Talk-show Tango Dec. 26-30: Repeats my darlings

Merry merry my friends, unless you’re talking about the talk-show lineup this week, which is kinda repeaty. Back to the nog!

LATE NIGHT

Late Show with David Letterman (11:35 p.m. ET on CBS)

Monday: Katie Holmes (Jack & Jill), Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds (Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds) (R)

Tuesday: Steve Martin, Felicity Jones (Like Crazy) (R)

Wednesday: Justin Bieber (Under the Misteltoe), comic Brian Regan, FreeSol (No Rules) (R)

Thursday: Matt Damon (We Bought a Zoo), Shelby Lynne (Revelation Road) (R)

Friday: Tom Hanks (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close), My Morning Jacket (Circuital) (R)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (12:35 a.m. ET on CBS)

Monday: tba

Tuesday: Seth Rogen, Judy Greer (R)

Wednesday: Carey Mulligan, Paula Poundstone (R)

Thursday: Claire Danes, Betty White (R)

Friday: Jim Parsons, Cake (R)

The Jay Leno Show (10 p.m. ET on NBC, A Channel)

Monday: Dana Carvey, Ivan Reitman, Lenny Kravitz (R)

Tuesday: Sandra Bullock, Diablo Cody, Pink Martini (R)

Wednesday: Ron Paul, Joe Rogan (R)

Thursday: Louis C.K., Levi Lavallee, Young the Giant (R)

Friday: Charlize Theron, Kevin Hart, Foster the People (R)

Conan (midnight ET on Comedy Network, 1 a.m. on CTV)

Monday: Tom Hanks, BBQ Master Myron Mixon (R)

Tuesday: Justin Timberlake, Jon Ronson, Myq Kaplan (R)

Wednesday: Harrison Ford, Marissa Miller, Pitbull (R)

Thursday: Shaquille O’Neal, Brian Posehn, Seether (Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray) (R)

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (12:35 a.m. ET on NBC)

Monday: Betty White, Jack Huston, Diggnation (R)

Tuesday: Zac Efron, Method Man (R)

Wednesday: Tom Cruise, Joshua Topolski (R)

Thursday: Helen Mirren, Damon Wayans Jr. (R)

Friday: Bradley Cooper, Robert DeNiro, Pauley Perrette (R)

Jimmy Kimmel Live (12:05 a.m. ET on ABC)

Monday: Regis Philbin, Paul Anka (R)

Tuesday: Artie Lange and Nick DiPaolo, Atticus Shaffer, Lady Antebellum (R)

Wednesday: Matthew Morrison, Maggie Q, Yelawolf (R)

Thursday: Jim Parsons, Taylor Kitsch, My Morning Jacket (R)

Friday: Kathy Griffin, Jamie Bell, Young Jeezy (R)

Chelsea Lately (11-11:30 p.m. ET on E!, formerly Star!, Videotron digital 125, Bell 621, Shaw Direct 168 and 527)

Monday: tba

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:

Daily Show with Jon Stewart (11 p.m. Comedy Network, midnight ET, CTV)

Monday: Matt Damon (R)

Tuesday: Anne Burrell (R)

Wednesday: Melody Barnes (R)

Thursday: Lawrence Lessig (R)

The Colbert Report (11:30 p.m. Comedy Network, 12:30 a.m. ET, CTV)

Monday: Daniel Craig (R)

Tuesday: Raymong T. Odierno (R)

Wednesday: Samuel L. Jackson (R)

Thursday: Mark Whitaker (R)

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (11 p.m. ET, CBC)

Monday: Rob Lowe, Cory Monteith, Bradley Cooper (R)

Tuesday: Jamie Oliver, Jane Goodall, Stephen Lewis and Michele Landsberg (R)

Wednesday: Jodie Foster, Kim Cattrall, Rita Moreno (R)

Thursday: William Shatner, Regis Philbin, Christopher Plummer (R)

Friday: Kevin O’Leary, Ice Cube, Mary Walsh (R)

Charlie Rose (11:30 p.m. ET, PBS)

Mr. Rose announces his guests only on the day of broadcast, check the show’s Twitter account for guest announcements.

