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February 15-21, 1999
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Last night ...

Friday night on the 'Late Late Show,' guest Bob Costas blew me away with the mention that some version of 'Later' with 'the best of Bob Costas' will be running on NBC throughout June and July. The shows will include new openings and some form of update. Plus, several episodes will be majorly re-edited, mainly to add 'lost footage,' and some will be composed entirely of never-before-seen segments. While I do look forward to saying 'Hi, Bob!' again, I can't help but cringe when I realize that this means 'Later with ...' anybody else will still be on until then."  Except that, as I reported last month, reruns of "SCTV" will likely return to NBC late-late nights sometime in March.

Late Show News


The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer has signed with Nickelodeon to conduct a nationwide search for 12- to 17-year-old musicians who will make up "TV's first all-kid house band." Shaffer will also serve as music director for the ensemble, which is expected to play at Nick's Kid Choice Awards and other venues ... Jay Leno will drive the pace car at the Indy 500 in May.  I fully expect Letterman to make an appearance in Sturgis, S.D., come the next Harley get-together.
 
Reader Mail

Damone writes, "Have you caught any of the new 'Later's' with Jerry O'Connell?  Let's just say it made me long for the wit and intellectualism of the Kinnear years.  His first two days of interviews were with young starlets, and I've never actually seen sexual harassment on screen before this.  He was all over them.  Every third sentence out of his mouth was something along the lines of "You're so hot tonight."  If you haven't caught it yet, it is worth it just for the proof that there was someone worse than Greg."

Mike Huspeni writes, "Did you watch 'MAD TV' on Saturday night? There were two different sequences where their guest, Brett 'The Hit Man' Hart, beat the crap out of Will Sasso, and ranted about how much he hated 'fatso Sasso' after a 1998 show where Sasso tried to lift up Hart. I honestly couldn't tell if it was scripted, or an outburst by Hart on camera, because all the cast abandoned their character once Brett started raging.   For example, Deb Wilson tore off a wig when Brett wrenched her arm." Unbeknownst to him, Mike was observing a two-part cross-promotion for "MAD TV" and the WCW. Two nights later, it was Sasso's turn to show up on TNT's "WCW Monday Night" and cause a ruckus that ended with the Hitman "losing" his title ... 	

Ann Miner of the Talkin' Broadway website confirmed what we'd suspected last week: the Fresh Step group that appeared on a recent "Late Show" is just a big put-on.  "Three of the 'members' of Fresh Step are Broadway 
performers from Footloose (Jeremy Kushnier, Jamie Gustis, 
and Brad Madison) and supposedly have signed a contract with 
Letterman for future appearances.  I'm not sure if any of these 
three guys were in the Broadway spoof, but they very well 
could have been." 

LATE-NIGHT LINEUPS
with Sue Trowbridge (http://www.interbridge.com/)

LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, CBS
 Mo 2/1 Bill Cosby, Brendan Fraser, Randy Scruggs and Vince Gill
 Tu 2/2 Catherine Bell, David Brenner
 We 2/3 Richard Kind, Creed
 Th 2/4 Mel Gibson, supermodel Laetitia Casta
 Fr 2/5 Ted Danson
 Mo 2/8 Michael J. Fox, Martha Stewart, Willie Nelson
 Tu 2/9 Jeff Daniels, Monica
 We 2/10 Chris Isaak 

THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO, NBC
 Mo 2/1 Joseph Fiennes, Maria Bello, Everlast
 Tu 2/2 Shannen Doherty, Dave Foley, Hannah Davis
 We 2/3 Sissy Spacek, Jerry O'Connell, New Radicals
 Th 2/4 Geena Davis, Kid Inventors, "The Rocky Horror Picture 
        Show" with David Arquette
 Fr 2/5 Jerry Springer, Brandy, Steve Martin's performing birds
 Mo 2/8 Tim Allen, Kathy Ireland, Steve Conlon and his Bee Beard
 Tu 2/9 Arsenio Hall; Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
 We 2/10 Rosie Perez, Julie Scardina and Sea World animals, Sports 
         Illustrated swimsuit model
 Th 2/11 Mel Gibson, Natalie Merchant 

LATE LATE SHOW WITH TOM SNYDER, CBS

 Mo 2/1 Susan Cheever
 Tu 2/2 Scott Bakula, Meat Loaf
 We 2/3 Maury Povich, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme
 Th 2/4 David Brenner, Graham Nash
 Fr 2/5 Howie Mandel, Greg Germann 

LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, NBC
 Mo 2/1 David Spade, Fred Savage, Canibus (R 11/6/98)
 Tu 2/2 Julia Sweeney, Steven Wright, The Marvelous 3
 We 2/3 Eric McCormack, Jason Schwartzman
 Th 2/4 Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Russert
 Fr 2/5 Pamela Anderson, Michael T. Weiss, Ricky Skaggs
 Mo 2/8 Sandra Bullock, Scott Thompson, Rasputina (R 10/14/98)
 Tu 2/9 Stephen King
 We 2/10 John Tesh
 Th 2/11 Daniel Stern
 Fr 2/12 Bill Maher, Fabio 

