Leno, O'Brien returning to work Jan. 2
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Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien's late-night shows will return to the air with fresh episodes on January 2 after two months of repeats due to the writers' strike, the network said Monday.
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The storied rivalry between Jay  Leno and David Letterman takes a new twist on Wednesday when  the two stars of U.S. late-night television return to the air  two months into a bitter strike by TV and film writers.
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LOS ANGELES  - Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel, hosts of two of the struck late-night talk shows that resumed production last week, guested on each other's shows Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert returned to the airwaves without their striking writers Monday with similarly in-depth but divergent explorations of the walkout that had silenced the comics for more than two months.
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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.
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NBC&#39;s &quot;30 Rock&quot; will  return to the schedule a week earlier that planned and will  switch places with another Thursday comedy, veteran &quot;Scrubs.&quot;
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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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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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Jay Leno will graciously give NBC&#39;s The Tonight Show to Late Night host Conan O&#39;Brien in 2009, the network announced Monday.
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Jay Leno, America's leading  late-night comedian as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show," will  retire at the end of his current five-year contract in 2009 and  be replaced by Conan O'Brien, the network said on Monday.
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Jay Leno, America's leading  late-night comedian as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show," will  retire in 2009 and be replaced by Conan O'Brien, the offbeat  comic whose own show airs an hour later, the network said on  Monday.
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TV producers say they expect writers to return to work as early as Wednesday now that the Writers Guild of America has moved to end its three-month-old strike. Membership meetings will be held Tuesday in New York and Los Angeles, said Patric Verrone, president of the guild's West Coast branch.
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By staff report. An online news report Monday said that NBC will announce that Conan O&#39;Brien will succeed Jay Leno on &quot;The Tonight Show&quot; when Leno&#39;s contract expires in 2009.
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Idled television talk-show hosts Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien are likely to return to work in early January, even if the Hollywood writers strike is not settled by then, Daily Variety reported in its Friday edition.
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NBC announced that Jay Leno and Conan OâBrien will return to the air on Jan. 2, even if the writersâ strike has not been resolved.
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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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Comedian Jay Leno has announced plans to step down from hosting his popular talk show in 2009. Leno, who took over the reigns of The Tonight Show With Jay Leno from Johnny Carson in 1992, will be succeeded