Real Time with Bill Maher (10 p.m. ET, Fridays only, on HBO Canada)

Returns Jan. 13, 2012

DAYTIME

Live with Kelly (9 a.m. ET, NBC and CTV)

Monday: Mark Consuelos cohosts, Seth Rogen, Brooke Shields, Kevin James (R)

Tuesday: Neil Patrick Harris cohosts, Heidi Klum, Garrett Hedlund, Jayma Mays (R)

Wednesday: Michael Strahan cohosts, Reese Witherspoon, Chace Crawford (R)

Thursday: Josh Groban cohosts, Zac Efron, Olivia Wilde (R)

Friday: Halloween Headliners Ball (R)

The View 11 a.m. ET, ABC and CTV)

Monday: Hugh Jackman, Tim Gunn

Tuesday: Eric Stonestreet, Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr.

Wednesday: Tom Selleck, David Crosby and Graham Nash

Thursday: Regis Philbin, Martin Scorsese

Friday: Susan Boyle, Nick Cannon, Whitney Cummings

The Talk (2 p.m., CBS)

Monday: tba

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:

Anderson (weekdays at 3 p.m. ET on CTV Two and NBC, 5 p.m. ET on CTV)

Monday: New Year’s Eve Show with Kathy Griffin & Gloria Vanderbilt

Tuesday: Gloria Vanderbilt (R)

Wednesday: Hoarders (R)

Thursday: Mark Wahlberg (R)

Friday: Sperm-donor reunion, Hugh Jackman (R)

The Ellen DeGeneres Show (4 p.m. ET, CBS)

Monday: Kirsten Dunst, YouTube sensations Sophia Grace Brownlee and Rosie McClelland (R)

Tuesday: Rihanna, Drew and Brittany Brees (R)

Wednesday: Michelle Williams, Ariel Winter, Kevin Nealon (R)

Thursday: tba

Friday: tba

Denise Duguay

@tweetinthebox

Talk-show Tango Dec. 19-23: Rufus Wainwright, Michael Buble, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

This being the week before Christmas, there is a blitz of music (holiday-themed and otherwise) on our fave talk shows as well as a big push for big movies. Highlights of the former: our own Rufus Wainwright on Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night on Tuesday plus Strombo’s Friday-night holiday music special. Movie highlights? Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol goes head to head with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Get ready. Here’s trailers for both of those. Oh, and have a holly jolly xmas if that’s your wont. Otherwise, like, see you next week.

LATE NIGHT

Late Show with David Letterman (11:35 p.m. ET on CBS)

Monday: Tom Cruise (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol), Mitt Romney, Anthony Hamilton (Back to Love)

Tuesday: Harry Connick Jr. (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever), Scott Van Pelt (ESPN), Mariachi El Bronx (Mariachi El Bronx)

Wednesday: presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman, J. Cole (Cole World: The Sidelined Story)

Thursday: Anderson Cooper (Anderson), skier Lindsey Vonn, Childish Gambino (Camp)

Friday: Jay Thomas, Darlene Love (Christmas (Baby Please Come Home))

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (12:35 a.m. ET on CBS)

Monday: Regis Philbin, Goo Goo Dolls

Tuesday: Robin Wright (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Parker Young

Wednesday: Jason Lee (Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked), Felicity Jones, Black Dub

Thursday: Kyra Sedgwick, Frankie Ballard

Friday: Christmas Email Spectacular

The Jay Leno Show (10 p.m. ET on NBC, A Channel)

Monday: Sandra Bullock (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close), Diablo Cody, Pink Martini

Tuesday: Charles Barkley, Berenice Bejo, Amber Riley

Wednesday: Thomas Haden Church (We Bought a Zoo), Turtleman Ernie Brown Jr., Johnny Mathis

Thursday: Jonah Hill (The Sitter), Chris Paul, Il Volo

Friday: Terry Bradshaw, Bailee Madison, Chris Isaak

Conan (midnight ET on Comedy Network, 1 a.m. on CTV)

Monday: tba

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (12:35 a.m. ET on NBC)

Monday: Jeremy Renner (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol), Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Carole King

Tuesday: Tom Cruise (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol), Joshua Topolsky, Rufus Wainwright

Wednesday: Louis CK, Paula Patton

Thursday: Jerry O’Connell, Simon Pegg (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol), Jeff Musial, The Rockettes

Friday: Seth Meyers (New Year’s Eve, SNL), Kim Wayans, The Muppets

Jimmy Kimmel Live (12:05 a.m. ET on ABC)

