Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi are on Oprah today! And there’s a tapeworm on Tyra. One will make me naseated because of too cuteness and the other, well, how badly could you need to drop a few pounds (oh yes, it’s a tapeworm DIET). To balance that out, Tyra will also give away 100,000 coats. But still. I think my flu is back. Blech.

LATE NIGHT

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

Monday: Senator Kid Bond (The Next Front)

Tuesday: Serena Williams (On the Line)

Wednesday: Clarence Clemons (Big Man)

Thursday: Jane Goodall (Hope for Animals and Their World)

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

Monday: Tom Campbell, Metropolitain Museum of Art

Tuesday: Maria Shriver, Special Olympics

Wednesday: Christopher Caldwell (Reflections on the Revolution in Europe)

Thursday: Woody Harrelson (2012, The Messenger)

The Hour (11 p.m. ET, CBC)

Monday: Isabella Rossellini, Al Jacobs

Tuesday: Valerie Bertinelli, Misha Glenny

Wednesday: Michael Buble, Patrricia Clarkson, Clive Owen

Thursday: tba

Friday: tba

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

Mr. Rose announces his guests only on the day of broadcast, so please click on the show-name link above for the most recent guest announcement.

Real Time with Bill Maher (11 p.m. ET, Fridays only, on HBO Canada)

Repeats until February

DAYTIME

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

Monday: tba

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:

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

Monday: Teena Marie, Emma Thompson

Tuesday: Laurence Fishburne (CSI triple crossover), former miss California Carrie Prejean, Phil Lempert

Wednesday: Woody Harrelson (The Messenger, 2012), cast of Finian’s Rainbow

Thursday: Rachael Ray, Dancing with the Stars castoff

Friday: Stephen King (Under the Dome), Kool and the Gang

The Bonnie Hunt Show (2 p.m. ET on NBC, 3 p.m. ET on Citytv)

Monday: Valerie Bertinelli, Chris Colfer (Glee), Oscar the Grouch

Tuesday: Dr. Wayne Dyer

Wednesday: Chevy Chase (Community), Jennifer Morrison

Thursday: Dominic Monaghan (FlashForward), Morena Baccarin

Friday: Fran Drescher, Paula Deen, Michael Groover

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

Monday: George Lopez, Robin Wright

Tuesday: Jenny McCarthy, Sheman Moore

Wednesday: John Travolta, Ella Bleu Travolta

Thursday: See Ellen’s Cover of O

Friday: Harry Connick Jr., Paula Patton (Precious)

Oprah 4 p.m. (NBC and CTV)

Monday: Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi

Tuesday: Death Row Exclusive — Confronting the Killer

Wednesday: tba

Thursday: Karako Challenge Finals

Friday: Oprah Live

The Tyra Show (10 a.m. ET on Citytv)

Monday: The Tapeworm Diet

Tuesday: Top Model’s Miss J Tells All

Wednesday: Halle Berry (fragrance Halle), America’s Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker

Thursday: Tyra Gives Away 100,000 Coats plus Wishes Come True

Friday: Cast of Glee and cast of Precious

– Denise Duguay

Hello chickens! If this is Friday, then it’s time for another poll.
Last week on Inside the Box, we asked: Who is your favourite new television character this season?

My vote went to Edie Falco’s junkie-nurse-philanderer in the Movie Network dramedy Nurse Jackie. And I was alone. Sigh. Not even Mother would stand with me on this one.
According to you louts, the most favoured new character this season was…
John Lithgow, all creepy and occasionally naked (very naked) as the evil Trinity Killer on Dexter, evil as opposed to the “good” avenging title killer, played by Michael C. Hall. Lithgow took home just over half the votes.
The remaining vote getters were:

• Julianna Margulies as the lawyer/mom in The Good Wife with 19 per cent,
• The evil vampire brother on The Vampire Diaries, played by ex Lostie Ian Somerhalder, with 14 per cent, and
• The wierd kid on The Middle and the vampire queen on True Blood, with five per cent apiece.

