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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Your Final Upfronts Recap: A Look at the Week in Pics, Including Outkast, Neon Trees, Alan Cumming's Nipples and Rizzoli & Isles' Selfie

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Another week in New York for the annual network upfronts -- when the big dogs pimp their new TV wares to advertisers -- is now long over. But before it's a distant memory and we start watching pilots, here's a quick look at some snapshots from the week that helped coin "eventize" as a new catch phrase and ended several major TV streaks (Most notably: CBS will enter fall without a comedy on Mondays at 9 p.m. for the first time since 1948 -- with a bit of an asterisk in 1988, when the TV writers' strike delayed fall.) Above, Seth Meyers opens NBC's upfront

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NBC sales chief Linda Yaccarino touts NBC's return to No. 1

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Fred Armisen and the 8G Band perform at the NBC upfront

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NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt at the NBC upfront

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"The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon at the NBC upfront

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Fallon awards Carson Daly the "Even Whiter Ryan Seacrest" title

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Fallon also has a gag for NBC Universal boss Steve Burke

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Pitbull, who will host Fox's New Years Eve special this year, opens the Fox upfront

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Fox Entertainment Chairman Kevin Reilly proclaims Fox as "America's Next Generation Network"

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Fox calls on Andy Samberg to provide a few yuks. First up: Fox's new research system, the "E.N.E.M.A.S."

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Also, a few new shows on the horizon, according to Samberg: First up, CBS' "CSI: Mike & Molly." (Everyone's still making "CSI" jokes, 14 years later!)

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Also: "CSI: CSI Production Offices"

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At ABC, Samberg offers up "The Disney Butt Implant Funtime Hour"

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CBS reveals its schedule at its annual morning breakfast, the Wednesday of Upfronts

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Another tradition: Turner's annual Wednesday post-upfront lunch. Here, my table mates Eric McCormack ("Perception"), Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander ("Rizzoli & Isles") take a selfie.

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At Carnegie Hall, Alan Cumming performs at the CBS upfront.

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David Letterman gives his farewell at his final upfronts appearance.

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Neon Trees performs at The CW's upfront.



And of course, you can see my whole collection of pics from Adult Swim's Outkast concert here.

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