Monday: Armie Hammer (J.Edgar), Jeri Ryan  (Body of Proof), T-Pain (R)

Tuesday: Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger and L.A. Reid (The X-Factor), Anna Faris (Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked), The Kooks (R)

Wednesday: Christina Applegate (Up All Night), Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Jack’s Mannequin (R)

Thursday: Jeremy Renner (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol), Judy Greer (The Descendants), Chevelle (R)

Friday: tRobert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Lenny Kravitz (R)

Chelsea Lately (11-11:30 p.m. ET on E!, formerly Star!, Videotron digital 125, Bell 621, Shaw Direct 168 and 527)

Monday: tba

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:

Daily Show with Jon Stewart (11 p.m. Comedy Network, midnight ET, CTV)

Monday: Ed Gillespie (R)

Tuesday: Ralph Fiennes (R)

Wednesday: Jonah Hill (The Sitter) (R)

Thursday: Ben Lowy (R)

The Colbert Report (11:30 p.m. Comedy Network, 12:30 a.m. ET, CTV)

Monday: David Hallberg (R)

Tuesday: Jack Abramoff (Capital Punishment) (R)

Wednesday: Jimmie Johnson (R)

Thursday: The Black Keys (El Camino) (R)

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (11 p.m. ET, CBC)

Monday: The Best of: Leading Men – Kermit, Hugh Jackman, Woody Harrelson

Tuesday: Russell Peters, Nickelback, Shania Twain

Wednesday: Margaret Atwood, Ian Rankin

Thursday: Michael Buble, Chris Isaak, Josh Groban

Friday: Holiday Music Special with guests Martin Short, Michael Buble, Trombone Shorty, Down with Webster and more

Charlie Rose (11:30 p.m. ET, PBS)

Mr. Rose announces his guests only on the day of broadcast, check the show’s Twitter account for guest announcements.

Real Time with Bill Maher (10 p.m. ET, Fridays only, on HBO Canada)

New episodes return Jan. 13, 2012

DAYTIME

Live with Kelly (9 a.m. ET, NBC and CTV)

Monday: Mark Consuelos cohosts, Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Lady Antebellum

Tuesday: Mark Consuelos cohosts, Scarlett Johansson (We Bought a Zoo), Radio City Rockettes

Wednesday: Seth Meyers cohosts, Jennifer Connelly, Robert Pattinson, Lauren Graham, Swamp Brothers

Thursday: Andy Cohen cohosts, Aaron Eckhart, John Leguizamo

Friday: Mark Consuelos cohosts

The View 11 a.m. ET, ABC and CTV)

Monday: Florence and the Machine

Tuesday: Fred Armisen (SNL, Portlandia)

Wednesday: comic Chuck Nice

Thursday: Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)

Friday: Meryl Streep (Iron Lady), Mario Cantone, Joey McIntyre

The Talk (2 p.m., CBS)

Monday: Miranda Lambert

Tuesday: Jeremy Sisto

Wednesday: Robin Wright (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Thursday: Jamie Oliver

Friday: Margaret Cho

Anderson (weekdays at 3 p.m. ET on CTV Two and NBC, 5 p.m. ET on CTV)

Monday: Angelina Jolie and cast (In the Land of Blood and Honey)

Tuesday: Jane Fonda

Wednesday: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Elle Fanning (We Bought a Zoo)

Thursday: families with uncommon physical challenges

Friday: Holiday Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show (4 p.m. ET, CBS)

Monday: Brad Pitt and Chris Pratt (Moneyball), Kelly Clarkson (Mr. Know It All)

Tuesday: Luke Bryan, Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly)

Wednesday: Armie Hammer (J. Edgar)

Thursday: Ashton Kutcher (Two and a Half Men)

Friday: tba

Denise Duguay

@tweetinthebox

Talk-show Tango Dec. 12-16: Tom Hanks, Robert Downey Jr. Scarlett Johansson, Josh Holloway and Gary Clark Jr., too

Holiday movie promotion is in top form: Tom Hanks for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson for We Bought a Zoo, Jamie Bell for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn and former Lost star Josh Holloway for Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol. But also worth note is a musical guest on Letterman this Friday, Gary Clark Jr., who played Le Divan Orange earlier this year here in Montreal and was fantastic. Check him out here and on Friday.

