The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Time once again to check the late-night TV talk show listings to see which comedians and comedic actors will be making the rounds. Note: Some show listings still TBA. David Letterman…Monday: Will Ferrell; Friday: Tommy Tiernan Jay Leno…Monday: Catherine O’Hara; Tuesday: David Koechner; Thursday: Wanda Sykes Conan O’Brien…Monday: Will Arnett; …
Hooray! The WGA strike is over. Let’s declare a holiday! Wait. We’ve done that already? Great. Let’s schedule some comedic talents for all the late-night TV shows, then, and get on with it… David Letterman: Thursday, Steve Martin; Friday, Al Lubel. Conan O’Brien: Monday, Larry the Cable Guy; Tuesday, Bill …
Strike or no strike, the late-night TV shows go on, and here are the comedic talents already booked on WGA-approved Letterman and Ferguson shows… David Letterman: Monday, Jason Sudeikis; Wednesday, Martin Short; Friday, Bill Burr. Craig Ferguson: Friday, Bobby Miyamoto.
As WGA-AMPTP discussions continue, the late-night TV chatters continue with only David Letterman and Craig Ferguson’s shows having Writers Guild approval. With that, who’s on this week? David Letterman…Tuesday: Gary Mule Deer; Wednesday: Vince Vaughn (promoting his Wild West Comedy Show movie) Craig Ferguson…Tuesday: Sebastian Maniscalco; Friday: Mo’Nique
If you haven’t already forgotten, the WGA strike continues without a resolution. So count this as a reminder that the late-night chat shows are all on the air. David Letterman and Craig Ferguson remain the only WGA-approved shows. Comedians on the lineup for Letterman this week? Bill Cosby on Tuesday, …
The show is taping as I type this, but my sources have informed me that in addition to comedian TJ Miller showing up tonight to talk Cloverfield with Letterman (and maybe Carpoolers, too), that comedian and Letterman regular Andy Kindler will appear on the program, as well. Kindler closed out …
Fresh off a $41 million opening weekend for the mystery monster movie, Cloverfield, comedian/actor TJ Miller is back in New York City for continued promotion, and also comedy. I caught up with him Tuesday night at the Sweet show at the Slipper Room. Here’s a quick video shot afterward outside. …
Short notice tonight, but wanted to let you know of comedians appearing this week on Late Show with David Letterman, the only WGA-approved late-night show of choice. Tonight: Frank Caliendo shows his impersonations and explains his TBS show. Tuesday: Don Rickles plugs the DVD release of his documentary. Friday: Jim …
So let me get this straight. Jay Leno writes his own jokes the first night, claiming it’s OK, when he probably knew that it wasn’t, gets a talking-to from the striking Writers Guild to remind him that he’s a Writers Guild member, too, and cannot perform writing functions such as, …
Early major market ratings reports from Nielsen, as reported by the Hollywood Reporter, show more people still turned to Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien — without striking writers — than to David Letterman and Craig Ferguson, who returned with a new contract with the WGA. Story here. As I wrote …