Top 50 Talk Show Guests on TV (Nov. 19-25, 2009)
Wednesday is when The Oklahoman posts a list of all the guests (and all the topics) coming up on TV talk shows.
Here are 50 (or more) of the best guests appearing on talk shows airing Thursday through Wednesday (Nov. 19-25, 2009). For a practically complete list, go to www.newsok.com/entertainment/tv and click on Talk Shows (located under Resources).
But just like everything else on TV, talk show lineups are subject to change.
BEST GUESTS
••Morena Baccarin (”V”), Nov. 20 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Simon Baker (“The Mentalist”), Nov. 19 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Maria Bello (”ER”), Nov. 24 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Susan Boyle (”Britain’s Got Talent”), Nov. 23 on “Today”
••Sandra Bullock (”The Blind Side”), Nov. 19 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”; Nov. 24 on “Lopez Tonight”; Nov. 25 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Peter Capaldi (”Torchwood”), Nov. 24 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Margaret Cho (comic), Nov. 23 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••John Cleese (”The Pink Panther 2″, Nov. 23 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Tabatha Coffey (“Tabatha’s Salon Takeover”), Nov. 23 on “The Wendy Williams Show”
••Stephen Colbert (”The Colbert Report”), Nov. 19 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••David Cook (”American Idol”), Nov. 23 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Anderson Cooper (”Anderson Cooper 360″), Nov. 19 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Penélope Cruz (“Nine”), Nov. 20 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”; Nov. 23 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Claire Danes (”Stardust”), Nov. 23 on “The View”; Nov. 24 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Ted Danson (”Damages”), Nov. 19 on “Lopez Tonight”
••Zac Efron (”17 Again”), Nov. 23 on “The View”; Nov. 24 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Rob Estes (“90210”), Nov. 20 on “The Wendy Williams Show”
••Peter Facinelli (”Damages”), Nov. 25 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Dakota Fanning (“The Twilight Saga: New Moon”), Nov. 19 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Carrie Fisher (”E-Girl”), Nov. 24 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Thomas Gibson (“Criminal Minds”), Nov. 25 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Joseph Gordon-Levitt (”G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”), Nov. 20 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Seth Green (”Old Dogs”), Nov. 25 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Tim Gunn (“Project Runway”), Nov. 19 on “Oprah Winfrey”
••Mark Harmon (“NCIS”), Nov. 23 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Neil Patrick Harris (”How I Met Your Mother)”), Nov. 20 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Jon Bon Jovi (singer), Nov. 24 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”; Nov. 25 on “Today”
••Nicole Kidman (”Nine”), Nov. 19 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Jimmy Kimmel (”Jimmy Kimmel Live”), Nov. 24 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Jane Krakowski (”30 Rock”), Nov. 19 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Larry the Cable Guy (”Larry the Cable Guy’s Hula-Palooza Christmas Luau”), Nov. 20 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Taylor Lautner (“The Twilight Saga: New Moon”)(pictured above), Nov. 19 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”; Nov. 20 on “Today”, “Live With Regis and Kelly” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live”; Nov. 23 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Derek Luke (”Trauma”), Nov. 24 on “Lopez Tonight”
••Nigel Lythgoe (“So You Think You Can Dance”), Nov. 20 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Norm MacDonald (”Hollywood & Wine”), Nov. 25 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Jack McBrayer (”30 Rock”), Nov. 24 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Eva Mendes (”Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans”), Nov. 20 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”; Nov. 23 on “Lopez Tonight”
••Elizabeth Mitchell (“V”), Nov. 19 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Viggo Mortensen (”The Road”), Nov. 20 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Emily Osment (”Hannah Montana”), Nov. 20 on “The View”
