Kimmel joins Leno, O'Brien back on air
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Jimmy Kimmel will join NBC's late-night hosts in returning with new shows Jan. 2 in the midst of the Hollywood writers strike, ABC said Tuesday.
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Conan O'Brien may have helped Finland's president get elected. His NBC show "Late Night" is humming along nicely after 13 years. And he's not far from claiming the plum "Tonight" job promised him after Jay Leno's announced 2009 departure.
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After more than four months of nonstop hype and speculation,   O'Donnell made her daytime television comeback Tuesday as moderator of   The View, kicking off a day of returns as two of the most   high-profile TV personalities make their highly anticipated homecomings   to the airwaves.  Katie Couric gets her CBS Evening News close-up   tonight.
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By Dave Larsen Staff Writer  Did you miss Katie Couric's heavily hyped CBS Evening News debut or Conan O'Brien's hilarious Emmy Awards opening? They're on YouTube.
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LOS ANGELES  - HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher" will return with new episodes Friday without both writers and two of its most popular features, Maher's opening monologue and the closing segment "New Rules."
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Comedian Conan O&#39;Brien has been picked to succeed Jay Leno as host of NBC&#39;s ``Tonight Show&#39;&#39; when Leno&#39;s contract expires in 2009, the television network owned by General Electric Co.
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For one night, Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel will solve the problem of booking guests during the writers' strike by appearing on each other's show.
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HBO's "Real Time With  Bill Maher" will return with new episodes Friday without both  writers and two of its most popular features, Maher's opening  monologue and the closing segment "New Rules."
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A day after Hollywood writers voted to end a strike that crippled the television industry, broadcast networks on Wednesday began ramping up to bring sidelined comedy and drama favorites back to prime time.
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First he conquered Canada. Now Conan O&#39;Brien is set to conquer Tonight. NBC announced yesterday that the 41-year-old late night talk show host will replace Jay Leno as host of NBC&#39;s The Tonight Show.
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Politicians beware: Parody is returning. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report will resume production on Jan. 7 without their striking writers, the Comedy Central network announced Thursday
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Similarities kept cropping up as five late-night talk shows returned to the air.
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Late-night TV comedian David Letterman  on Wednesday kicked off the return of his show from a two-month  hiatus in support of striking screenwriters, boasting his was  the "only show on the air" with union-backed jokes.
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Following the lead of Jay Leno and Conan OâBrien, the late-night cable comedy duo will return in early January.
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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 has announced that Jay Leno will be stepping down as host of the &quot;Tonight Show&quot; -- but not for another five years. The big news is the naming of his eventual successor: fellow late-night host Conan O&#39;Brien.
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NBC&#39;s &quot;Tonight Show&quot; host Jay Leno will retire at the end of his current five-year contract in 2009 and be replaced by &quot;Late Night&quot; host Conan O&#39;Brien, the network said on Monday.