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Bobb'e J. Thompson claims Tracy Morgan mistreated him on the set of their old sitcom back in the 2000s -- alleging the dude was a straight-up bully ... all 'cause the kid was funny.

The former child actor -- who costarred alongside Tracy in "The Tracy Morgan Show" between 2003 and 2004 -- hopped on the Comedy Hype podcast to make his claims ... and he details a pretty disturbing story about how he says Morgan dealt with him back in those days.

Based on the way Bobb'e describes the alleged tale, it's a little hard to decipher if this was just a one-off, or if happened repeatedly -- but he claims Tracy had severely berated him.

Tamron Hall's show is the hottest thing on television -- and we mean that quite literally ... because a fire broke out backstage ... and forced the entire building to skedaddle.

The talk show host went live Wednesday morning in an unconventional fashion -- more somber than usual with no graphic backing her onstage ... and the reason for that is because there was an emergency on set at ABC Studios in NYC.

Check out the clip ... Hall explains a grease fire in the kitchen forced her staff and the show's audience to evacuate entirely, and brought multiple firetrucks to the scene.

El programa de Tamron Hall es lo más caliente en televisión en este momento y lo decimos literalmente, pues un incendio detrás del escenario obligó a todo el edificio a salir arrancando.

La presentadora del programa de entrevistas fue en vivo el miércoles en un look poco convencional, más sombrío de lo habitual, sin apoyo gráfico detrás de ella, y la razón fue porque había una emergencia en el set en los estudios de ABC en Nueva York.

Echa un vistazo al clip, Hall explica que un incendio en la cocina obligó a su personal y al público del programa a evacuar del lugar mientras llegaban varios camiones de bomberos.

LeVar Burton is officially in on the game ... 'cause after lengthy contract negotiations he's sealed the deal on his gig with "Trivial Pursuit," TMZ has learned.

Network sources tell us LeVar has officially locked in the deal to host and executive produce the revived version of the game show for The CW -- this after he and his team had been in negotiations with the network since last fall.

We're told LB will be in New York Thursday at the Nexstar/CW upfronts where the news will become official to the world.

El hermano de Kate Hudson dice que engañó a su esposa antes de casarse hace casi 20 años, y aunque dice que se salió con la suya en ese entonces, ya lo ha confesado todo.

El actor Oliver Hudson hizo la revelación esta semana en el podcast 'Sibling Revelry', que tiene junto a su hermana, donde explicó que no mucho antes de casarse con Erinn Bartlett en 2006, le estaba siendo infiel.

Él explica: "Cuando me comprometí, algo sucedió psicológicamente y entré en una espiral y fui infiel y estaba engañando y estaba loco. Nunca me pillaron. Le conté todo porque no podía vivir conmigo mismo y casarme y estar casado y tener hijos con este tipo de peso".

Kate Hudson's brother says he cheated on his wife before they got hitched nearly 20 years ago -- and while he says he got away with it back then ... he has since come clean.

Oliver Hudson -- an actor himself -- made the revelation this week on his and his sister's podcast 'Sibling Revelry' ... explaining that not long before he married Erinn Bartlett in 2006, he was being unfaithful.

He explains ... "When I got engaged, something happened psychologically, and I spiraled, and I was unfaithful, and I was cheating, and I was crazy. I never got caught. I told her everything because I couldn't live with myself and get married and be married and have children with this sort of weight."

Drake Bell is coming to the defense of child actors' parents whose kids might've been mistreated at Nickelodeon ... saying they too were just as exposed and naïve.

During a panel this week after a screening of 'Quiet on Set' ... DB spoke up on behalf of all the moms and dads who've been getting dragged through the coals in the aftermath of the docuseries ... with many saying they did a poor job of protecting their kids.

He says a lot of the parents who were in the mix back then were just as inexperienced as their children when it came to showbiz -- and were learning as they went too.

Drake Bell está defendiendo a los padres de los niños que podrían haber sido sufrido maltratos en Nickelodeon, diciendo que ellos estaban tan expuestos y desprevenidos.

Durante un panel de esta semana, realizado luego de la proyección de "Quiet on Set", Drake Bell habló en nombre de todas las madres y padres que han sido criticados a raíz de la docuserie por hacer un mal trabajo en proteger a sus hijos.