••Robert Pattinson (“The Twilight Saga: New Moon”), Nov. 19 on “Today” and “Live With Regis and Kelly”; Nov. 20 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Regis Philbin (”Live With Regis and Kelly”), Nov. 24 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Judge Jeanine Pirro (”Judge Jeanine Pirro”), Nov. 24 on “The Tyra Show”
••Natalie Portman (”Love and Other Impossible Pursuits”), Nov. 25 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Paula Poundstone (comic), Nov. 20 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Craig Robinson (”The Office”), Nov. 23 on “Lopez Tonight”
••Keri Russell (”Leaves of Grass”), Nov. 19 on “Today”
••Matthew Rhys (“Brothers & Sisters”), Nov. 24 on “The View”
••Katey Sagal (”Sons of Anarchy”), Nov. 19 on “The View” and “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Jaclyn Smith (”Ordinary Miracles”), Nov. 19 on “The Wendy Williams Show”
••John Stamos (”ER”), Nov. 19 on “The View”
••Kristen Stewart (”The Twilight Saga: New Moon”), Nov. 20 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Charlize Theron (”The Road”), Nov. 24 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Carrie Underwood (”American Idol”), Nov. 19 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Village People (musical group), Nov. 20 on “The Wendy Williams Show”
••Robin Williams (”Old Dogs”), Nov. 23 on “Late Show With David Letterman”; Nov. 24 on “The View”
••Robin Wright (”A Christmas Carol”), Nov. 25 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
Top 50 Talk Show Guests on TV (Nov. 12-18, 2009)
Wednesday is when The Oklahoman posts a list of all the guests (and all the topics) coming up on TV talk shows.
Here are 50 (or more) of the best guests appearing on talk shows airing Thursday through Wednesday (Nov. 12-18, 2009). For a practically complete list, go to www.newsok.com/tv and click on Talk Shows (located under Resources).
But just like everything else on TV, talk show lineups are subject to change.
BEST GUESTS
••Trace Adkins (”The Celebrity Apprentice”), Nov. 12 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Anthony Anderson (“Law & Order”), Nov. 12 on “The Martha Stewart Show”
••Judd Apatow (”Help Me Help You”), Nov. 16 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Beyoncé (”Obsessed”), Nov. 12 on “The Tyra Show”
••Terry Bradshaw (football analyst), Nov. 13 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Sandra Bullock (“The Blind Side”), Nov. 17 on “Today” and “The View”
••Diahann Carroll (“White Collar”), Nov. 13 on “The Wendy Williams Show”
••Anderson Cooper (”Anderson Cooper 360″), Nov. 16 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Penélope Cruz (”Nine”), Nov. 12 on “The Jay Leno Show”; Nov. 17 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••John Cusack (”2012″), Nov. 12 on “The Early Show”; Nov. 13 on “Rachael Ray”
••Larry David (”Curb Your Enthusiasm”), Nov. 12 on “Lopez Tonight”
••Paula Deen (”Paula’s Party”), Nov. 13 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Danny DeVito (”It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”), Nov. 13 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Fran Drescher (”The Nanny”), Nov. 13 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••David Duchovny (”Californication”), Nov. 18 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Dakota Fanning (“The Twilight Saga: New Moon”), Nov. 16 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Carrie Fisher (’Sorority Row”), Nov. 17 on “Today”
••Former Vice President Al Gore, Nov. 12 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Danny Glover (”2012″), Nov. 12 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Seth Green (”Family Guy”), Nov. 18 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Arsenio Hall (”Black Dynamite”), Nov. 17 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Woody Harrelson (”2012″), Nov. 17 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Craig Horner (“Legend of the Seeker”), Nov. 12 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Thomas Jane (”Hung”), Nov. 16 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Dwayne Johnson (“Planet 51”), Nov. 17 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Mindy Kaling (”The Office”), Nov. 16 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Larry the Cable Guy (”Larry the Cable Guy’s Hula-Palooza Christmas Luau”), Nov. 18 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Taylor Lautner (”The Twilight Saga: New Moon”), Nov. 16 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••LL Cool J (”NCIS: Los Angeles”), Nov. 16 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Heather Locklear (”Melrose Place”), Nov. 16 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Kellan Lutz (“The Twilight Saga: New Moon”), Nov. 18 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Jane Lynch (”Glee”), Nov. 17 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Eric Mabius (“Ugly Betty”), Nov. 18 on “The Wendy Williams Show”
