Skating On Thin Ice

NBC executive, Jeff Zucker is threatening to "ice" Conan O'Brien for refusing the 12:05 Tonight Show start, by enforcing a 3 1/2 year no-compete clause, which will halt a potential move to FOX....daaaaaayum, grounded until 2013! As far as Jeff Zucker goes, he has no spine...or neck for that matter!

Ole' Christmas Tree, Ole' Christmas Tree

NBC producers, writers and technicians were close to pulling the plug on the network's annual broadcast of the lighting of the Christmas tree celebration in Rockefeller Center Wednesday night due to a contract dispute....Rats, you mean I was almost treated to another 2 hours of Jay Leno?