Late night guest line-ups: October 12-18

Posted by: Paul Little  •  October 13, 2009 @ 12:14am

Sorry things are a little bit late today. It's Thanksgiving Monday up here in Canada, and the day was filled with (Canadian) football and pumpkin pie! Those on the West Coast will still be able to use Monday's listings, and my apologies to those everywhere else. Happy Thanksgiving!

So here's what not to miss on the late night circuit this week (no descriptions for the Top 5 this week because of the lateness, but take my word for it -- you'll want to see them):

• Monty Python (Wednesday on Fallon)
• Bill Cosby (Wednesday on Leno)
• Lily Allen (Tuesday on Carson)
• Aziz Ansari (Tuesday on Letterman)
• Ken Jeong (Wednesday on Conan)

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (NBC)

• Mon 10/12: Jamie Foxx, Jason Alexander, Grizzly Bear
• Tue 10/13: Ice-T, Eddie Izzard, the Flaming Lips
• Wed 10/14: Serena Williams, Ken Jeong, Rascal Flatts
• Thu 10/15: John C. Reilly, Matt Braunger
• Fri 10/16: Max Records

The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS)

• Mon 10/12: Garry Shandling, Kaley Cuoco, Tim McGraw
• Tue 10/13: Sienna Miller, Aziz Ansari, Dead by Sunrise
• Wed 10/14: Tina Fey, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, Mika
• Thu 10/15: Don Rickles, Built to Spill
• Fri 10/16: Uma Thurman, Tim McGraw

The Jay Leno Show (NBC)

• Mon 10/12: Dana Carvey, Justin Timberlake
• Tue 10/13: John C. Reilly, Ben Roethlisberger
• Wed 10/14: Bill Cosby, Toby Keith
• Thu 10/15: Matt Lauer, Jeff Dunham
• Fri 10/16: Ross Mathews, Sen. John McCain

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC)

• Mon 10/12: Kathie Lee Gifford, Penn Badgley, Love & Theft
• Tue 10/13: Andy Samberg, Greg Proops, Baaba Maal & the Brazilian Girls
• Wed 10/14: Monty Python
• Thu 10/15: Gerard Butler, Ivanka Trump, Hockey
• Fri 10/16: Eddie Izzard, Gina Gershon, Amy Schumer

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS)

• Mon 10/12: David Boreanaz, Mitch Albom, Dierks Bentley
• Tue 10/13: Tim Robbins, Adam Goldberg
• Wed 10/14: Kristen Bell, Robert Carlyle
• Thu 10/15: Forest Whitaker, Adam Savage & Jamie Hyneman
• Fri 10/16: Toby Keith, Michelle Monaghan

Jimmy Kimmell Live (ABC)

• Mon 10/12: David Duchovny, Carmelo Anthony, Kid Cudi (Repeat)
• Tue 10/13: Jack Black, the latest Dancing with the Stars castoff, Cobra Starship
• Wed 10/14: Jamie Foxx, Kristin Cavallari, Toby Keith
• Thu 10/15: Harper Simon
• Fri 10/16: Serena Williams, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Eric Church

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central, CTV)

• Mon 10/12: Janet Napolitano
• Tue 10/13: Chesley Sullenberger
• Wed 10/14: Barbara Ehrenreich
• Thu 10/15: Jennifer Burns

The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, CTV)

• Mon 10/12: Shashi Tharoor, Dr. Sanjay Gupta
• Tue 10/13: David Javerbaum, Sylvia Earle
• Wed 10/14: Amy Farrell, The RZA
• Thu 10/15: Jerry Mitchell

Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC)

• Mon 10/12: Frank Caliendo, Casey Currie, Emily Wells (Repeat)
• Tue 10/13: Chris Kattan, Lily Allen
• Wed 10/14: Charlie Hunnam, Phoenix
• Thu 10/15: Mike Rowe, Keane
• Fri 10/16: Eva Amurri

The Hour with George Stroumboloupoulos (CBC)

• Tue 10/13: Tim Flannery, Patricia Clarkson
• Wed 10/14: Theo Fleury, Catherine O'Hara
• Thu 10/15: Stephen Lewis, Chantal Kreviazuk
• Fri 10/16: Michael Buble, Patricia Clarkson, Clive Owen (Repeat Interviews)

Kevin Pollak's Chat Show (Online)

• Sun 10/18: Paul F. Tompkins (comedian)

Tags: The Tonight Show, Late Night, David Letterman, Craig Ferguson, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Hour, Conan O'Brien, Kevin Pollak, talk shows

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Paul Little is the founder and Managing Editor of ShowbizMonkeys.com. When not interviewing his favourite musicians and comedians, he can also be found putting on and promoting music and comedy events with The Purple Room in Winnipeg, or co-producing the live comedy game shows Pants on Fire and The Great Patio Showdown. (@comedygeek)

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