••Dominic Monaghan (“FlashForward”), Nov. 12 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Super Dave Osborne (”Curb Your Enthusiasm”), Nov. 13 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Kelly Osbourne (”Dancing With the Stars”), Nov. 12 on “Lopez Tonight”
••Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Nov. 17 and 18 on “Good Morning America”;
••Jim Parsons (”The Big Bang Theory”), Nov. 12 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Paula Patton (“Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire”), Nov. 12 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Amanda Peet (”2012″)(pictured above), Nov. 12 on “Late Show With David Letterman”; Nov. 13 on “Rachael Ray” and “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Rachael Ray (”Rachael Ray”), Nov. 13 on “The Martha Stewart Show”
••Keanu Reeves (“The Private Lives of Pippa Lee”), Nov. 17 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Emmy Rossum (”Dragonball Evolution”), Nov. 13 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Ryan Seacrest (”American Idol”), Nov. 13 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Grant Show (“Accidentally on Purpose”), Nov. 16 on “The Wendy Williams Show”
••Jaclyn Smith (”Ordinary Miracles”), Nov. 18 on “The View”
••Jimmy Smits (Broadway’s “God of Carnage”), Nov. 13 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••John Stamos (”ER”), Nov. 17 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Kristen Stewart (“The Twilight Saga: New Moon”), Nov. 16 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”; Nov. 18 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Martha Stewart (”The Martha Stewart Show”), Nov. 12 on “Rachael Ray”
••Sharon Stone (”Streets of Blood”), Nov. 16 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Barbra Streisand (”What’s Up Doc?”), Nov. 16 on “The Doctors”
••Carrie Underwood (”American Idol”), Nov. 16 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”; Nov. 18 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Emily VanCamp (”Brothers & Sisters”), Nov. 17 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Sofía Vergara (”Modern Family”), Nov. 18 on “The View”
••Kate Walsh (“Private Practice”), Nov. 12 on “Good Morning America,” “Live With Regis and Kelly” and “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Judges Joseph Wapner and Marilyn Milian (”The People’s Court”), Nov. 12 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Jesse Williams (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Nov. 12 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Reese Witherspoon (”Four Christmases”), Nov. 13 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
Top 30 Guest Stars on TV Shows airing Nov. 8-14, 2009
Friday is when The Oklahoman posts a list of the top guest stars (and all the premieres and finales, see separate blog) appearing on TV next week.
And here are 30 (or more) celebrities making special TV appearances the week of Nov. 8.
If a well-known personality was missed, feel free to add his or her name in the comments section to help make this list a complete and accurate source for TV watchers everywhere.
GUEST STARS
••Nicole Anderson (”Jonas”) on “Imagination Movers,” 9 a.m. Saturday on Disney.
••Justin Bieber (teen pop singer) on “True Jackson VP,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday on Nickelodeon.
••Chris Bowers (”Rescue Me”) on “The Good Wife,” 9 p.m. Tuesday on CBS.
••Care Bears on Fire (tween punk rock band) on “True Jackson VP,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday on Nickelodeon.
••Charisma Carpenter (”Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) on “Legend of the Seeker,” 4 p.m. Sunday on KOCB-34.
••Nick Chinlund (”Desperate Housewives”) on “The Mentalist,” 9 p.m. Thursday on CBS.
••Matt Davis (”Legally Blonde”) on “The Vampire Diaries,” 7 p.m. Thursday on CW.
••Jason Dolley (”Good Luck Charlie”) on “Imagination Movers,” 9 a.m. Saturday on Disney.
••Guy Fieri (“Diners, Drive-ins and Dives”) on “Garage Mahal,” 9:30 p.m. Monday on DIY.
••Laurence Fishburne (”CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”) on “CSI: Miami,” 9 p.m. Monday on CBS, and “CSI: NY,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on CBS.
••David Gallagher (“7th Heaven”) on “Smallville,” 7 p.m. Friday on CW.