There were, however, a couple of glaring oversights in last week’s poll options. The first was pointed out by a Facebook friend Pat S.: “Sue Sylvester, coach of the Cheerios on Glee!” Chapeau to you, Sue, you demented blonde. (And thanks to you, Pat.) The second was pointed out by fellow Gazetteer Jordan Zivitz, who offered: “Robert Knepper’s carnival weirdo on Heroes”. Perhaps if I have a poll on which male characters make the best use of smudged eye liner, I’ll include Knepper. Thanks for the tip JZ.

Now then, this week’s shameless self-indulgence is this question: Which show deserves to be cancelled next?
Acclaimed L.A. cop drama Southland has been saved from certain death now that TNT, a U.S.-only cable outlet, has confirmed it will carry the show that NBC killed before airing any of the second season THAT IT ORDERED LAST SPRING??? (Details yet to be revealed about how or if Canadians will see it since TNT is not available except to computer eggheads).
Otherwise this season, the new show death tally is pretty low so far: The Mischa Barton modelling “drama” The Beautiful Life was exterminated after just two episodes.
Trauma, about the melodramas among emergency responders, has been sacked, although NBC will air all 13 episodes initially ordered.

But surely, you have other shows you’d like to see die. And I’m not limiting it to new shows. I haven’t heard a single good word about Grey’s Anatomy yet this season. There’s a handful of other options in this week’s poll, which you’ve already seen up top.
Vote and vote as many times as you like. And if you don’t see a show you’d like to see die, you can add it youself.
Bon weekend!
– Denise Duguay

Tuesday, 8 p.m. on CTV and ABC is the start of the new series V.

I promised a pre-broadcast look at the new series, however, the flu has left with with only enough energy to remind you to watch.

Here’s a preview from CTV’s site, where you can also watch episodes on CTV’s video player after they air.  We’ll talk later.

– Denise Duguay

I have a bit of news and a bit of, well, not nudity, but… Yes, that Chelsea Handler on the cover of Playboy’s December issue in all her Xmas glory. On her blog, she confesses she ate nothing but turkey and grapefruit for a few weeks before the photo shoot. Talk about a testimonial.

And now to the news: This weekend, Wanda Sykes starts her Saturday-night Fox talker, filling the spot left by Spike Feresten. She’s on Leno on Thursday to talk about it. Also next Monday, Nov. 9, George Lopez starts Lopez Tonight, his weeknight talk show for TBS. And finally, if you like my other boyfriend, he’s starting a new Sunday-night music show on CBC. That would be The Strombo Show, hosted by The Hour’s George Stroumboulopoulos, Sundays from 8 p.m. to midnight on CBC Radio 2.

LATE NIGHT

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

Monday: Senator Bob Menendez

Tuesday: David Plouffe (The Audacity to Win)

Wednesday: Al Gore

Thursday: Susan Rice

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

Monday: Nicholas Thompson (The Hawk and the Dove)

Tuesday: Andrew Sullivan (The Atlantis)

Wednesday: Harold Evans (My Paper Chase)

Thursday: Iliam Bratton, former L.A. police chief

The Hour (11 p.m. ET, CBC)

Monday: Ted Sorenson, Sugar Sammy

Tuesday: Jason Reitman, Taylor Branch

Wednesday: Margaret Atwood, David Jacobson

Thursday: RCMP Commissioner William Elliott

Friday: Michael Moore, Peter Sarsgaard

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

Mr. Rose announces his guests only on the day of broadcast, so please click on the show-name link above for the most recent guest announcement.

Real Time with Bill Maher (11 p.m. ET, Fridays only, on HBO Canada)

Friday: repeats through Feb. 20, 2010.

