Stewart, Colbert Return to the Air
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Jon Stewart was back Monday night for the first time since the Hollywood writers strike began, but he took care to draw a clear distinction between the show he was returning with and the show he hosted until two months ago
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LOS ANGELES - CBS and producers of âThe Late Late Showâ said Wednesday that four performers who recently filled in for former host Craig Kilborn would return for what insiders say amounts to on-air tryouts to replace him permanently.
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David Letterman and Jay Leno were set to return to the air Wednesday night, two months after writers went on strike.
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Political satirist Jon Stewart has renewed his contract with the Comedy Central cable TV channel in a deal that will keep his award-winning mock newscast "The Daily Show" on the network through 2010.
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No more writers on picket lines. No more network TV bosses scrambling for replacement shows. But enough about them. What about us? Two simple questions prey on every viewer's mind: When will my favorite scripted programs be back with new episodes? And, WILL my favorite shows be back?
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Late-night TV hosts Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien plan to cross picket lines to resume taping shows on January 2, nearly two months after the Hollywood writers strike forced them off the air, the NBC network said on Monday.
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Rival talk show hosts Jay Leno and  David Letterman are fighting again, turning up the heat on the  serious business of late-night comedy ratings.
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Late-night TV comedians Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien said on Monday they will resume taping their shows on January 2, and cross picket lines if necessary, after nearly two months off the air in support of striking film and television writers.
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US talk show hosts Jay Leno and David Letterman are to make a comeback despite the writers' strike.
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For the first time since televisionâs late-night shows returned to the air last week, David Letterman was able to nose out Jay Leno in the ratings. It was just for one show, Monday night, and Mr. Lettermanâs lead was not sizable, but Mr. Leno had won the first three nights. Their competition resumed last Wednesday, when most of the late-night hosts came back after supporting the writersâ strike for two months. Mr. Leno is working without his writing staff, which is still on strike against his âTonight Showâ on NBC, while Mr. Letterman, above, was able to return with writers to his CBS show because of a separate deal his production company made with the Writers Guild of America. Mr. Letterman has also been able to book the normal roster of movie-star guests; on Monday night he had Tom Hanks, while Mr. Leno had the upstart Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. In the overnight ratings, measuring the countryâs 65 largest cities, Mr. Letterman had a 4 rating on Monday to Mr. Lenoâs 3.8. (Each point is worth 787,659 households.) But in their showsâ first half-hour, when Mr. Leno is performing a monologue over the opposition of the writersâ guild, he still beat Mr. Letterman, with a 4.5 rating to a 4.3. CBSâs thin victory margin continued on the 12:35 a.m. shows, where Craig Ferguson enjoyed a rare ratings victory over NBCâs Conan OâBrien, with a 1.9 rating to a 1.8 for Mr. OâBrien.
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Jon Stewart will return as host of the Oscars in 2008.
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The writersâ strike forced hosts like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to improvise more than most viewers probably know.
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In what may become an A-list booking-war blitz, David Letterman has landed comedian Robin Williams as the first guest when âThe Late Showâ returns to CBS.
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After eight weeks of reruns, David Letterman should be in a joking mood next Wednesday: Not only does he join his late-night brethren back on the air, but he'll have his writers backing him up.
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Political satirist Jon Stewart,  America&#39;s leading anti-establishment comic, will return in  February as host of the Oscars, Hollywood&#39;s biggest insider  event, organizers said on Wednesday.
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Eight weeks after their writers went on strike and plunged their shows into reruns, Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan OâBrien returned to late-night television Wednesday with original shows in which both the Iowa caucuses and the new facial hair on two of the hosts loomed large.
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The return of TV's late-night funnymen after a two-month strike hiatus turned into a bizarre mix of picketing and presidential politics Wednesday as Mike Huckabee headed for Jay Leno's show and Hillary Clinton turned to David Letterman.