••Joel Grey (”Cabaret”) on “Grey’s Anatomy,” 8 p.m. Thursday on ABC.
••Chuck Hittinger (”ER”) on “Jonas,” 7:30 p.m. Sunday on Disney.
••Kelly Hu (”Martial Law”) on “NCIS,” 7 p.m. Tuesday on CBS.
••Penny Johnson Jerald (”24″) on “NCIS,” 7 p.m. Tuesday on CBS.
••Swoosie Kurtz (”Pushing Daisies”) on “Rita Rocks,” 9 p.m. Monday on Lifetime.
••Drew Lachey (“The Comebacks”) on “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on My Network TV.
••Nick Lachey (“Charmed”) on “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” 7 p.m. Tuesday on My Network TV.
••Padma Lakshmi (”Top Chef”) on “Watch What Happens,” 11 p.m. Thursday on Bravo.
••Virginia Madsen (“Smith”) on “Monk,” 8 p.m. Friday on USA Network.
••Eric McCormack (”Will & Grace”) on “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” 7 p.m. Wednesday on CBS.
••Kathy Najimy (”Sister Act”) on “Desperate Housewives,” 8 p.m. Sunday on ABC.
••Paula Newsome (”Women’s Murder Club”) on “NCIS,” 7 p.m. Tuesday on CBS.
••First Lady Michelle Obama on “Sesame Street,” 9 a.m. Tuesday on OETA-13.
••Kelly Pickler (”American Idol”) on “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” 7 p.m. Sunday on ABC.
••Amy Pietz (”Caroline in the City”) on “Medium,” 8 p.m. Friday on CBS.
••Lou Diamond Phillips (”La Bamba”) on “NUMB3RS,” 9 p.m. Friday on CBS.
••Teri Polo (“I’m With Her”) on “Monk,” 8 p.m. Friday on USA Network.
••Kim Raver (”24″) on “Grey’s Anatomy,” 8 p.m. Thursday on ABC.
••Adam Rodriguez (“CSI: Miami”) on “Ugly Betty,” 8 p.m. Friday on ABC.
••Gavin Rossdale (musical artist) on “Criminal Minds,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on CBS.
••“Sesame Street” characters on “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader,” 7 p.m. Monday on CMT.
••Alan Thicke (”Growing Pains”) on “How I Met Your Mother,” 7 p.m. Monday on CBS.
••Jacob Vargas (”Traffic”) on “Cold Case,” 9 p.m. Sunday on CBS.
••Nadine Valezquez (”My Name Is Earl”) on “Gary Unmarried,” 7:30 p.m. Wednesday on CBS.
NOTE: Times are CST (for EST, add one hour)
Pictured above: Photo: First Lady Michelle Obama, Muppets & Cast in “MICHELLE OBAMA PALNTS A GARDEN.” PHOTO CREDIT – Richard Termine
Top 50 Talk Show Guests on TV (Nov. 5-11, 2009)
Wednesday is when The Oklahoman
posts a list of all the guests (and all the topics) coming up on TV talk shows.
Here are 50 (or more) of the best guests appearing on talk shows airing Thursday through Wednesday (Nov. 5-11, 2009). For a practically complete list, go to www.newsok.com/tv and click on Talk Shows (located under Resources).
But just like everything else on TV, talk show lineups are subject to change.