Wanda Sykes Show (Saturday, 11 p.m. ET, Fox)

Saturday: tba

DAYTIME

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

Monday: Jenny McCarthy, Ted Danson (Bored to Death)

Tuesday: Reba McEntire, Emeril Lagasse

Wednesday: Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine), Sean Kingston

Thursday: Carrie Underwood, Bernadette Peters

Friday: James Marsden (The Box), Project Runway finalists

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

Monday: Lisa Niemi, Kathryn Joosten (Desperate Housewives)

Tuesday: Ivanka Trump, Aisha Tyler

Wednesday: Al Gore, Joel Osteen

Thursday: Ian McKellen, Shepherd Smith

Friday: America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), Guy Fieri

The Bonnie Hunt Show (2 p.m. ET on Citytv and NBC)

Monday: Lily Tomlin (Not Playing with a Full Deck), David Zinczenko (Eat This, Not That)

Tuesday: LL Cool J (NCIS: Los Angeles), John Irving (Last Night in Twisted River), Rumer Willis (90210)

Wednesday: Disney stars

Thursday: Jenna Fischer (The Office), Nate Berkus, Paul Scheer (The League)

Friday: tba

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

Monday: Jim Carrey (A Christmas Carol), Faith Hill

Tuesday: Mo’nique (Precious), Abby Rike, Justin Bieber

Wednesday: Mariah Carey (Precious), Jonathan Safran Foer

Thursday: Amy Poehler (Parks and Rec), Fran Drescher

Friday: Countdown to Ellen on O

Oprah 4 p.m. (NBC and CTV)

Monday: Shoe, Handbag and Accessory Intervention

Tuesday: Oprah career flashback, plus first-job reflections by Kirstie Alley, Suze Orman and Martina McBride

Wednesday: “Step Out of Your Box” Challenge with Ali and Hilary Swank

Thursday: Oprah’s Karaoke Challenge: Round 1

Friday: Life with Mo’nique (Precious), Anderson Cooper (CNN) and Karaoke Challenge results

The Tyra Show (10 a.m. ET on Citytv)

Monday: Teen Pimps and the Teen Girls They Made Prostitutes

Tuesday: Black Market Plastic Surgery

Wednesday: Get Your Shape In Shape with Tyra’s Nutritionist

Thursday: “Take Away the Fake” Intervention

Friday: The Women with Two Vaginas

– Denise Duguay

White Collar (new) 9 p.m. ET on Bravo

Series name
White Collar

Debuts
Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo (premiered the previous Friday on U.S.-only cable station USA)

Regularly airs
Fridays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo

Premise
Con artist talks his FBI stalker into springing him from prison in exchange for helping catch other con artists. Sorta Catch Me If You Can without the running. Or The Mentalist in rat-pack attire. And ankle-bracelet tracking device. And very rich, charming widow who takes in con artist cum FBI consultant.

Primary cast and crew
Matt Bomer (Traveler, Bryce in Chuck) is Neal Caffrey, art thief, bond forger, prison inmate… oh wait, actually he’s just escaped … aaaaaaaand he’s back. Until he charms …
Tim DeKay (Tell Me You Love Me, Carnivale) is Peter Burke, FBI agent who is as strait-laced and rule-bound as Caffrey is self-indulgent and rule-averse. But they share a love for their work, although that work falls on opposite sides of the line called The Law.
Tiffani Thiessen (What About Brian?, Beverly Hills 90210) is Elizabeth Burke, Peter’s very understanding soul mate and sounding board.
Willie Garson (Sex and the City) is Mozzie, Neal’s old pal.
Diahann Carroll (Grey’s Anatomy, Back to You) is June, the wealthy widow who takes Neal in to her life, but not in a cougar kind of way. You are terrible!
Alexandra Daddario (Law & Order: Criminal Intent, All My Children) is Kate, Neal’s ex and his biggest weakness. Is she how he got into the criminal life? And where is shenow? And is she in trouble? And shouldn’t he just forget her, as Peter advises?
Jeff Eastin (Held Up, Shasta McNasty) is the creator/writer/producer. Shasta McNasty?

