Daily Profile: Brian Williams

Who: The robotic, massively-chinned newsman has been the anchor of the NBC Nightly News since 2004.

Brian Williams, the king of cameos—on NBC, at least—has put another notch in his comedic belt. On tonight's episode of 30 Rock, Williams (and NBC News' Andrea Mitchell) showed up to hilariously "report" on Liz Lemon's faux dalliances.

Jimmy Fallon and Jon Hamm talked about the time Hamm was asked to do a part that had previously been promised to Brian Williams on Saturday Night Live. According to them, Brian Williams is creepy,obsessed, and has stalking tendencies.

If Brian Williams decides your nickname is Meeks, then your nickname is Meeks. The only girl in the boys' club also known as Morning Joe doesn't seem to be getting any help from the peanut gallery.

Alleged President Obama sat down with 30 Rock cast member Brian Williams on Sunday to talk about some... French city? Or something? Who even knows?? Because the important part is that Obama once again rejected the demands of millions of reasonable Americans, who are just naturally suspicious of this black fellow claiming to be president. See, Obama told Williams that he "can't spend all of my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead." Oh, and why is that, "Mister" "President"? Most likely because you can't plaster something to your forehead... if it doesn't exist.

When it comes to NBC's news-reading Ken doll Brian Williams, we rarely get to see anything below the waist. That's a shame because he says that he's keeping something (ahem) big from viewers.

Tonight, David Letterman welcomed Brian Williams to his show. For the first four minutes of their chat, Letterman did nothing but talk about Jay Leno—his voice, cars, etc.—and implore Williams not to appear on his show. Video inside.

Allison Williams, daughter of news anchor Brian Williams and former student at Yale, plays a sexy TA in College Musical, a production starring fellow Yale student and YouTube star Sam Tsui.

After soundly beating the Nightly News team in a friendly softball game, the Today Show hosts rub it in a bit more by calling it a "journalism spanking" and mocking Brian Williams's attempt at embarrassing them.

Nearly three months after the last time he appeared with Jimmy Fallon on Late Night to "slow jam the news," Brian Williams stopped by tonight to participate in a musical number about renewable energy... and bi-curiousness. The chuckle-worthy video, inside.

Brian Williams is officially the king of cameos. Tonight, Williams joined Jimmy Fallon to slow jam the news on Late Night, and what resulted was a hilariously inappropriate, dick joke-laden retelling of the health care reform bill's passing. Video inside.

When he's not anchoring the NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams likes to make cameos. In the last week, he's appeared on both The Daily Show and Saturday Night Live. His cameo on tonight's episode of 30 Rock? LEGENDARY. Video inside.

Yesterday, we wondered if it was possible for Zach Galifianakis to not be funny. If tonight's SNL is any indication, the answer is a definitive "No." Inside, video of Galifianakis "dropping by the set" of a host of NBC shows.

Tonight, Jon Stewart finally—and brilliantly—jumped on the Chatroulette bandwagon. Stewart mocked the media's obsession with the Internet's newest fad, before trying it out himself—and running into Diane Sawyer, Keith Olbermann, Katie Couric, Brian Williams and others. Video inside.

Paris' aunts join the family fameball, Conan invites Dave Letterman on his show, Heidi Montag's boobs almost get her kidnapped, Brian Williams envies Matt Lauer's abs. Thursday's gossip is one Hilton short of shooting the moon.

NBC Nightly News took an uncharacteristically personal turn tonight, as anchor Brian Williams opened the broadcast with the news that Mark McGwire admitted past steroid use today in a letter to his former team. Inside, video of Williams' surprising statement.

In softball! The Daily Show played the NBC Nightly News last night, and even the bosses showed up. Fake news beat real news, 12 to 2.

Jay Leno shared some details about the format of his new show with the press today. Among the "highlights": celebrities racing "green" cars, pre-taped Daily Show type segments, and Brian Williams will be a show regular.

• Reed Elsevier is planning to sell a bunch of publications, including Broadcasting & Cable, Publishers Weekly and Multichannel News. [THR]
• Rodale's president and CEO, Steve Murphy, has resigned. [Gawker]
• Disney reports third-quarter profit fell 26 percent from the same quarter a year ago. Sony posted a loss for the quarter, as well. [AP, Reuters]
• Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia reported a loss, but beat estimates. [NYP]
• TLC's been having a pretty good year, in case you haven't heard. [LAT]
• Amy Poehler is coming back to SNL. Just part-time, though. [Vulture]
• Maria Bartiromo has locked in a new five-year contract with CNBC. [VF]
• Dustin "Screech" Diamond's tell-all memoir will be published, after all! [NYO]