The show is attempting to be innovative - but it’s not working. The hosts step all over each other, the segments aren’t laid out well (after a long piece on whether the story behind the Amityville Horror is real, Lisa finally said “frankly, I don’t even know why we are doing this segment.” She’s not the only one).

The TVSpy kids aren’t big fans either.

Broadcasting & Cable’s BCBeat reports that NBC’s Matt Lauer will host a series of specials looking at the 100 Greatest Americans. NBCU Entertainment is producing the summer series for the Discovery Channel.

It sounds like a cross between American Idol and Biography.

JohnnyDollar shares a nice video clip with a classic Shepard Smith moment.

“FoxFans gotta’ have this… Fox around the clock. That’s what the haters need.”

MSNBC’s Ron Reagan is pissed that Ryan Seacrest has a star on the Hollywod Walk of Fame, while Howard Hughes, Francis Ford Coppola, John Denver and Lon Chaney Jr. do not.

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ran a clip of Bob Kur — preparing for a live shot on MSNBC earlier this week. He was clearing his voice and making somewhat odd movements with his lips. I’ve seen dozens of reporters prepare for live shots, and this wasn’t at all unusual. Jay thought it was funny, and broadcast it on Tonight.

The clip ran during MSNBC News Force programming today, and Alison Stewart even said it had been “making the rounds” at MSNBC’s NJ HQ.

A cut-down version ran again during Countdown’s top three sound bites segment Thursday. In the in-break promotion cluster, Keith apologized to Kur, and said it should not have been on Tonight — and it certainly shouldn’t have been on Countdown. He said he didn’t know it was coming, and seemed quite upset that it was on the show.