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Thomas' Talk Shows Blog April 2009 Archive

By Thomas Tennant, About.com Guide to Talk Shows

Tyra Testifies in Stalker Case

Wednesday April 29, 2009
Popular talk show host Tyra Banks testified Wednesday at the trail of a man accused of stalking her. She told the jury – and the accused, 38-year-old Brady Green ... Read More

The Donald Returning to The View

Wednesday April 29, 2009
Way back in 2007, while Rosie O'Donnell was still co-host of The View , the comedian and billionaire Donald Trump got into a celebrity feud to end all ... Read More

Jay Leno: ‘Overly Dramatic Nurse’ Sent Him to the Hospital

Wednesday April 29, 2009
Jay Leno returned to the Tonight Show Monday after canceling two tapings and calling in sick last Thursday and Friday. Leno, in his monologue, jokingly blamed NBC’s ODN ... Read More

Jay Leno Hospitalized

Thursday April 23, 2009
Tonight Show host Jay Leno canceled his Thursday show and checked himself into a Los Angeles hospital Thursday afternoon. Though whatever ailed him was not revealed to the public, ... Read More

Good News For Leno Fans in Ohio, Boston

Wednesday April 22, 2009
Tonight Show host Jay Leno has announced his next stop on his Comedy Stimulus tour – free stand-up shows for areas hard-hit by the economic downturn. That stop? Wilmington, ... Read More

Early Show’s Julie Chen Expecting

Wednesday April 22, 2009
Baby news for The Early Show fans. Co-host Julie Chen announced on air Tuesday morning that she and husband Les Moonves (CBS’s CEO) are expecting their first child. This is ... Read More

Talk Shows Boyle-ing Over

Friday April 17, 2009
Ever since Susan Boyle wowed the likes of Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan on the U.K. TV show Britian’s Got Talent – and video of her achievement and amazing voice ... Read More

NASA Names Treadmill After Colbert

Thursday April 16, 2009
The majority of voters in Monday’s poll thought that NASA would announce that its new space station node would be named after The Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert. After all, ... Read More

NASA to Name Space Module on Tuesday ‘Colbert’

Monday April 13, 2009
A few weeks ago, we mentioned that online voters had selected Colbert as the name of a new NASA space module, part of the International Space Station. We also wondered ... Read More

E-mail Promises Oprah Tickets? It's a Fake

Friday April 10, 2009
Did you get an e-mail about receiving Oprah tickets if you buy a plane ticket? Well, don’t believe the hype. It’s a fake. The FBI has issued a warning that this ... Read More

Guest Line-ups Posted; Get Set for a Week of Reruns

Monday April 6, 2009
Guest lineups are posted - and there are a lot of repeats heading into Easter weekend. Letterman, Leno, Ferguson, Fallon, Carson Daly, Jimmy Kimmel, The View and Ellen . ... Read More

Boston Says ‘No’ to Primetime Leno

Friday April 3, 2009
Boston, the seventh largest TV market in the U.S., is saying “no thanks” to Jay Leno’s primetime talk show. WHDH, Beantown’s NBC affiliate, will replace Leno’s gig with a 10 ... Read More

‘Syked’ for New Talk Show

Thursday April 2, 2009
The latest celebrity to dive into the late night talk show game is comedienne Wanda Sykes. She will command a new program slated to land on Fox’s Saturday lineup in ... Read More

Letterman Clashes with ‘Goon’ O’Reilly

Thursday April 2, 2009
Oh how we love David Letterman. The Late Show host has mellowed in years – but is still willing to throw-down with the best of them. Tuesday night saw the ... Read More

Students Violate Code of Conduct at Oprah’s School

Thursday April 2, 2009
There’s trouble at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. Seven students were disciplined last week for violating the South African school’s code of conduct. This is the second mini-controversy to ... Read More

Rachel Ray Celebrates Show No. 500

Thursday April 2, 2009
It’s no April Fool Joke. Rachael Ray celebrated the 500th episode of The Rachael Ray Show on April 1. In case you missed it, you can catch clips on ... Read More

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