Leno, Letterman Return to the Air

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 ...

To Beard or Not To Beard
pagesix.com 1/3/2008 — Four major late night hosts returned to the airwaves last night: David Letterman , Jay Leno , Conan O' Brian and Craig Ferguson , and oddly half of them came back sporting full on beards. While Jay and Craig were clean shaved, Conan explained that ...

Mike Huckabee crosses picket lines for Jay Leno
amikelife.com 1/3/2008 — Talk about a slight blunder on the part of Mike Huckabee , a GOP hopeful, he apparently has a staff that doesn’t read this blog, or any blog or any news site to actually keep their candidate informed on what is going on in the world. Huckabee crossed WGA picket lines Wednesday afternoon to be on the Jay Leno show , amidst total confusion about who struck a deal with the Writer’s ...

David Letterman's Back-To-Work Monologue: Hillary Cameos, Hiker Beards, And Picket-Line Dancers [The Return Of Late Night]
defamer.com 1/3/2008 — Sporting an intimidating beard meant to show the effects of his difficult, two-month-long, tragically scribe-deprived hibernation, David Letterman symbolically crossed a twirling line formed by his Eugene V. Debs Picket Dancers and returned to ...

Even Without Writers, Leno Tops Letterman
tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com 1/3/2008 — David Letterman on CBS, above, averaged 4.7 million viewers on Wednesday, about a million fewer than Jay Leno on NBC. (J.P. Filo/CBS) Although David Letterman had writers on Wednesday night and Jay Leno officially did not, Mr. Leno managed to draw the ...

Letterman Returns to TV with Williams — Mollygood

Globe party planners forge ahead — USATODAY.com - Lifeline Live

Late Night Returns! Golden Globes Doomed? — Gothamist

Conan O’Brien & David Letterman Return to Late Night With Beards! — Celebrity Royale

Late Night Ratings - Bigger Pie, Same Sized Slices — TV with MeeVee

Leno, Letterman Return Tonight — ETonline - Breaking News 1/2/2008
ET has the latest... Two months after the writers strike began, "The Tonight Show with JAY LENO ," the "Late Show with DAVID LETTERMAN ," "Late Night with CONAN O'BRIEN and " JIMMY KIMMEL Live!" are returning to the airwaves tonight.  ...

Late Night Returns with Big Stars and Surprise Appearances — ETonline - Breaking News 1/3/2008
ET has the latest... After two months of reruns due to the writers strike, late night programming returned Wednesday night. "The Late Show with DAVID LETTERMAN " and "The Late Late Show with CRAIG FERGUSON " were the only ...

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?

Viewers flock to late-night; Leno under fire — Hollywood Reporter 1/4/2008
UPDATE: After eight weeks away, the late-night talk shows returned to the air with big ratings and some controversy. "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," without its writing staff, well ahead of "Late Show With David Letterman."

Late Night Returns with Big Stars and Surprise Appearances — The Insider Online 1/3/2008
"The Insider" has the latest... After two months of reruns due to the writers strike, late night programming returned Wednesday night. "The Late Show with DAVID LETTERMAN " and "The Late Late Show with CRAIG FERGUSON " ...