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Post updated on 25th November at 19:56.

NBC have scheduled in some very old episodes of The Tonight Show With Jay Leno to show next week because of the ongoing US writers strike. All the shows next week are from the 1990s. Monday night’s show in the US was first broadcast on the 29th June 1992 and features appearances from Tom Hanks, Brian Ross and Delbert McClinton. Tuesday night’s show originally aired on the 16th December 1993 with guests Julia Roberts, Pierce Brosnan and Geechy Guy. Wednesday’s show first broadcast on the 26th January 2000 and features Matt Damon, Selma Blair and Third Eye Blind. Thursday’s programme comes from the 7th June 1995 with Jennifer Aniston (in her ‘Friends’ era), Peter Jacobsen, Anita Baker and James Ingram. The final show of the week on Friday first aired on the 13th April 1995 and the guests were Johnny Depp, David Hasselhoff (discussing Baywatch, no doubt) and George Wallace.

The other US chat shows will be airing some old reruns as well – but all of those first aired in 2007, so they aren’t that old. These reruns from the 1990s make a nice change – hopefully CNBC Europe will air them as normal on their channel for us British folk. Keep an eye on the CNBC page for The Tonight Show for upcoming schedules on there.

Guest Listings in full

Reruns this week due to the US writers strike

Monday 3rd December – Michael Beschloss (Rerun)
Tuesday 4th December – Jim Cramer, Tina Brown (Rerun)
Wednesday 5th December – Michael Jacobson (Rerun)
Thursday 6th December – Thomas Ricks, Joe Klein (Rerun)

Reruns this week due to the US writers strike

Monday 10th December – Jamie Foxx (Rerun)
Tuesday 11th December – Christopher Walken (Rerun)
Wednesday 12th December – Matt Damon (Rerun)
Thursday 13th December – Meryl Streep (Rerun)

Updated 1st December 2007.

Reruns this week due to the US writers strike

Monday 3rd December – Jerry Seinfeld (Rerun)
Tuesday 4th December – Denis Leary (Rerun)
Wednesday 5th December – Steve Carell (Rerun)
Thursday 6th December – Dennis Miller (Rerun)

Reruns this week due to the US writers strike

Monday 26th November – Jamie Foxx, Heather Graham, Mike Birbiglia (Rerun)
Tuesday 27th November – Ted Danson, Patton Oswalt, Devendra Banhart (Rerun)
Wednesday 28th November – Seth Meyers, Bret Michaels, Jose Gonzalez (Rerun)
Thursday 29th November – Ted Koppel, Jason Schwartzman, Dana Gould (Rerun)
Friday 30th November – Tina Fey, Kenneth Branagh, Ani DiFranco (Rerun)

Updated 1st December 2007.

Reruns this week due to the US writers strike

Monday 26th November – Tom Hanks, Brian Ross, Delbert McClinton (Rerun)
Tuesday 27th November – Julia Roberts, Pierce Brosnan, Geechy Guy (Rerun)
Wednesday 28th November – Matt Damon, Selma Blair, Third Eye Blind (Rerun)
Thursday 29th November – Jennifer Aniston, Peter Jacobsen, Anita Baker, James Ingram (RR)
Friday 30th November – Johnny Depp, David Hasselhoff, George Wallace (Rerun)

The writers of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart have been re-creating the programme out on the sidewalk in New York City in amongst the protest zone. Viacom bosses weren’t too pleased according to the Alternative Programming Department website. The actual show put on by the writers on the street was pretty clever though – a video of which is below.

Read more – Alternative Programming Department website

David Letterman is to be interviewed for an upcoming special of The Howard Stern Show on Sirius radio. This is very rare – Dave rarely gives interviews and isn’t usually seen out and about on other shows other than the Late Show. Although, Dave has been a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show this year, and has also dropped in on Regis Philbin on Live With Regis And Kelly following Regis’ recovery from heart bypass surgery (something Letterman went through himself a few years ago). The Howard Stern Show special will be a life story of Howard Stern’s career. The New York Post website says the first part of the special radio programme will air on the 17th December “on one of Stern’s two Sirius radio channels”. The New York Post reveals the radio special “is expected to feature interviews with a slew of Stern regulars and celebrity friends. Among them is Letterman, who, outside of his own show, rarely grants interviews”. Letterman used to be quite a regular guest on Howard’s various radio shows, and Stern has appeared on the Late Show many times in recent years.