LATE NIGHT

Late Show with David Letterman (11:35 p.m. ET on CBS)

Monday: Heisman winner Robert Griffin III, Scarlett Johansson (We Bought a Zoo), Julie Chen (The Talk)

Tuesday: Barbara Walters (10 Most Fascinating People in 2011), Wild Flag (Wild Flag)

Wednesday: Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Lisa Lampanelli

Thursday: Tom Hanks (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close), My Morning Jacket (Circuital)

Friday: Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Bob Scarlatte, Gary Clark Jr.  (The Bright Lights)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (12:35 a.m. ET on CBS)

Monday: chef Cat Cora

Tuesday: Ben Kingsley (Hugo)

Wednesday: Patton Oswalt (Young Adult)

Thursday: Sean Hayes, John Hodgman

Friday: Mindy Kaling (The Office)

The Jay Leno Show (10 p.m. ET on NBC, A Channel)

Monday: Charlize Theron (Young Adult), Kevin Hart, Foster the People

Tuesday: Dana Carvey, Jason Reitman, Lenny Kravitz

Wednesday: Louis CK, Levi Lavalle, Common

Thursday: Al Michaels and Chris Collinsworth, Elle Fanning, Robin Thicke

Friday: Ron Paul, Chris Cornell

Conan (midnight ET on Comedy Network, 1 a.m. on CTV)

Monday: Rob Lowe, Adam Pally, Noel Gallagher

Tuesday: comic Nick Vatterott

Wednesday: Bob Costas, Mike Zohn, Evan Michelson

Thursday: Dawes

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (12:35 a.m. ET on NBC)

Monday: Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1), Mike White, Hunter Hayes (R)

Tuesday: Tracy Morgan, Mario Batali, Pablo Francisco (R)

Wednesday: Adam Sandler (Jack & Jill), Chris Martin, Beyonce (R)

Thursday: Martin Short, Kermit the Frog & Miss Piggy (The Muppets), Michael Stipe (R)

Friday: Maya Rudolph (Up All Night), Damian Lewis (Homeland), Chef Richard Blais (R)

Jimmy Kimmel Live (12:05 a.m. ET on ABC)

Monday: Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Nicole Scherzinger and L.A. Reid (The X-Factor), Anna Faris (Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked), The Kooks

Tuesday: Josh Holloway (Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol), Molly Sims (Project Accessory), Death Cab for Cutie

Wednesday: Kathy Griffin, Jamie Bell (The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn)

Thursday: Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock  Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Lenny Kravitz

Friday: Peter Facinelli (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1), Jamie Oliver (Jamie Oliver’s Meals in Minutes: A Revoutionary Approach to Cooking Good Food Fast), Vince Gill (R)

Chelsea Lately (11-11:30 p.m. ET on E!, formerly Star!, Videotron digital 125, Bell 621, Shaw Direct 168 and 527)

Monday: tba

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:

Daily Show with Jon Stewart (11 p.m. Comedy Network, midnight ET, CTV)

Monday: Anne Burrell

Tuesday: Lawrence Lessig

Wednesday: White House director of Domestic Council Melody Barnes

Thursday: Matt Damon (We Bought a Zoo)

The Colbert Report (11:30 p.m. Comedy Network, 12:30 a.m. ET, CTV)

Monday: Samuel L. Jackson

Tuesday:  Mark Whitaker

Wednesday: Chief of Staff U.S. Army General Raymond Odierno

Thursday: Daniel Craig (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (11 p.m. ET, CBC)

Monday: Don Ferguson (Air Farce New Year’s Special, Air Farce: 40 Years of Flying by the Seat of Our Pants), Niall Ferguson (Civilizatiion: The West and the Rest)

Tuesday: Paul Anka (Songs of December), Jeffrey Eugenides (The Marriage Plot)

Wednesday: Samantha Bee (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), Wade Davis (Into the Silence, The Sacred Headwaters)

Thursday: Jamie Bell (The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn), Hockey Canada chief Bob Nicholson (Thirty Years of the Game at Its Best)

Friday: best of the week and Laura Marling

Charlie Rose (11:30 p.m. ET, PBS)

Mr. Rose announces his guests only on the day of broadcast, check the show’s Twitter account for guest announcements.

