Robin Williams to open Letterman's show
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Robin Williams will be David Letterman's first guest upon the return of his "Late Show" on CBS Wednesday. The appearance of a Hollywood A-lister who can talk a mile a minute may be Letterman's way of quickly trying to draw a distinction between his show and his late-night rivals, who are without writers and may also have trouble booking major entertainers as guests.
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A deal may bring Mr. Fallon back to the network and put him in position to be a prime contender for Conan OâBrienâs job as host of NBCâs âLate Nightâ show.
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Hillary Clinton gets ready for another Letterman appearance, highlighting the increasingly important role talk shows are playing on the campaign trail
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Canadian broadcaster CTV  will next Wednesday launch a legal talk show, just as deposed  Canadian media baron Conrad Black goes on trial on criminal  fraud, racketeering and corruption charges in Chicago.
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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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Fans wait outside the Ed Sullivan Theater for tickets to watch the first Late Show with David Letterman in New York on Jan. 2. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) When Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien of NBC and Jimmy Kimmel of ABC return to their late-night television homes tonight, their guests and audience members will face picket lines of [...].
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David Letterman isn't leaving the home office anytime soon.
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Emmy-winning daytime talk show host Montel Williams has launched a talent management firm specializing in stand-up comedy and focused on developing clients for TV and film projects.
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"Late Show with David Letterman" and "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" will be back with their writers airing joke-filled new hours starting Wednesday, the shows' production company, Worldwide Pants, announced Friday.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg welcomed "Late Show" host David Letterman back to the air after a two-month hiatus by presenting a key to the city Thursday to the show's latest character Â Letterman's beard.
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In the first competitive move in what may become a booking blitz, David Letterman has booked Robin Williams as the first guest on his late-night show when he returns to the air.
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Talk show host David Letterman has  been pursuing a deal with Hollywood's striking writers that  would allow his late-night television show to restart  production, his company said on Saturday.
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Late-night TV host David Letterman has renewed his contract with CBS in a deal that keeps his show on the network through the fall of 2010, a year past the retirement of NBC rival Jay Leno, CBS said on Monday.
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David Letterman says the birth of his son, Harry, has made a "huge difference" in his life &#151; but the 3-year-old doesn't always get daddy's sense of humor. "Mommy has to tell him a lot that I'm just teasing," Letterman said Monday on the season premiere of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
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Superstar of international pop music, Robbie Williams will do a
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The deal, which would allow David Lettermanâs show to return in January, could be the first break in a strike.
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David Letterman brought his late-night show to Marines serving in Iraq on Friday, loosening up the Camp Taqaddum crowd with the line, "Anybody here from out of town?"