BEST GUESTS
••Pamela Anderson (”Hollywood & Wine”), Nov. 6 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”; Nov. 9 on “Today”
••Adam Arkin (”Sons of Anarchy”), Nov. 10 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Elizabeth Banks (”Scrubs”), Nov. 6 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Halle Berry (”Frankie & Alice”), Nov. 11 on “The Tyra Show”
••Jessica Biel (”Planet 51″), Nov. 10 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Kenneth Branagh (”The Boat That Rocked”), Nov. 11 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Jim Carrey (”A Christmas Carol”), Nov. 5 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Emmanuelle Chriqui (”Taking Chanes”), Nov. 9 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Anderson Cooper (”Anderson Cooper 360″), Nov. 6 on “Oprah Winfrey”
••Joan Cusack (”Acceptance”), Nov. 10 on “Today”; Nov. 11 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••John Cusack (“2012”), Nov. 10 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Ted Danson (”Damages”), Nov. 6 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Ellen DeGeneres (”The Ellen DeGeneres Show”), Nov. 9 on “Lopez Tonight”
••Dana Delany (“Desperate Housewives”), Nov. 9 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Fran Drescher (”The Nanny”), Nov. 5 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”; Nov. 6 on “Today”
••Bob Einstein (Super Dave Osborne), Nov. 10 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Elmo and Rosita (“Sesame Street”), Nov. 9 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••America Ferrera (”Ugly Betty”), Nov. 6 on “The View”
••Jenna Fischer (“The Office”), Nov. 5 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Laurence Fishburne (”CSI”), Nov. 9 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”; Nov. 10 on “The View”
••Jamie Foxx (”The Soloist”), Nov. 9 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”; Nov. 10 on “Lopez Tonight”
••Ricky Gervais (”The Office”), Nov. 6 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Kelsey Grammer (”Hank”), Nov. 9 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Carla Gugino (”Under the Hood”), Nov. 9 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Woody Harrelson (”Cheers”), Nov. 11 on “The View”
••Khloe Kardashian (”Keeping Up With the Kardashians”), Nov. 6 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Toby Keith (singer), Nov. 9 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Queen Latifah (”Chicago”), Nov. 11 on “Lopez Tonight”
••Denis Leary (”Rescue Me”), Nov. 5 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Jared Leto (”Mr. Nobody”), Nov. 11 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Heather Locklear (”Spin City”), Nov. 11 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Eva Longoria (”Desperate Housewives”), Nov. 9 on “Lopez Tonight”
••George Lopez (”Lopez Tonight”), Nov. 9 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Bill Maher (”Real Time with Bill Maher”), Nov. 5 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Jena Malone (”The Soloist”), Nov. 5 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••James Marsden (“The Box”), Nov. 6 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Jenny McCarthy (”Wieners”), Nov. 10 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Reba McEntire (singer), Nov. 6 on “Rachael Ray”
••Ewan McGregor (”Amelia”), Nov. 6 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Ian McKellen (”The Prisoner”)(pictured above), Nov. 5 on “The View” and “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Dominic Monaghan (”Lost”), Nov. 11 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Mo’Nique (“Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire”), Nov. 6 on “Oprah Winfrey”
••Shemar Moore (”Criminal Minds”), Nov. 10 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Rosie O’Donnell (”The View”), Nov. 6 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Brad Paisley (singer), Nov. 10 on “Good Morning America”
••Paula Patton (”Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire”), Nov. 5 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Robin Wright Penn (“The Private Lives of Pippa Lee”), Nov. 9 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Bernadette Peters (”Living Proof”), Nov. 5 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation”), Nov. 5 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Rachael Ray (”Rachael Ray”), Nov. 5 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Rihanna (singer), Nov. 5 on “Good Morning America”; Nov. 6 on “Good Morning America”
••Robin Roberts (”Good Morning America”), Nov. 10 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Paul Scheer (”The League”), Nov. 10 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe (”Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire”), Nov. 5 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Ian Somerhalder (”The Vampire Diaries”), Nov. 6 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Suzanne Somers (”Three’s Company”), Nov. 5 on “Rachael Ray”
••Jodie Sweetin (”Full House”), Nov. 6 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Wanda Sykes (”The Wanda Sykes Show”), Nov. 5 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Emma Thompson (”The Boat That Rocked”), Nov. 9 on “The View”
••John and Ella Bleu Travolta (“Old Dogs”), Nov. 11 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Carrie Underwood (”American Idol”), Nov. 5 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”; Nov. 10 on “Good Morning America”
••Meredith Vieira (“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”), Nov. 9 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Kate Walsh (”Private Practice”), Nov. 11 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Olivia Wilde (”House”), Nov. 5 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
Top 30 Talk Show Guests on TV (Oct. 29-Nov. 4, 2009)
Wednesday is when The Oklahoman posts
a list of all the guests (and all the topics) coming up on TV talk shows.