But what do I know anyway? After having seen the pilot I declare …
You know how most times the promo for a TV show completely misrepresents a show? Usually by making it look more fun/interesting/engaging than the show really is? Well this is the exception to that rule. The pilot episode reveals a show that hits the ground running, and hits it very, very confidantly and without breaking a sweat. Neal, the con, and Peter, the FBI agent, are the two poles in this opposites-attract scenario. But the playfullness and, yes I’ll say it again, style (both visual and narrative) raise it above the often unimaginatively rendered “buddy” setup. Thiessen and Diahann Carroll don’t get much screen time in the debut episode, but they make very second count and left me hoping and expecting they will be bigger parts of coming episodes. As for quibbles? Well, I watched the pilot after a very jolting espresso and that tends to make me gullible. I did pause for a second in the opening escape scene: A recent beard and a more recent shave render an inmate of four years unrecognizable to his guards? Well, maybe it’s the espresso, but I’ll give them that one. And besides, realism is moot in TV. It’s all about believability, right? I believe that smile of Neal’s. I believe he gets almost anything he wants. Except, according to his deal with Peter, freedom from the ankle tracking bracelet for at least four years, which hopefully translates into four seasons.

Other reviews
On Metacritic, an aggregator of reviews from professional (ahem!) critics and “regular” viewers, puts the show in an A-plus category: the critics gave it an average of 79 out of 100 and the regular types gave it 9.2 out of 10. (Clearly professional (ahem!) critics must have 100 points to play with, as opposed to the lowly 10 alotted to the plebes. Clearly.)

Official website
The USA site (the U.S. broadcaster of the show) has the usual character and actor bios, a quiz in which you can find out if you’re a con artist or an FBI agent (“Denise: You’re an FBI agent to the core!”), and an FBI white-collar crime training program. The Bravo site is notable only because it links you to the video, in case you miss the Friday-night broadcast.

Twitter
Basic promo of the show with links to personal accounts for Tiffani Thiessen and show creator Jeff Eastin. Tiff looks like a real tweeter. That still sounds a bit dirty, doesn’t it.

Facebook
Click on “White Collar” to find their decent fan page (including the Con Dictionary link to the USA page) and … oh wait, a promise of “watch full episodes” that gives no love to Canadian computers. What a con!

Can’t wait for the next new-series preview?
V! Coming before the Nov. 3 premiere.

Wondering when the other new series and returning series are kicking off?
Click here for my select list of fall 2009 premieres and other important dates. Who am I to tell you what to do, but you could consider bookmarking it…

– Denise Duguay

This could be interesting. Ricky Gervais (The Office, Extras, The Invention of Lying) will host the Golden Globes gala on Jan. 17. It says here that this will make the 2010 event the first time the Globes have had a host since 1995.

“Not only is this the biggest Hollywood celebration of the industry which includes both film and TV, but also an environment where I feel I can get free reign as a host. I have resisted many other offers like this, but there are just some things you don’t turn down,” Gervais said in the announcement.

Not to be outdone: “We are delighted to have Ricky Gervais as the host on our show,” said Philip Berk, President of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. “He’ll bring his unique brand of humor and charm to what will continue to be a fast paced award show.”

As I said, it could be interesting. Will be interesting if he’s given free reign to be more host (Oscars: Johnny Carson, Billy Cristal) than circus ringleader (Oscars: Hugh Jackman).

I was initially charmed by last year’s Oscars, with Jackman and all the huge sets and productions numbers and themes and clusters of stars bumping into each other to group-announce the nominees for various categories. But I reconsidered. In the end, I just want a parade of dresses, somebody going off-script at least once an hour, a gorgeous tribute to the year’s deceased and some funny, snarky and emotional speeches. I don’t want song and dance or acting stars out to prove they can do song and dance.

Ricky? Are you my man?

But I’m getting ahead of myself. Nominees for the Golden Globes are announced Dec. 15 at 8 a.m. ET.

