Posted: Friday 21st December 2007 at 9:08am by Paul
It has been confirmed The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report will be both be returning to the air with new shows on Comedy Central from the 7th January. The Los Angeles Times says “After a previously scheduled two-week hiatus, “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report” will resume production Jan. 7, Comedy Central said in a statement released late Thursday afternoon” but “Stewart and Colbert said they wished they could return to work with their writers”. I also noticed yesterday that More 4 in the UK have started airing The Daily Show again – last night’s rerun on there featured the Barack Obama interview.
The article on the Los Angeles Times website also states Letterman’s production company (Worldwide Pants Inc) will be “meeting with Writers Guild of America officials today in an effort to make an interim deal that would allow the shows to go back on the air with their writing staffs”. The Associated Press says “Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel have all said they would resume their programs on Jan. 2 without their writing staffs” and “Letterman is also aiming for a Jan. 2 return”. If the deal with Worldwide Pants goes through, this would also mean the return of the Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson.
Posted: Wednesday 19th December 2007 at 9:48pm by Paul
Reruns this week due to the US writers strike
Monday 24th December – Pre-empted
Tuesday 25th December – Alan Alda, Billy Joel (Rerun)
Wednesday 26th December – Jim Carrey, Isaac Hayes (Rerun)
Thursday 27th December – Johnny Knoxville, Tucker Carlson, Tony Bennett (Rerun)
Friday 28th December – Matthew Broderick, Bonnie Hunt, John Mayer Trio (Rerun)
Posted: Wednesday 19th December 2007 at 9:46pm by Paul
Reruns this week due to the US writers strike
Monday 24th December – Pre-empted
Tuesday 25th December – Sandra Bullock, Sean Astin, Brian Setzer Orchestra (Rerun)
Wednesday 26th December – Russell Crowe, Jenna Bush, Carrie Underwood (Rerun)
Thursday 27th December – Hugh Laurie, Sherri Shepherd, the Editors (Rerun)
Friday 28th December – George Clooney, the Zimmers, Rihanna (Rerun)
Posted: Wednesday 19th December 2007 at 9:44pm by Paul
Reruns this week due to the US writers strike
Monday 24th December – Pre-empted
Tuesday 25th December – Cate Blanchett, Jay Thomas, Darlene Love * (Rerun)
Wednesday 26th December – Will Smith, Evanescence (Rerun)
Thursday 27th December – Howard Stern, Gwen Stefani (Rerun)
Friday 28th December – Alec Baldwin, Shakira (Rerun)
* Christmas Special that first aired December 2006
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).
Posted: Wednesday 19th December 2007 at 5:01pm by Paul
Just a quick pointer to something James told me about a while back that I’ve only just remembered to post up here – a website called Late Night Underground, which is run by official Late Night staffers. It’s well worth checking out – there’s videos (some include Conan and other staffers) and random musings from the Late Night team. Just head on over to www.latenightunderground.com and join in the fun (it’ll keep us amused until the show returns in January). Also, not forgetting the Late Night With Conan O’Brien official blog over at NBC.com – this hasn’t been updated since the writing staff got laid off though, but a lot of random bits and pieces related to Conan (just search through the archives on there). The Late Night blog is available at blog.nbc.com/latenight.
Posted: Wednesday 19th December 2007 at 12:24pm by Paul
The Broadcasting & Cable website is now reporting there’s a likely return date for the Late Show With David Letterman. The writers strike continues, but most of the late night US chat shows are to return to the air whilst it rolls on. We reported yesterday that Leno and Conan were planning on coming back with new shows on NBC starting from the 2nd January (without writers), and that Letterman would be back as well, but a date was not known for certain. Now it seems Letterman will be returning with new episodes on the 2nd January as well (but he’s hoping to have his writers back as well). In addition to this, the Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson is expected to return on the same night.
No news has been revealed about when to expect new episodes of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report, but it’s thought they won’t return until the writers strike is over (Multichannel News website article here). I hope The Tony Mendez Show returns to CBS.com when the Late Show comes back in January – I would assume it will return at the same time (although Tony may be on the picket lines, so perhaps not). The Broadcasting & Cable website says “David Letterman’s production company, Worldwide Pants, targeted Jan. 2 for the return of its two late-night shows, The Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. But while late-night hosts Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel plan to resurface the same night, sans writers, Letterman’s shows plan to return with their writing staffs intact”. Digital Spy also has some news on “reaching agreements with individual producers”.
The return of the Late Show is not a moment too soon – here’s a message from Late Show Videotape Operator Tom Catusi (from the Late Show Writers On Strike YouTube channel) – it looks like it’s been snowing in New York;
Posted: Tuesday 18th December 2007 at 11:33am by Paul
Good news – Late Night With Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and the Late Show With David Letterman will all be back on our TV screens with brand new shows in January. An article on the BBC News website says “US talk show hosts Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien have vowed to resume recording their shows in January – despite their writers being on strike”, and (as we posted yesterday) David Letterman has been negotiating a deal between his production company Worldwide Pants and the WGA.
Showbiz website Perez Hilton says “NBC is expected to announce today that both Leno and O’Brien will be back on the air by January 2nd, although they’ll be coming back without writers”. Perez Hilton even goes as far as saying Dave “should could be back on the air in a matter of days” – so we might get that Christmas Special after all. Conan O’Brien told BBC News “my show will not be as good. In fact, in moments it may very well be terrible”. Watch this space for return dates as and when they are released.
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