Late-night stars Leno, Letterman return

'Tonight Show' Trainwreck Preview: Huckabee Confused, Chingy Ready To Be Hated [Late Night's Return]
defamer.com 1/2/2008 — As a series of disconcertingly giddy commercials running roughly every five minutes on NBC have undoubtedly already informed you, Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien return to work Wednesday night without their striking writing staffs, kicking off a ...

LETTERMAN RETURNS….WITH A BEARD!
fadedyouthblog.com 1/3/2008 — A bearded David Letterman opened his first show in two months by walking out amid dancing girls holding picket signs for striking TV writers. Of his new beard, Dave said: “I know what you’re thinking — you think Dave looks like a cattle-drive cook.” Letterman was joined by comic Robin Williams and Hillary Clinton even made a brief cameo on tape from Iowa. ...

Bearded Letterman Nabs Hillary, Leno Closes Taping
blog.meevee.com 1/2/2008 — Holy crap, it's Santa! "Late Show With David Letterman" returns to the air tonight with Dave wearing a full beard. Hillary Clinton introduces the Top 10 and a leggy chorus line plays the best-looking WGA picket line ever in the show ...

Late Night's Official Return: Early Reviews
deadlinehollywooddaily.com 1/3/2008 — David Letterman walked onstage at the Ed Sullivan Theater in midtown Manhattan sporting a full beard and a WGA-written monologue. In LA, Craig Ferguson decided t o forgo guests in favor of an all WGA-produced comedy show. J Back in Burbank, Jay Leno ...

Letterman, Leno return Wednesday night (AP)
news.yahoo.com 1/3/2008 — AP - The return of TV's late-night funnymen after a two-month strike hiatus turned into a bizarre mix of picketing and presidential politics Wednesday as Mike Huckabee headed for Jay Leno's show and Hillary Clinton turned to David Letterman.

Letterman Returns to TV with Williams — Mollygood

Late Night Returns: David Letterman — The HeldenFiles Online

Leno Scabs It Up, Letterman Bores Us, and Vulture Reacts in Real Time — Vulture

Battle Of The Beards: Leno, Letterman, Conan, And Late Night Return — Cinema Blend Television

Late Night Returns: The Story So Far — The HeldenFiles Online

Not much change in writerless Leno show (AP) — Yahoo! News: Gossip/Celebrity News 1/3/2008
AP - NEW YORK (AP) — Life without writers could be a slog for Jay Leno — and a no-frills affair for his viewers. But his fans may not care. Oddly enough, NBC's "Tonight Show" wasn't markedly different from a typical night before the writers strike ...

The Candidates and The Late-Night Returns — washingtonpost.com - Television 1/3/2008
After an unscheduled, writers' strike-induced two-month hiatus, CBS's David Letterman returned last night with Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and his writers. NBC's Jay Leno, on the other hand, returned with no writers but lots of ...

Conan, Leno, Letterman Return To Late Night! — StarMagazine.com 1/3/2008
With the writers' strike well underway, late night talk show hosts Conan O'Brien , Jay Leno , Jimmy Kimmel and David Letterman returned to small screen Wednesday, Jan. 2.

Late Night is Back! — Latest News on omg! 1/3/2008
Late night TV has returned! Letterman and Ferguson returned to the air with writers, but Conan and Leno had to write their own material. How did each late night host fare?

The Dry Spell Ends — washingtonpost.com - Television 1/3/2008
If America woke up with a smile on its face this morning, it might be because our national late-night comedians finally returned last night, after the longest hiatus in their histories. David Letterman, Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien, among others, did ...