My Nasty, Brutish and Short TV Career

Dang. And I thought that the freelance newspaper biz was rough!

Today came word that NewsONE at 9, the Emmy-winning one-hour local daily newscast helmed by anchor Jeff Gillan on Las Vegas One, was canceled effective immediately. That is, they halted the newscast the day before I was to film my first celebrity-interview segment.

Actually, I was supposed to start last week but then that got scuttled by the timing of the Wynn-Garth news conference and my obligation to cover that. Now it'll never happen, at least not in that format.

I feel awful for Jeff Gillan, a terrific anchor who will surely find another broadcast home in Las Vegas. But I'm also marveling about how this recession now hasn't just wreaked havoc on my print career but also my non-existent TV one. Sigh.

All Danny Gans, All The Time

In case you missed it, here's my KNPR radio appearance with several other Vegas entertainment journalists and Gans' manager, Chip Lightman, yesterday on the death of Danny Gans. Last night, I also appeared on Las Vegas One with anchor Jeff Gillan and Greenspun Media guru John Katsilometes last night. Watch it below.



If you want to hear the full 2006 interview with Gans from "The Strip" that Gillan excerpted in that discussion, you can hear it by clicking here or download by right-clicking on here. I just finished my column for the Las Vegas Weekly on Gans and will post it when it is published on Thursday.