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TV Junkie: Late Night Summary
Tonight - Thursday
Frickin' hell day for the TV Junkie, a jillion appy-polly-logies to LAistas
"The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" (Comedy Central, 11:00 p.m.): Tenacious D hopefully complete their talkshow tour here, don't worry, you'll have a chance to see them on "SNL" or that gawdawful movie if you miss this
"The Late Show With David Letterman" (CBS, 11:30 p.m.): Jennifer Connelly pushing "Blood Diamond", Tom Dreesen does his washed-up comic bit
"The Colber(t) Repor(t)" (Comedy Central, 11:30 p.m.): sportswriter Mike Lupica
"The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" (NBC, 11:35 p.m.): Morgan (not the UCSB grad) Freeman, Josh Duhamel pushing the horror flick "Turistas", Barenaked Ladies perform
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"Late Night With Conan O'Brien" (NBC, 12:35 a.m.): (I love!) Lucy Liu - hey it's her birthday on Saturday!, doggie artist Tillie and doggie writer Bowman Hastie, doggie doggie doggie!!
"The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson" (CBS, 12:35 a.m.): John Waters and his moustache hairlip, Alex Borstein does her stand up act
Morgan pic from the AP
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