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Thomas' Talk Shows Blog April 2008 Archive

By Thomas Tennant, About.com Guide to Talk Shows

Where's Matt Lauer?

Wednesday April 30, 2008
If you haven’t been keeping up with your morning news/talk shows, then you may not realize that The Today Show’s Matt Lauer is back on the road. The anchor launched his ... Read More

Late Night Fallin’ For Fallon?

Sunday April 27, 2008
Jimmy Fallon seems set to take the helm of NBC’s Late Night when current host Conan O’Brien moves to The Tonight Show in 2009. So reports to big time industry ... Read More

Cruisin’ for Oprah

Sunday April 27, 2008
Looking for a train wreck to watch? Well, look no further! Actor Tom Cruise has signed up to celebrate his 25th year as one of our greatest actors (okay, he ... Read More

What to Watch This Week: Polls and Poehler

Monday April 21, 2008
Set your DVRs to these gems, if you want to be the watercolor hit! Campaign Trail: As the possibly decisive Pennsylvania Democratic primary gets set to step off on Tuesday, ... Read More

First Lady, Potential First Lady Guest Hosting Today, View Next Week

Thursday April 17, 2008
Call it fate. Call it luck. Call it the machinations of those crafty Republican P.R. media pitchers. First Lady Laura Bush and Cindy McCain, wife of probable Republican presidential nominee ... Read More

Dr. Phil Out of Bounds?

Monday April 14, 2008
It looks like Dr. Phil is brewing up another storm. Over the weekend, a member of the show’s staff posted bail for one of the teenagers arrested for allegedly ... Read More

Colbert Reporting Live from Philadelphia

Monday April 14, 2008
In his own words, Philadelphia has a “new brother to love,” and that brother is Stephen Colbert. The Peabody Award winning host of The Colbert Report will broadcast from the University ... Read More

This Week's What to Watch

Monday April 14, 2008
This feels like one of those week’s when there’s just too much good stuff to see. Thank heaven for DVRs, eh? Colbert on King, Craig Ferguson soaking in the rating ... Read More

Ferguson Topples O’Brien

Saturday April 12, 2008
For the first time since he debuted as host of the Late Late Show in 2005, Craig Ferguson has topped the late night ratings, besting stalwart Late Night with Conan ... Read More

Oprah Eyes Oz for Talk Show

Thursday April 10, 2008
Add another name to the list of potential talk show hosts. Joining Marie Osmond, Kirstie Alley and Elvis Costello is Dr. Mehmet Oz. If you’re unfamiliar with Dr. Oz, then ... Read More

Conan Stalker Confesses Guilt

Wednesday April 9, 2008
We all want someone to watch over us. Just maybe not this much. The Rev. David Ajemian turned in a guilty plea in New York, owning up to the fact that ... Read More

Snipers and Pregnant Men – An Odd Week in Talk Shows

Saturday April 5, 2008
What an odd week on our favorite talk shows. Jimmy Kimmel turns 1,000, Stephen Colbert wins a Peabody Award (more on that later this week), and a man tells Oprah ... Read More

Elvis Has Entered the Building! (Or At Least the Talk Show World)

Thursday April 3, 2008
Okay, not that Elvis. I’m talking long time college radio rocker Elvis Costello, who was famously kicked off Saturday Night Live for more than decade for playing a song not previously ... Read More

Jimmy Kimmel Turns 1,000

Thursday April 3, 2008
One-thousand shows old? Sure you think that’s old. But Jimmy Kimmel doesn’t. It’s a milestone Jimmy Kimmel has got to be thrilled to reach. Most didn’t think he’d make it this ... Read More

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