Here are 30 (or more) of the best guests appearing on talk shows airing Thursday through Wednesday (Oct. 29-Nov. 4, 2009). For a practically complete list, go to www.newsok.com/tv and click on Talk Shows (located under Resources).
But just like everything else on TV, talk show lineups are subject to change.
BEST GUESTS
••Pamela Anderson (”Stacked”), Nov. 3 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Julie Benz (”Dexter”), Nov. 3 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Valerie Bertinelli (”Touched By an Angel”), Nov. 2 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Jack Black (”Gulliver’s Travels”), Nov. 2 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Matthew Broderick (”Wonderful World”), Nov. 3 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Frank Caliendo (”Frank TV”), Oct. 30 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Jim Carrey (“A Christmas Carol”), Oct. 30 on “Good Morning America”; Nov. 2 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Josh Charles (”The Good Wife”), Oct. 30 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Daniel Craig (Broadway’s “A Steady Rain”), Oct. 29 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••John Cusack (”2012″), Oct. 30 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Ted Danson (“Bored to Death”), Nov. 2 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Cameron Diaz (”The Box”), Nov. 4 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••George Eads (”CSI”), Nov. 2 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Susie Essman (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”), Oct. 29 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”; Oct. 30 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Jimmy Fallon (”Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”), Oct. 30 on “The Martha Stewart Show”
••Carrie Fisher (”Star Wars”), Oct. 29 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Gina Gershon (”Everything She Ever Wanted”), Oct. 29 on “Today”
••Jessalyn Gilsig (”Glee”), Oct. 29 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Whoopi Goldberg (“The View”), Oct. 29 on “Rachael Ray”
••Former Vice President Al Gore, Nov. 3 on “Late Show With David Letterman”; Nov. 4 on “The View”
••Lauren Graham (”Arlen Faber”), Oct. 30 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Tom Hanks (”Angels & Demons”), Oct. 29 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Paris Hilton (”The Simple Life”), Oct. 30 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Joshua Jackson (”Fringe”), Nov. 4 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Randy Jackson (”American Idol”), Oct. 29 on “Oprah Winfrey”
••Kathryn Joosten (”Desperate Housewives”), Nov. 2 on “The View”
••Heidi Klum (”Project Runway”), Oct. 29 on “Oprah Winfrey”
••Emeril Lagasse (”Emeril”), Nov. 3 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Adam Lambert (”American Idol”), Oct. 29 on “Oprah Winfrey”
••Denis Leary (”Rescue Me”), Oct. 29 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Blake Lively (“Gossip Girl”), Oct. 29 on “The Martha Stewart Show”
••Julia Louis-Dreyfus (”The New Adventures of Old Christine”), Nov. 2 on “Late Show With David Letterman”; Nov. 4 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Derek Luke (”Trauma”), Oct. 29 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Jenny McCarthy (”Wieners”), Nov. 2 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Reba McEntire (singer), Nov. 3 on “Live With Regis and Kelly” and “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Tim McGraw (singer), Oct. 29 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Ewan McGregor (”Amelia”), Nov. 2 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Mo’Nique (”Steppin: The Movie”), Nov. 3 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”; Nov. 4 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Jennifer Morrison (”House”), Nov. 2 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Masi Oka (”Heroes”), Oct. 30 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Regis Philbin (”Live With Regis and Kelly”), Oct. 30 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Amy Poehler (”Parks & Recreation”), Nov. 4 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Mary Lynn Rajskub (”24″), Oct. 31 on “Talkshow With Spike Feresten”
••Sam Rockwell (”Everybody’s Fine”), Oct. 29 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Jason Schwartzman (”Bored to Death”), Oct. 29 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••John Stamos (”ER”), Nov. 3 on “The View”
••Taylor Swift (singer), Oct. 29 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”; Nov. 2 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Wanda Sykes (”The Wanda Sykes Show”)(pictured above), Oct. 29 on “Today” and “The View”; Oct. 30 on “Today” and “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Tegan and Sara (singers), Nov. 2 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Paul Teutul Sr. (”American Chopper”), Nov. 3 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Aisha Tyler (”Archer”), Nov. 3 on “The View”
••Carrie Underwood (”American Idol”), Nov. 2 on “Late Show With David Letterman”; Nov. 3 on “Good Morning America”
••Scott Wolf (”V”), Nov. 2 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
Top 30 Guest Stars on TV Shows airing Oct. 25-31, 2009
Friday is when The Oklahoman posts a list of the top guest stars (and all the premieres and finales, see separate blog) appearing on TV next week.