LATER, NBC
 Host Jerry O'Connell with guests TBA  

CHARLIE ROSE, PBS
 Mo 2/1 Sophia Loren; author Brian Greene
 Tu 2/2 Former Maine Attorney General James Tierney
 We 2/3 Paul Rudnick, Helen Thomas
 Th 2/4 Frank and Malachy McCourt
 Fr 2/5 Editor Jonathan Galassi
 Mo 2/8 Harry Shearer
 Tu 2/9 Author Peter Peterson; director Hal Prince, playwright 
        Alfred Uhry 
 
POLITICALLY INCORRECT WITH BILL MAHER, ABC
 Mo 2/1 Esai Morales, James Golden, Ricki Lake, Arsenio Hall
 Tu 2/2 Steve Lawrence, Kristin Short, Nancy Schaefer
 We 2/3 Stephanie Miller, Kristy Swanson
 Th 2/4 Maury Povich, Genevieve Wood, Dave Foley
 Fr 2/5 Melissa Gilbert, Tom Fitton, Snoop Dogg, Wayne Brady
 Mo 2/8 Pat Sajak, Ann Richards

THE DAILY SHOW, Comedy Central
Mo 2/1 George Carlin
Tu 2/2 Dave Foley
We 2/3 Kelly Martin
Th 2/4 Jerry O'Connell

HOWARD STERN, E!
lineups not available

DENNIS MILLER LIVE, HBO
Fr 2/5  Norm Macdonald, David Spade (R)
Fr 2/19 Roseanne on "Accountability"
Fr 2/26 Sheryl Crow on "Rock and Roll" (she'll also perform)

SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST, Cartoon Network
lineups not available

MADtv, FOX
Sa 2/6 Guest Brett "Hit Man" Hart, spoof of Governor Jesse Ventura 
 
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, NBC 
Sa 2/6 Gwyneth Paltrow; musical guest Barenaked Ladies

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, Comedy Central (reruns)
We 2/3 Noon : Martin Lawrence / Crash Test
Dummies (1993-'94) -  Daily Affirmation,
Hollywood Minute, Thugs; 6 PM & Midnight :  John
Travolta / Seal (1994-'95) - Bathroom Monkey ,
Coffee Talk, Quentin Tarantino's Welcome Back
Kotter, Larry King Live
Th 2/4 Noon : Nancy Kerrigan / Aretha Franklin
(1993-'94) - The Denise Show, Sinatra, Black R&B
Singers Today, host at Disneyland; 6 PM &
Midnight : Dana Carvey / Edie Brickell
(1994-'95) - Johnny Carson, Ross Perot, Hans &
Franz, Mike Judge's "Milton"
Fr 2/5 Noon : Helen Hunt / Snoop Doggy Dog +
Cindy Crawford (1993-'94) - Rockers To Help
Explain Whitewater, Total Bastard Airlines,
Coffee Talk, "The Continuing Story of Milton"; 6
PM Sarah Jessica Parker / R.E.M (1994-'95) -
Good Morning Brooklyn, Confucius, The Casting
Couch, Wizard of Oz
Sa 2/6 11AM : George Clooney / The Cranberries
(1994-'95) - Taxicab Confessions,Waiting Room,
Zagat's, Bruce McCulloch's "Snowbird"
Su 2/7 11AM : Bob Newhart / Des'ree (1994-'95)
Ricki Lake Show, Book Buzz, an Adam Sandler
sings of the "Sex Phone Lady," Baywatch, Sports
Beat
Mo 2/8 Noon : Kelsey Grammer/ Dwight Yoakam +
Manute Bol (1993-'94) - Inhibited Dance Party
USA, Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt, 20,000
Leagues Under The Sea, Captain Jim & Pedro,
Something Smells Good in Stinkville; 6 PM &
Midnight :  John Turturro / Tom Petty & The
Heartbreakers + Joey Buttafuoco + David
Hasselhoff (1994-'95) - Christopher Walken &
Gary Busey's Psychic Friends, Taxi Driver - the
musical, Stop That
Tu 2/9 Noon : Emilio Esteves / Pearl Jam
(1993-'94) -  Geek, Dweeb, or Spazz, John
Grisham's The Whitewater Folder, Operaman, The
Herlihy Boy; 10PM Sarah Michelle
Gellar/Portishead (1997-'98) - "Spice Girls,"
The View, "Tara Lipinski," The Golords, Goth
Talk, The Robin Byrd Show; Midnight : Roseanne /
Green Day + Rip Taylor (1994-'95) Rescue 911,
Civil War Memories, Funny Strange or Funny
Haha?, Lock-Up

TRACEY TAKES ON, HBO
We 2/3  Erotica
We 2/10 Books
We 2/17 Road Rage


Also on late nights:
NIGHTLINE and WORLD NEWS NOW, ABC
BET TONIGHT WITH TAVIS SMILEY, BET
LOVELINE, MTV
THE HOWARD STERN RADIO SHOW, CBS and syndicated
UP TO THE MINUTE, CBS
DIE HARALD SCHMIDT SHOW, SAT.1
MAD TV, Fox


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