The New York Post – “Letterman Gives Stern Interview”

Guest Listings checked and updated – www.lateshowuk.com/guest-listings

Reruns this week due to the US writers strike

Monday 26th November – Nick Cannon, Alan Bean, Jeremy Fisher (Rerun)
Tuesday 27th November – Samuel L. Jackson, the Cliks (Rerun)
Wednesday 28th November – Chris Isaak, Cory Kahaney (Rerun)
Thursday 29th November – Julia Stiles, Carl Bernstein (Rerun)
Friday 30th November – John Waters, Alex Borstein, Plain White T’s (Rerun)

Reruns this week due to the US writers strike

Monday 26th November – Bill Murray, Jay-Z (Rerun)
Tuesday 27th November – Al Franken, Isla Fisher (Rerun)
Wednesday 28th November – Bruce Willis, Jason Randal (Rerun)
Thursday 29th November – Adam Sandler, Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg, Mute Math (Rerun)
Friday 30th November – Former Vice President Al Gore, Jim Short (Rerun)

The Late Show is back on UK TV screens on new channel, Diva TV – Available on Virgin Media channel 192 and Sky Digital channel 282 – Letterman is shown at 9pm weeknights and reruns on Saturdays and Sundays at 11pm. Diva TV shows it on a delay – which varies – so check the “Upcoming Shows” box at the top right of the sidebar for Diva TV schedules (listings on the “Guest Listings” pages are US airdates).

Updated 1st December 2007.

You may have noticed The Daily Show With Jon Stewart reruns are no longer airing on More 4. This is just because of the WGA writers strike in the US – I assume More 4 feel the repeat airings would not attract as many viewers as new shows, so they have scheduled other programming in the 8.30pm slot weeknights. The Daily Show is expected to return to the channel when the WGA writers strike ends – we have no reason to believe otherwise.

‘More 4′ TV listings at channel4.com

In a recent interview with Chron.com, the always hilarious Richard Simmons was asked why he keeps going on the Late Show after being the subject of many a joke on the programme. Richard answers “After I went on the show, 200,000 people went to my Web site and wrote e-mails to (Sen.) Ted Kennedy and (Rep.) George Miller to get P.E. back in the school system. That’s the power of the David Letterman Show”. To see what we mean when we say ‘hilarious’ – check out this;

Chron.com – “Simmons isn’t one to throw weight around”
Richard Simmons’ October 2007 appearance on the Late Show (YouTube video)

The latest reports suggest the producers for the major US chat shows – the Late Show With David Letterman, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and Late Night With Conan O’Brien – are in talks to bring back the shows from early December. An article on Variety says “according to several network execs with knowledge of the situation, there’s been talk of resuming production on some shows as early as next month, with Dec. 3 and Dec. 10 mentioned as possible return dates”. It’s still certainly not 100% known what will be happening – for example, the latest data available to us for listings for next week, shows new episodes of The Tonight Show and Late Night With Conan O’Brien (possibly with guest hosts instead of Jay and Conan), but nobody knows for sure. Variety also reports “so far, ratings for the latenight shows haven’t been dramatically hurt by the strike — but there are signs of erosion”.

Update – 17th November – 22:00 – The latest data we have now suggests there will be reruns next week for The Tonight Show and Late Night (and all the other chat shows). Keep checking www.lateshowuk.com/guest-listings for any developments.[/end of update]

A Worldwide Pants spokesman for the Late Show and Late Late Show told Variety “next week’s tapings of ‘The Late Show’ and ‘The Late, Late Show’ have been canceled, and we will continue to make a week-by-week determination about future tapings”. Silicon Alley Insider says “NBC, which owns the Leno and O’Brien shows, has told the staffs of those two shows that they will be paid at least for the next two weeks”. David Letterman has already said he will continue to pay his staff some form of payment throughout the strike. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report are likely to stay in reruns for the forseeable future.

Silicon Alley Insider – “Leno, Letterman Coming Back. Will Strike Crumble?”
Variety – “Latenight hosts may be coming back”
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Post updated on 17th November at 22:06.

Reruns this week due to the US writers strike

Monday 19th November – Billy Bob Thornton, Sen. Christopher Dodd, Kenny Chesney (Rerun)
Tuesday 20th November – Patricia Heaton, Tiki Barber, the Used (Rerun)
Wednesday 21st November – Morgan Freeman, Cheryl Hines, KT Tunstall (Rerun)
Thursday 22nd November – Brad Garrett, Joy Behar, Rogue Wave (Rerun)
Friday 23rd November – Meredith Vieira, Steven Wright, Ben Harper (Rerun)