Real Time with Bill Maher (10 p.m. ET, Fridays only, on HBO Canada)

Returns with new episodes Jan. 13, 2012

DAYTIME

Live with Kelly (9 a.m. ET, NBC and CTV)

Monday: Taye Diggs (Private Practice), David Hyde Pierce (Close Up Space), winners of The Amazing Race

Tuesday: Kevin Jonas, Michelle Pfeiffer (New Year’s Eve), Anthony Hamilton

Wednesday: Bryant Gumbel cohosts, Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), The Biggest Loser winner

Thursday: Michael Buble cohosts, Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock  Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Lady Antebellum

Friday: Michael Buble cohosts, Daniel Craig (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

The View 11 a.m. ET, ABC and CTV)

Monday: Donald Trump

Tuesday: Jon Huntsman Jr., Marlo Thomas, Dylan Lauren

Wednesday: Rachael Ray, Guy Fieri

Thursday: Harry Connick Jr. (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever), Tracey Gold

Friday: Claire Danes (Homeland), Lisa Lillien (Hungry Girl)

The Talk (2 p.m., CBS)

Monday: Kim Cattrall

Tuesday: Angela Bassett and Samuel L. Jackson

Wednesday: Donnie Wahlberg

Thursday: Brooke Shields

Friday: Donald Trump

Anderson (weekdays at 3 p.m. ET on CTV Two and NBC, 5 p.m. ET on CTV)

Monday: psychic John Edward

Tuesday: Melissa McCarthy

Wednesday: Inside the World of FLDS and Polygamy

Thursday: Caught in the Wrong Bodies

Friday: Anderson’s Costco Adventure

The Ellen DeGeneres Show (4 p.m. ET, CBS)

Monday: Allison Janney (The Help), Maggie Elizabeth Jones (We Bought a Zoo)

Tuesday: Diane Keaton (Then Again)

Wednesday: Charlize Theron (Young Adult), Kevin Nealon, Christina Perri (soundtrack for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1)

Thursday: tba

Friday: tba

Denise Duguay

@tweetinthebox

Talk-show Tango Dec. 5-9: Sarah Jessica Parker, Zac Efron, Robert Downey Jr. and Jackie Evancho (updated)

Yes, as a matter of fact, every actor in Hollywood IS in the upcoming holiday you’lllaughyou’llcry movie New Year’s Eve (in Montreal cinemas Dec. 9). Among the stars stumping for it this week are: Katherine Heigl, Abigail Breslin, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Biel, Josh Duhamel, Zac Efron … Oh it goes on. Amid that promotional fury, Robert Downey Jr. and Guy Ritchie are trying to get a bit of love for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Dec. 16). As for musical guests, you got your Coldplay and Black Eyed Peas this week but how about a little spooky big voice in a tiny girl? Here’s Jackie Evancho, who’s here and there this week.

LATE NIGHT

Late Show with David Letterman (11:35 p.m. ET on CBS)

Monday: Jonah Hill (The Sitter), Kristen Johnston, Ryan Adams (Ashes and Fire)

Tuesday: Matt Damon (We Bought a Zoo), Shelby Lynne

Wednesday: Jessica Biel (New Year’s Eve), Tom Dreeson, The Black Eyed Peas (El Camino)

Thursday: Charlize Theron (Young Adult), Kevin Nealon, Blitzen Trapper (American Goldwing)

Friday: comic Hugh Find, Young Jeezy (TM 103 Hustlerz Ambition)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (12:35 a.m. ET on CBS)

Monday: Justin Long (New Girl), Noomi Rapace (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Tuesday: Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland), Black Dub

Wednesday: Trace Adkins

Thursday: Pierce Brosnan, Laura Lippman

Friday: tba

The Jay Leno Show (10 p.m. ET on NBC, A Channel)
Monday: Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Abigail Breslin (New Year’s Eve), Alison Krauss and Union Station

Tuesday: Katherine Heigl (New Year’s Eve), J.B. Smoove, Taio Cruz

Wednesday: Lea Michele (Glee), Adam Carolla, Neil Diamond

Thursday: Katie Couric, Chris D’Elia (Whitney), Matisyahu

Friday: Bill O’Reilly, Jackie Evancho

Conan (midnight ET on Comedy Network, 1 a.m. on CTV)

Monday: Alec Baldwin, Damon Wayans Jr., Yelawolf

Tuesday: Sofia Vergara, Paul F. Tompkins, comic Tig Notaro

Wednesday: Michael Moore, comic Sean Patton

Thursday: Jeremy Piven, WWE Superstar The Miz, Blink 182

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (12:35 a.m. ET on NBC)

