do my Tonight Show."

After its initial announcement last month about the shows it would pick up, today NBC revealed its official 2009-2010 schedule and also made several official cancellations.

My Name is Earl and Medium are both gone, though there are possibilities that both shows could be picked up by rival networks.  For My Name is Earl, it's especially difficult since the season ended with a cliffhanger.

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Why is Tracy (Tracy Morgan) causing city-wide mayhem?  Will Jack (Alex Baldwin) and Elisa (Salma Hayek) take the next big step in their relationship?  Find out when Salma Hayek, Larry King and Meredith Vieira guest star.

The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were held Sunday night at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. All the big-name actors and actresses were there to honor and celebrate their fellow players in film and television. Slumdog Millionaire continued their Cinderella story, winning the award for Best Ensemble Cast in film, while 30 Rock, Mad Men and John Adams continued to garner high praise in the television categories.

Read on for the full list of winners, as well as BuddyTV's picks for the Best and Worst Dressed stars at the Screen Actors Guild Awards 2009!

Producers of 30 Rock have searched far and wide to find Frank Rossitano's mother and now, they've finally found their woman. According to Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello, legendary Broadway actress Patti Lupone has just been hired to play the resident pigpen's mom.

Lupone is perhaps best known for her role as Eva Perón in the 1979 musical Evita.  Her much-lauded performance earned her a 1980 Tony Award for leading actress in a musical, among other honors.  Apart from being a theater actress, Lupone also worked in films like Summer of Sam, Driving Miss Daisy, King of the Gypsies, Nancy Savoca's 24 Hour Woman, Family Prayers, Bad Faith, and City by the Sea.  On TV, she appeared as Libby Thatcher the television drama Life Goes On and was nominated twice for an Emmy Award for the tele-film The Song Spinner, and her guest appearance on Frasier.  Most recently, she appeared on Ugly Betty as the mother of Michael Urie's Marc.