– Denise Duguay

On the potential-OMG front, Artie Lange, Mackenzie Philips and Kate Gosselin are all making appearances this week. But I’m going to rise above the salacious and pin my biggest hopes on The Hour hosting Hugh Dillon. The former Headstones frontman has an album out (Works Well With Others) and is hotter than Saturday night’s chili on Flashpoint, with a third season of Durham County shooting now.

LATE NIGHT

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

Monday: Tracy Morgan (30 Rock)

Tuesday: Steven Levitt (SuperFreakaonomics)

Wednesday: Mustafa Barghouti and Anna Baltzer (Witness in Palestine)

Thursday: tba

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

Monday: Cornel West (Brother West)

Tuesday: Gail Collins (When Everything Changed)

Wednesday: Brian Cox (Why Does e=mc2?)

Thursday: Bill Simmons (The Book of Basketball)

The Hour (11 p.m. ET, CBC)

Monday: Gen. Rick Hillier, Julliet Lewis

Tuesday: Lewis Lapham, Suzanne Sommers

Wednesday: Ali Velshi, Hugh Dillon (Flashpoint)

Thursday: tba

Friday: tba

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

Mr. Rose announces his guests only on the day of broadcast, so please click on the show-name link above for the most recent guest announcement.

Real Time with Bill Maher (11 p.m. ET, Fridays only, on HBO Canada)

Friday: repeat

DAYTIME

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

Monday: Judge Judy

Tuesday: Courteney Cox (Cougar Town), Creed

Wednesday: Patrick Dempsey (Grey’s Anatomy), Brody Jenner (The Hills)

Thursday: Daniel Craig (A Steady Rain), Don Rickles

Friday: Donald Trump, Carrie Ann Inaba, Halloween special

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

Monday: Hot Topics, Paula Anka

Tuesday: Rod Stewart

Wednesday: Edward Norton, Carson Kressley

Thursday: Wanda Sykes (The New Adventures of Old Christine, The Wanda Sykes Show), Sting, latest ex of Dancing with the Stars

Friday: Halloween special

The Bonnie Hunt Show (2 p.m. ET on Citytv and NBC)

Monday: Anthony Edwards (Motherhood), RZA (Tao of Wu), Ree Drummond (Pioneer Woman)

Tuesday: Sherri Shepherd (Sherri), Ty Burrell (Modern Family), Mary Jo Eustace (Divorce Sucks)

Wednesday: Mackenzie Phillips, Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs)

Thursday: La Toya Jackson, Susie Essman (What Would Susie Say? Curb Your Enthusiasm)

Friday: Halloween special with cast of Paranormal Activity, Nick Baker (Weird Creatures)

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

Monday: Hilary Swank (Amelia), Jay Sean

Tuesday: Jimmy Kimmel, Deepak Chopra

Wednesday: Katie Couric, Gabby Sidibe, Kate Gosselin

Thursday: Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw

Friday: Halloween special wiht Alicia Keys, Rick Springfield, Steve Spangler

Oprah 4 p.m. (NBC and CTV)

Monday: Oprah at the Biggest State Fair in America

Tuesday: the Diane Schuler Story: Was She Driving Drunk?

Wednesday: tba

Thursday: The Biggest Stars of Reality TV

Friday: Fridays Live

The Tyra Show (10 a.m. ET on City)

Monday: It’s Your Fault I’m Fat

Tuesday: Your Fertility Factor

Wednesday: Learn the 3 Words that Can Get You a Man (including Montrealer Lydia Patel)

Thursday: Secret Sexy Fantasies Revealed

Friday: Tyra’s Tricks and Treats

– Denise Duguay

conan o’brien, jimmy fallon, david letterman, craig ferguson, jimmy kimmel, jay leno, oprah, ellen degeneres, bonnie hunt

LATE NIGHT

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

Monday-Thursday: repeats

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

Monday-Thursday: repeats

The Hour (11 p.m. ET, CBC)

Monday-Friday: tba

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

Mr. Rose announces his guests only on the day of broadcast, so please click on the show-name link above for the most recent guest announcement.