Él dice que muchos de los padres que estaban en el set eran tan inexpertos como sus hijos en lo que respecta al mundo del espectáculo y estaban aprendiendo sobre la marcha.

Conan O'Brien took a trip down memory lane in his return to late-night TV, telling Jimmy Fallon it felt "weird" coming back to the NBC building and joking about how Kelly Clarkson hijacked his studio.

The former host showed up Tuesday as a guest on "The Tonight Show," sitting down with Jimmy for an interview in which the comedian mostly reminisced about his time at the network.

At one point, Conan started talking about how strange it was to be back on "this floor" after hosting "Late Night" from 1993 to 2009 at NYC's Rockefeller Center. He then took the reins of "The Tonight Show" in L.A. before he was fired after just 7 months in 2010.

1:40 PM PT -- Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... these balls do not belong to Tommy Lee.

We're told Tommy Lee had, in fact, posted this video on his socials -- but only after it was sent to him ... at which point he posted it, but deleted it a short time later. In other words, these testes aren't Tommy's ... despite the rumors that are going around.

That's one fella ruled out!

That's NOT the moon blocking the light -- one Mexican TV station's solar eclipse coverage Monday was totally nuts, as in the pair of testicles that somehow ended up on the screen ... and they might be famous!

We hope your week is speeding by .... but here are some TMZ TV hot takes if you need a little pick-me-up.

First up on "TMZ Live," Charles and Mike discuss Billy Dee Williams' surprising stance on blackface ... as the 'Star Wars' alum told Bill Maher he believes actors should be allowed to do "anything."

BernNadette Stanis is weighing in on the controversy surrounding the new "Good Times" cartoon ... and yeah, she isn't real happy with this one.

We got the original 'Good Times' star -- who played Thelma Evans on the OG show -- and she came on 'TMZ Live' Tuesday to tell us how she felt about Netflix's rebooted animated series ... which many have called somewhat backwards in its portrayal of a new generation.

Check it out ... BernNadette says she was actually approached about being involved in the show when she first told about it -- but in the end, it doesn't sound like it came to fruition.

Conan O'Brien is looking forward to his return to "The Tonight Show" 14 years after his messy exit ... telling TMZ there's no bad blood, and that he's excited to hit the stage again.

We caught up with the comedian outside the Whitby Hotel in NYC Tuesday -- just as he was on his way to film his 'TS' appearance at 30 Rock -- where he told us how he was feeling heading into his highly-anticipated late-night comeback.

As Conan puts it ... he's jazzed to be in front of the camera again in that environment -- as he has nothing but fond memories about his time there, which is interesting considering he was fired by NBC in 2010 ... and rather unceremoniously too.

A woman who appeared on "The Howard Stern Show" once upon a time got into an ugly tussle with her boyfriend while driving ... something she live streamed and got arrested for.

Elisa Jordana -- a singer/model/writer who appeared with Howard Stern and co. back in the early 2010s -- had a live video of herself up and running Monday ... which showed her in the car with a guy who went on to tell police he was her boyfriend.

In the video, which was live-streamed for several minutes, Elisa and this dude in the passenger seat could be seen bickering back and forth ... and eventually, things turned violent.

Jay Leno has officially been named the conservator for his wife, Mavis, amid her battle with dementia ... TMZ has confirmed.

The former 'Tonight Show' host was granted the conservatorship of his longtime spouse in a hearing in Los Angeles on Tuesday, where -- according to People -- Mavis' lawyer spoke in favor of Jay taking on the official role of looking out for his wife's best interests.

A judge also reportedly praised the 73-year-old comedian for the care he has provided Mavis, who Jay married in November 1980.

La legendaria finca de Merv Griffin en La Quinta ha salido al mercado, según ha averiguado TMZ.

Y parece que el listado es tan emblemático como la estrella del difunto "Merv Griffin Show", ya que la casa cuenta con 7 residencias separadas, distribuidas a lo largo de 40 acres en la ciudad turística del desierto. Un afortunado comprador podría llamar a la inmensa propiedad su hogar si está dispuesto a desembolsar $36 millones por el inmueble.

Merv, que alguna vez fue el artista más rico de Hollywood después de vender su compañía de producción por $250m, al parecer transformó su morada fuera de Los Ángeles para parecerse a la famosa residencia de Yves St. Laurent en Marrakech.