Monday: Steve Martin, Emily VanCamp (Revenge), Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa

Tuesday: Sarah Jessica Parker (New Year’s Eve), Patton Oswalt, Willow Smith

Wednesday: Zac Efron (New Year’s Eve), Method Man, Coldplay

Thursday: Ralph Fiennes (Coriolanus), Shailene Woodley, Gym Class Heroes

Friday: Charlize Theron (Young Adult), Aretha Franklin

Jimmy Kimmel Live (12:05 a.m. ET on ABC)

Monday: Christina Applegate (Up All Night), Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Jack’s Mannequin

Tuesday: Armie Hammer (J. Edgar), Jeri Ryan (Body of Proof), T-Pain

Wednesday: Jane Fonda (Prime Time), Russell Brand, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real

Thursday: Jeremy Renner (Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol), Judy Greer (The Descendants), Chevelle

Friday: tba

Daily Show with Jon Stewart (11 p.m. Comedy Network, midnight ET, CTV)

Monday: Ben Lowy

Tuesday: Jonah Hill (The Sitter)

Wednesday: Ralph Fiennes (Coriolanus)

Thursday: Ed Gillespie

The Colbert Report (11:30 p.m. Comedy Network, 12:30 a.m. ET, CTV)

Monday: Jimmie Johnson (Jimmie Johnson’s Anything with an Engine)

Tuesday: Black Eyed Peas (El Camino)

Wednesday: David Hallberg

Thursday: Jack Abramoff (Capital Punishment)

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (11 p.m. ET, CBC)

Monday: Jeffrey Rush (The Eye of the Storm), Dr. Peter Singer

Tuesday: Regis Philbin (How I Got This Way), Philippa Gregory

Wednesday: John Turner (Elusive Destiny), Abigail Breslin (New Year’s Eve)

Thursday: Dana White, Chuck Hughes (Chuckmas)

Friday: best of the week and Trombone Shorty

Charlie Rose (11:30 p.m. ET, PBS)

Mr. Rose announces his guests only on the day of broadcast, check the show’s Twitter account for guest announcements.

Real Time with Bill Maher (10 p.m. ET, Fridays only, on HBO Canada)

Friday: returns Jan. 13, 2012

DAYTIME

Live with Kelly (9 a.m. ET, NBC and CTV)

Monday: Derek Hough (Dancing with the Stars), Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice), Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)

Tuesday: Jonah Hill (The Sitter), Sarah Jessica Parker (New Year’s Eve), Emily VanCamp (Revenge)

Wednesday: Josh Groban, Zac Efron (New Year’s Eve)

Thursday: Josh Groban, Jessica Biel (New Year’s Eve)

Friday: Josh Groban, Charlize Theron (Young Adult), Abigail Breslin (New Year’s Eve), Cody Simpson

The View 11 a.m. ET, ABC and CTV)

Monday: Jane Fonda (Prime Time), Paul Anka

Tuesday: Condoleezza Rice, Patricia Cornwell, Jackie Evancho

Wednesday: Bill Clinton, Cheryl Hines (Suburgatory)

Thursday: Martha Stewart

Friday: Ralph Fiennes (Coriolanus), Ivanka Trump

The Talk (2 p.m., CBS)

Monday:  Nancy Grace

Tuesday: Melissa Gilbert

Wednesday: NeNe Leakes

Thursday: Vicki Lawrence

Friday: Jeremy Piven

Anderson (weekdays at 3 p.m. ET on CTV Two and NBC, 5 p.m. ET on CTV)

Monday: exteme beauty procedures, sperm donors reconnect, Dugan Smith update

Tuesday: Meredith Vieira and Richard Cohen, Betty White (Hot in Cleveland), Octavia Spencer

Wednesday: teacher abuse, Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick and Jane Leeves (Hot in Cleveland)

Thursday: Steve Harvey

Friday: Heidi Klum

The Ellen DeGeneres Show (4 p.m. ET, CBS)

Monday: Josh Duhamel (New Year’s Eve), Laura Dern (Enlightened)

Tuesday: Hilary Swank (New Year’s Eve), Steve Jones (X-Factor)

Wednesday: Katherine Heigl (New Year’s Eve), Lenny Kravitz (Black and White America)

Thursday:

Friday:

Denise Duguay

@tweetinthebox