Real Time with Bill Maher (11 p.m. ET, Fridays only, on HBO Canada)

Friday: repeats for a couple of months.

DAYTIME

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

Monday: Hilary Swank (Amelia)

Tuesday: Garry Shandling (It’s Garry Shandling’s Show), Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)

Wednesday: Ewan McGregor (The Men Who Stare at Goats)

Thursday: Willem Dafoe (Antichrist), Tracy Morgan (30 Rock)

Friday: Jason Alexander (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Eugene Levy (Astro Boy)

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

Monday: Elisabeth returns

Tuesday: Julia Stiles and Bill Pullman (Oleanna), Gina and Patrick Neely (Food Network), Dr. Kristi Funk on breast cancer

Wednesday: Glenn Close co-host, Susie Essman, Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family)

Thursday: Lily Tomlin, Troy Dunn, latest ex from Dancing with the Stars

Friday: Martha Stewart, Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men)

The Bonnie Hunt Show (2 p.m. ET on Citytv and NBC)

Monday: Serena Williams, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Mark Decascos

Tuesday: Alison Sweeney (Biggest Loser), Victoria Gotti (This Family of Mine), Greg Proops (Head Games)

Wednesday: T. R. Knight (Parade), Freddie Highmore (Astro Boy), Michelle Renee (I Survived…)

Thursday: Kevin McKidd (Grey’s Anatomy)

Friday: Paul Shaffer (We’ll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives), Backstreet Boys (This Is Us), Rachel Guzy (Bonnie’s Kindhearted Kid)

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

Monday: Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives), Dylan Walsh

Tuesday: Hayden Panettiere (Heroes), Aaron Carter and Karina Smirnoff

Wednesday: Mario Lopez, chef Roberto Martin

Thursday: David Spade, John C. Reilly (Cirque du Freak: the Vampire’s Assistant)

Friday: tba

Oprah 4 p.m. (NBC and CTV)

Monday: Nate Takes Over for a  Stay-at-home Mom

Tuesday: Sex as a Deadly Weapon: 5 Victims Speak Out

Wednesday: Oprah on Location: The Happiest People on Earth

Thursday: Ultimate Betrayal: How She Discovered Her Dead Husband’s Mistresses

Friday: Oprah live

The Tyra Show (10 a.m. ET on ABC)

Monday: Women Who Beat Their Men

Tuesday: Frumpy Families Get Makeovers

Wednesday: New Eating Disorders Explored: Drunkorexia and Pregorexia

Thursday: Tyra Show Singles Mixer

Friday: Rudest, Crudest, Lewdest: On Trail for Their Social Crimes

– Denise Duguay

Since so many of you are so passionate about Southland, you might already know that rumours are still flying hot and heavy than TNT, the U.S. only cable company that produces The Closer, HawthoRNe and Saving Grace, will pick up the gritty cop drama that was cancelled by NBC in early October ahead of its Oct. 23 debut (leaving six episodes in the can, as we say in the biz).
What that means for Canadian TV watchers is unclear. Based on the availability of TNT’s current hits, could go either way: TNT’s acclaimed Kyra Sedgwick cop drama The Closer is still not widely available on Canadian cable (I think early episodes were on late a night somewhere but not even that now), but Saving Grace is currently airing Season 3 on Showcase. TNT itself is not carried by any Canadian cable or satellite company that I can find. Will CTV continue to carry it in Canada? I’m waiting to hear back, but suspect there will be no news unless TNT or some other saviour picks it up.
But when it does return — and it must, mustn’t it? — I will be especially looking forward to a new actor on the team, Clifton Collins Jr. (who’ll play Regina King’s new partner, replacing Prison Break’s Amaury Nolasco, who shot three episodes for Season 2 and then parted ways with the show). You can read an interview with Collins here, which includes his calm assurance (he’s not shaving the moustache he grew for the role) that a show as good and as well-backed (creator/exec is ER’s John Wells) will live on.
You might recognize the face. He’s done terrific work in Capote and Sunshine Cleaning and will be in the upcoming sequel Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day.
Fingers crossed.
– Denise Duguay

So, happy thanksgiving and oh yeah: Jimmy Kimmel is dating a member of his staff.

