Late Show UK

If you’ve been missing the likes of The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and The Tonight Show since they disappeared off our TV screens here in the UK it’s not time to despair just yet as there is a workaround solution that will let you watch them live online legally and for free on their official websites despite them usually being blocked to UK users. Unfortunately, however, this “trick” doesn’t work on the CBS website for the Late Show With David Letterman.

The workaround will only function with Mozilla Firefox so if you don’t currently have it on your computer you can install it now and then install the Modify Headers add-on from the Mozilla website.

Once the Modify Headers add-on has been installed into Firefox it will want to close & re-open your Firefox window so allow it to do so, then click on the orange Firefox menu tab at the top left corner of the window and choose the Web Developer menu followed by Modify Headers. If you don’t have an orange Firefox menu tab click on Tools in the top menu of Firefox instead.

In the window that appears select Add in the first box then enter “X-Forwarded-For” in the second box (without the quotations) and finally enter “12.13.14.15″ in the third box (again, without the quotations). Leave the final box empty and click Add so it gets added to the list.

Once you see it in the list with a green circle next to it this confirms you have entered it successfully.

Make sure the Modify Headers option is switched on – if you have a red face icon with “Stop” written underneath it in the corner of the popup window then it is enabled, and if you have a greyed-out face icon with the word “Start” underneath then it’s disabled & you have to click that to switch it on.

With it enabled close the popup then go to one of the links below to get to the Full Episodes page for your desired show:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
The Colbert Report
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

If you find it stops working for some reason please make sure Modify Headers is still switched on whilst you’re on the webpage you’re trying to view the video on as sometimes the websites will try to automatically disable it when you browse to the page.

Jay Leno appeared in a couple of Super Bowl commercials last night.

He appeared alongside Halftime Show performer Madonna in one of the ads to promote The Tonight Show With Jay Leno:

Leno also had a brief appearance in the commercial for the Acura NSX car with Jerry Seinfeld – watch the extended version below:

CNBC Europe have made changes to their schedules this week, and as of yesterday (1st February) they are no longer airing The Tonight Show With Jay Leno according to the latest TV listings.

Jay Leno’s long-running talk show is replaced by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on CNBC Europe.

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon replaces all airings of The Tonight Show on the channel – the 11pm Monday-Friday timeslot (in a cutdown 30-minute timeslot) and the rerun slots on Saturdays & Sundays at 8pm and 8.45pm (full length 45-minute shows).

Fallon’s talk show will air on a one-show delay from NBC like The Tonight Show has done previously.

CNBC Europe have a brand new page for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on their website – click here. Their former page for The Tonight Show With Jay Leno has been removed from the website.

For the latest CNBC Europe TV listings click here to visit The Guardian’s website.

CNBC Europe is available on Sky channel 505 and Virgin Media channel 613.

Click here for our Where To Watch page for further details on how to watch your favourite talk shows.

President Barack Obama was interviewed on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno yesterday.

The US President was on a whirlwind three-day fundraising tour for elections next year.

The first part of the interview was the most serious, as Obama discussed the recent crisis in Libya, the war in Iraq and terrorist threats.

The second part of the interview was a bit more light-hearted as the President talked about his family’s TV viewing habits, giving up smoking since taking up office and wanting to give out candy at Halloween when Michelle always wants to promote healthy food instead.

Boston.com – “Obama to Leno: Libya a recipe for success”

President Obama is sitting down for an interview with Jay Leno on NBC’s Tonight Show this week.

The US President will stop by for a chat as part of his campaign trail for the upcoming elections.

This will be the fourth time Obama has appeared on The Tonight Show, and his second time on the show since becoming President.

In an unusual taping schedule, President Obama’s interview is being taped on the same day of broadcast. NBC Los Angeles reports there will be a “10:30 a.m. visit with Jay Leno”.

This late announcement of his appearance on The Tonight Show is presumably for security reasons.

President Barack Obama will be the only guest on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno tonight (Tuesday 25th October) on NBC.

The show will also air on CNBC this week as per the normal schedule.

NBC Los Angeles – “President Obama to Make Stop in Burbank for Visit With Jay Leno”
ABC News – “The Presidential Planner: Obama Sits Down With Jay Leno”

Sunday marked the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.

Everyone remembers the terrible events of that day in sunny New York as the World Trade Center was targeted, and the Pentagon in Washington was attacked, but do you recall how the talk shows handled the events after they came back on air many days after September 11th 2001?

The Late Show With David Letterman returned to CBS with its first new show since 9/11 on the 17th September 2001. Guests on the show were news anchor Dan Rather and TV personality (and regular Late Show favourite) Regis Philbin.

The most memorable part of this show (and also one of the most memorable in the history of the Late Show) was Dave’s very moving opening monologue talking about 9/11 and the people of New York:

News anchor Dan Rather was interviewed and famously asked Letterman to go to a commercial break when he broke down in tears part-way through the interview:

Regis Philbin was the final guest on this show:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart returned to Comedy Central with its first new show on the 20th September 2001 and provided another touching opening monologue similar to Letterman’s:

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno returned to NBC with its first new show around a week after the attacks. There still aren’t any video clips online for this episode but Wikipedia says:

“The first post-9/11 episode began with a still image of an American flag and a subdued opening without the usual opening credits. Leno’s monologue paid tribute to those who lost their lives and to firefighters, police and rescue workers across the US. Leno had questioned whether a show that regularly poked fun at the government could continue after the attacks, but in his monologue he explained that he saw the show as a respite from the grim news of the world, akin to a cookie or glass of lemonade handed to a firefighter. Senator John McCain and the musical group Crosby, Stills, and Nash were featured guests. For an extended period after the attack, a short clip of a large American flag waving was shown in between the announcement of the musical guest and Leno’s introduction during the opening montage”.

Late Night With Conan O’Brien returned at around the same time as The Tonight Show:

The Late Show With David Letterman has beaten Leno in the ratings for the first time since Leno’s return to The Tonight Show.

Scott Collins of the Los Angeles Times says “Letterman averaged 3.8 million total viewers, compared with 3.6 million for Leno, according to figures published Thursday by the Nielsen Co.” and that “in adults aged 18 to 49… Letterman averaged a 1.0 rating/4 share, compared with a 0.9 rating/4 share for Leno”.

Conan’s return to TV this coming week could throw in some further interesting changes in viewership numbers – watch this space.

Los Angeles Times – “David Letterman sweeps ratings for first time since Jay Leno’s return in March”

The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien has been nominated at this year’s Emmy Awards.

The now defunct NBC show is nominated for “Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series” against The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live and Real Time With Bill Maher.

Conan tweeted “Congrats to my staff on 4 Emmy nominations. This bodes well for the future of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien”.

Jay Leno spoke about the nominations for The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien on his show this week, saying “the big show business news is that the Emmy nominations were announced today… the good news: The Tonight Show got four nominations! The bad news: I didn’t get one of them… remember there’s no ‘me’ in Emmy”.

Saturday Night Live is also nominated in the “Guest Actress in a Comedy Series” category for Betty White and Tina Fey’s appearances on the show.

TV Squad – “Emmy Awards 2010 Nominees List”
TV Guide – “Jay Leno Pokes Fun at Losing Emmy Nominations to Conan O’Brien”
The Associated Press – “Reactions to the 62nd annual Emmy nominations”