Who am I to cast stones, but I will say there are a disappointing number of repeats this week, as well as altogether blank guest lists on talk-show pages. I think somebody’s New Year’s Eve hangover cures were found a bit wanting. I’ll watch for updates but you know how I am, all short-attention-span and everything. But, it could happen. (Note to doubters: I have updated. There, it’s a new year.)
Score of the week? Anderson Cooper’s show hosts Angelina Jolie and the cast from her new film In the Land of Blood and Honey about love and other things during the Bosnian War. Here’s the trailer.
LATE NIGHT
Late Show with David Letterman (11:35 p.m. ET on CBS)
Monday: Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) (R)
Tuesday: Will Arnett (Up All Night), Lisa Lampanelli, Guided by Voices (Let’s Go Eat the Factory)
Wednesday: Brian Williams (Rock Center), Wu Lyf (Go Tell Fire to the Mountain)
Thursday: Tina Fey (30 Rock), Barr Brothers (Barr Brothers)
Friday: Kristen Bell (House of Lies), Blind Pilot (We Are the Tide)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (12:35 a.m. ET on CBS)
Monday: Tim Meadows, Eliza Doolittle, Myq Kaplan
Tuesday: Carrie Fisher, Matthew Gray Gubler (Criminal Minds)
Wednesday: RZA, Melissa Rauch (The Big Bang Theory)
Thursday: Tom Selleck (Blue Bloods), Daniela Ruah (NCIS: LA)
Friday:Michael Clarke Duncan, Laura Prepon (Are You There, Chelsea?)
The Jay Leno Show (10 p.m. ET on NBC, A Channel)
Monday: Charles Barkley, Berenice Bejo, Amber Riley (R)
Tuesday: Whitney Cummings (Whitney, 2 Broke Girls), Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, will.i.am
Wednesday: Tracy Morgan (30 Rock), Rick and Corey Harrison (Pawn Stars), Shaggy
Thursday: Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn), Josh Lucas, Chris Cornell
Friday: Glenn Close, Trevor Noah, Van Hunt
Conan (midnight ET on Comedy Network, 1 a.m. on CTV)
Monday:
Tuesday: Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), Judy Greer (The Descendants), Everlast
Wednesday: Emmy Rossum (Shameless), Dave Attell (Dave’s Old Porn), Chris Isaak
Thursday: Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory), Chris Paul
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (12:35 a.m. ET on NBC)
Monday: Tina Fey (30 Rock), Tom Welling (Smallville)
Tuesday: William H. Macy (Shameless), Chris Gethard, Black Star
Wednesday: Ed Burns, Elexa Chung, Geoffrey Zakarian
Thursday: Rachel Maddow, Fred Armisen
Friday: David Duchovny (Californication), Wild Flag
Jimmy Kimmel Live (12:05 a.m. ET on ABC)
Monday: Jane Fonda (Prime Time), Russell Brand, Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real (R)
Tuesday: Christina Ricci (Pan Am), Mike, Pauly, Vinny and Ronney (Jersey Shore), Mariachi El Bronx
Wednesday: Octavia Spencer (The Help), Lloyd
Thursday: Tracy Morgan (30 Rock), tUnEyArDs
Friday: Don Cheadle (House of Lies), David Cross (The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret), Boyz II Men
Chelsea Lately (11-11:30 p.m. ET on E!, formerly Star!, Videotron digital 125, Bell 621, Shaw Direct 168 and 527)
Monday: Emmy Rossum (Shameless), Michael Yo, Jen Kirman, Josh Wolf
Tuesday: Robin Wright (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Jo Koy, Loni Love, Ross Mathews
Wednesday: RZA (Californication), Chris Franjola, Whitney Cummings, Gary Valentine
Thursday: Laura Prepon (Are You There, Chelsea?), Brad Wollack, Arden Myrin, Dov Davidoff
Friday: Sarah Colonna, Liz Carey, Kerri Kenney-Silver
Daily Show with Jon Stewart (11 p.m. Comedy Network, midnight ET, CTV)
Monday: tba
Tuesday: Charles Barkley
Wednesday: Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
Thursday: tba
The Colbert Report (11:30 p.m. Comedy Network, 12:30 a.m. ET, CTV)
Monday: tba
Tuesday: Vermont senator Bernie Sanders
Wednesday: John Heilemann (Game Changer)
Thursday: Steve Chase (The Case Foundation)
George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (11 p.m. ET, CBC)
Monday: Meg Tilly (Bomb Girls), Seth Godin, John Vaillant
Tuesday: John Lydon, Steven Pinker, Michelle Thrush
Wednesday: David Cronenberg (A Dangerous Method), Grace Lynn Kung
Thursday: Gerry Dee (Mr. D), Spencer West
Friday: best of the week and Cold Specks
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: new episode Jan. 13
DAYTIME
Live with Kelly (9 a.m. ET, NBC and CTV)
Monday: Mark Consuelos cohosts, Tyra Banks, Ben Flajnik (The Bachelor)
Tuesday: Jim Parsons cohosts, William H. Macy (Shameless), Isaac Mizrahi
Wednesday: David Duchovny cohosts, Terrence Howard (Red Tails)
Thursday: Rob Lowe cohosts, Darren Criss (Glee, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying)
Friday: Rob Lowe cohosts, Kristen Bell (House of Lies), Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time)
The View 11 a.m. ET, ABC and CTV)
Monday: tba
Tuesday: Meryl Streep (Iron Lady), Mario Cantone, Joey McIntyre
Wednesday: Gayle King, Lisa Ling
Thursday: Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer (The View)
Friday: Justin Bieber, J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff (Dancing with the Stars), Rob Kardashian, Cheryl Burke, Ricki Lake, Derek Hough
The Talk (2 p.m., CBS
Monday: Tyra Banks
Tuesday: Drew Carey
Wednesday: Peter Facinelli
Thursday: Taye Diggs (Private Practice)
Friday: Tom Selleck (Blue Bloods)
Anderson (weekdays at 3 p.m. ET on CTV Two and NBC, 5 p.m. ET on CTV)
Monday: New Year’s resolutions
Tuesday: Joy Behar
Wednesday: Getting Failure Out of Your Life
Thursday: Angelina Jolie and cast (In the Land of Blood and Honey)
Friday: food intervention
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (4 p.m. ET, CBS)
Monday: Justin Timberlake, Coldplay
Tuesday: Howie Mandel (Mobbed), Elle Fanning (We Bought a Zoo)
Wednesday: Justin Bieber, Ellie Kemper (The Office)
Thursday: girls of the Jersey Shore
Friday: tba