FYI I am not dating a member of my staff (okay, I have no staff, but full disclosure is required for everyone. Please confess in the comments section below.

LATE NIGHT

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

Monday: Janet Napolitano (Secretary of Homeland Security)

Tuesday: Chesley Sullenberger (Highest Duty)

Wednesday: Barbara Ehrenreich (Bright-Sided)

Thursday: tba

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

Monday: Dr. Sanjay Gupta (CNN)

Tuesday: Sylvia Earle (The World Is Blue)

Wednesday: The RZA

Thursday: Jerry Mitchell

The Hour (11 p.m. ET, CBC)

Monday: tba

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:

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

Mr. Rose announces his guests only on the day of broadcast, so please click on the show-name link above for the most recent guest announcement.

Real Time with Bill Maher (11 p.m. ET, Fridays only, on HBO Canada)

Friday: Alec Baldwin (30 Rock), Garry Shandling (It’s Garry Shandling’s Show: The Complete Series), Chris Matthews (Hardball), Gov. Martin O’Malley

DAYTIME

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

Monday: Forest Whitaker (Where the Wild Things Are), Alicia Keys

Tuesday: Uma Thurman (Motherhood), Ivanka Trump

Wednesday: Minnie Driver (Motherhood), Colbie Caillat, Dr. Greg Yapalater

Thursday: John Cleese, Michael palin, Eric Idle, Mario Lopez

Friday: Ander Cooper co-hosts, Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl)

The View 11 a.m. ET, ABC and CTV) (and by the way, as of this writing on Monday, 6 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes and 56, 55, 54… seconds until Elisabeth returns)

Monday: Dr. Steven Lamm, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano

Tuesday: Kaley Cuoco (Big Bang Theory), Alicia Silverstone

Wednesday: Valerie Bertinellil, Alana Stewart, Five for Fighting, Jeff Kinney

Thursday: Kara DioGuardi (American Idol) co-hosts, Gilles Marini (Brothers and Sisters), Gloria Gaynor

Friday: Sela Ward (The Stepfather), Laurie Levin, Greg Proops

The Bonnie Hunt Show (2 p.m. ET on Citytv and NBC)

Monday: David Alan Grier, AnnaLynne McCord, Conni Gordon

Tuesday: Christian Slater (The Forgotten)

Wednesday: Rachel Bilson (I Love You, New York)

Thursday: Toby Keith

Friday: Gerarad Butler (Law Abiding Citizen)

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

Monday: Vince Vaughn (Couples Retreat), Pete Yorn, Scarlett Johansson

Tuesday: Jimmy Smits, T.R. Knight, Daughtry

Wednesday: Alison Sweeney, The Script

Thursday: Taye Diggs (Private Practice), Wolfgang Puck

Friday: Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives), Dylan Walsh

Oprah 4 p.m. (NBC and CTV)

Monday: Mike Tyson

Tuesday: Jaycee Dugard

Wednesday: Taylor Swift

Thursday: “Shattering the Secret of Incest: Mackenzie Phillips’ Follow-up”

Friday: Live

The Tyra Show (10 a.m. ET on ABC)

Monday: Could There Be a Cheating Gene?

Tuesday: Pregnant and Didn’t Know It and Kids Who Won’t Stop Cursing

Wednesday: The Grossest People in America

Thursday: Unmarried with Children: Dating When You Have Kids

Friday: The Truth About Colon Cleansing

– Denise Duguay