So I spend all night thinking about how I'm gonna work in the Up & Adam piece. The questions were already worked out, the Up & Adam open was already on tape and ready to go. Just like last time I was gonna get a few questions about the season, what I liked best - and specifically about all the sets we'd been on. My answer was that we certainly have been having fun from The Price is Right to Young and the Restless - but the most fun was my own late night talk show. She would make some comment, and I would mention the test show on YouTube. Then she'd ask what I thought of the bands and my answer would again involve the advice to the bands of using the exposure, win or not, to turn it into more. This exchange kept me up all night. LOL. You just want to be sure you say what you need and get hits on the test show. That was key.

Then I talk to Julie who says we're now going right into the announcement - the entire interview is cut. Shelly (Steve's replacement) had told her that morning. Not even a question about the bands. I was noticeably frustrated and Julie goes: "Is that alright?". Now she seemed sincere when she asked me that - but she had to know, that of course that wasn't cool, and of course I have no say in the matter. And for a second I toyed with the idea of actually saying no to see if anything would change, but I ended up sarcastically yelling:  "Of course it's not alright damnit!" and we all giggled and went ahead with cutting the whole interview.

The piece was smooth, not a whole lot to it. It was over in about a minute and it was clear what was happening to Living Room Live. It really kills me that the winning band gets this "light" version. If I'm even asking the questions Monday I guarantee it's no more than 2 or 3, they'll chop their song down and then - zap we're out. It's just politics, and as I said before you don't ever take on someone else's pet project as your own once their gone... but it's a piece we've been doing for 13 weeks - to shortchange the end really stings.