Talk shows in new Entertainment Weekly list

The Daily Show, the Late Show With David Letterman, Late Night With Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and The Colbert Report have all made it into Entertainment Weekly’s “100 best shows from 1983 to 2008″ list. Check out their positions below.

14    The Daily Show, Comedy Central (1996-present)
30    Late Show With David Letterman, CBS (1993-present)
43    Late Night With Conan O’Brien, NBC (1993-present)
58    The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, NBC (1992-present)
69    The Colbert Report, Comedy Central (2005-present)

Entertainment Weekly (EW.com) – “The New Classics: TV” – The list in full

Updates

Guest listings updated – www.lateshowuk.com/guest-listings

Where To Watch page updated – www.lateshowuk.com/where-to-watch

Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson – 7th to 11th July 2008

Monday 7th July – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Matt Costa (Rerun)
Tuesday 8th July – Jeffrey Tambor (Rerun)
Wednesday 9th July – Kristin Davis, Joel McHale, Shooter Jennings (Rerun)
Thursday 10th July – Valerie Bertinelli, Paulina Porizkova, Estelle (Rerun)
Friday 11th July – Holly Hunter (Rerun)

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno – 30th June to 4th July 2008

Monday 30th June – William Shatner, Chelsea Handler, Newton Faulkner (Rerun)
Tuesday 1st July – Will Smith, Pete Sampras, Ed Harcourt (Rerun)
Wednesday 2nd July – Mike Myers, Abigail Breslin, David Cook (Rerun)
Thursday 3rd July – Dustin Hoffman, Gordon Ramsey, Flobots (Rerun)
Friday 4th July – Laura and Jenna Bush, David Cook, Tristan Prettyman (Rerun)

These are US airdates. Check the Upcoming Shows box in the sidebar for CNBC.

‘John Oliver: Terrifying Times’ DVD coming soon

John Oliver’s standup show – originally aired on Comedy Central in the US – is coming out on DVD on the 19th August this year. ‘John Oliver: Terrifying Times’ will be available on region all DVD at Amazon.co.uk so it can be played on any DVD player in the world – good news for UK fans. The DVD includes several added extras including extended footage from the standup show (and uncensorted), clips from John Oliver on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, other The Daily Show & The Colbert Report clips featuring John, an episode of Reno 911, John at the UCB Theater in New York and more.

IGN.com – Boxart for the ‘John Oliver: Terrifying Times’ DVD
IGN.com – “John Oliver’s DVDaily Show”
Amazon.co.uk – ‘John Oliver: Terrifying Times’ PAL region-all DVD (no preorder yet)
Amazon.com – ‘John Oliver: Terrifying Times’ NTSC region-all DVD (preorder now)
Late Show UK Store (just search for Terrifying Times – not available to preorder yet)

Updates

Guest listings updated – www.lateshowuk.com/guest-listings

Friday Night With Jonathan Ross – July 2008

4th July – Meryl Streep, Chris Addison, Adrian Lester, The Last Shadow Puppets
11th July – Chaka Khan, Gok Wan, Steve Carell, Primal Scream

Series ends 11th July – Returning September 2008

In addition to Friday Night With Jonathan Ross being aired on a Friday evening, it is also repeated late at night on weekends (usually late Saturday nights).

Updated 12th July 2008.

The Colbert Report – 23rd to 26th June 2008

Monday 23rd June – Barbara Ehrenreich
Tuesday 24th June – Jason Bond, Will Smith
Wednesday 25th June – Paul Goldberger, Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Thursday 26th June – Rep. Robert Wexler

These are US airdates. Check the Upcoming Shows box in the sidebar for FX TV.

Updated 29th June 2008.