Leno, O'Brien return without writers
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NBC's two late-night franchises are coming back. Will the laughs come with them?
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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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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. Kimmel, along with Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and other hosts, had honored the strike that began Nov. 5. He said it was a difficult decision to resume work without writers, but he wants to save the jobs of other staffers on the 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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NBC's "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno will retire at the end of his current five-year contract in 2009 and be replaced by "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien, the network said on Monday.
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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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Vincent D&#39;Onofrio, Chris  Noth and Kathryn Erbe will return to &quot;Law & Order: Criminal  Intent&quot; next season without a raise, the latest victims of  belt-tightening at the ailing crime franchise, sources said.
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CBS and producers of "The Late Late  Show" said on 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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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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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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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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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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Prime-time comedian Drew Carey has signed on to serve as guest host for the first two segments of the CBS "Late Late Show" next week when the program returns for its first season without Craig Kilborn.
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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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Funnymen Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are going back to work at Comedy Central whether they have writers to come up with jokes or not.  "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and the "Colbert Report" will resume production Jan. 7, the network revealed ...
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Life without writers could be a slog for Jay Leno Â and a no-frills affair for his viewers.
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Stephen Colbert is gone, but Jon  Stewart is still on. &quot;South Park&quot; is out, but &quot;Adult Swim&quot; is  still in.