And here are 30 (or more) celebrities making special TV appearances the week of Oct. 25.
If a well-known personality was missed, feel free to add his or her name in the comments section to help make this list a complete and accurate source for TV watchers everywhere.
GUEST STARS
NOTE: Times are CST (for EST, add one hour)
••Tim Bagley (”Will & Grace”) on “Monk,” 8 p.m. Friday on USA Network.
••Dylan Baker (”Kings”) on “Ugly Betty,” 8 p.m. on ABC
••Keith Carradine (”Complete Savages”) on “Dollhouse,” 8 p.m. Friday on Fox.
••Frances Conroy (”Six Feet Under”) on “How I Met Your Mother,” 7 p.m. Monday on CBS.
••Jennifer Elise Cox (”The Brady Bunch Movie”) on “NUMB3RS,” 9 p.m. Friday on CBS.
••Cindy Crawford (“Fashion Flashback”) on “Big Ideas for a Small Planet,” 7 p.m. Tuesday on Sundance.
••Alexis Denisof (”Angel”) on “Dollhouse,” 8 p.m. Friday on Fox.
••Rocco DiSpirito (”Dancing With the Stars”) on “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” 7 p.m. Sunday on ABC.
••Michael Clarke Duncan (”The Green Mile”) on “Two and a Half Men,” 8 p.m. Monday on CBS.
••Jeff Dunham (”The Jeff Dunham Show”) on “30 Rock,” 8:30 p.m. Thursday on NBC.
••Hector Elizondo (”Pretty Woman”) on “Monk,” 8 p.m. Friday on USA Network.
••Frances Fisher (”Eureka”) on “The Mentalist,” 9 p.m. Thursday on CBS.
••Soleil Moon Frye (”Punky Brewster”) on “Big Ideas for a Small Planet,” 7 p.m. Tuesday on Sundance.
••John Michael Higgins (”Best in Show”) on “NUMB3RS,” 9 p.m. Friday on CBS.
••Jonathan Jackson (”Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) on “General Hospital,” 2 p.m. on ABC.
••Allison Janney (”The West Wing”) on “Phineas and Ferb,” 7 a.m. Saturday on Disney XD.
••Derek Jeter (New York Yankees) on “The Biggest Loser,” 7 p.m. Tuesday on NBC.
••Sandra Lee (”Sandra’s Money Saving Meals”) on “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” 7 p.m. Sunday on ABC.
••Jordan Lloyd (”Big Brother 11″ winner) on “The Bold and the Beautiful,” 12:30 p.m. Tuesday on CBS.
••Roma Maffia (”Nip/Tuck”) on “Criminal Minds,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on CBS.
••Patton Oswalt (”The King of Queens”) on “Bored to Death,” 8:35 p.m. Sunday on HBO.
••Rowdy Roddy Piper (”WWF SmackDown!”) on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” 9 p.m. Thursday on FX.
••Natalie Portman (”New York, I Love You”) on “Top Chef: Las Vegas,” 9 p.m. Wednesday on Bravo.
••Jackson Rathbone (”Twilight”) on “Criminal Minds,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on CBS.
••Marion Ross (”Happy Days”) on “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” 7 p.m. Wednesday on CBS.
••Jeff Schroeder (voted America’s favorite houseguest on “Big Brother 11″) on “The Bold and the Beautiful,” 12:30 p.m. Tuesday on CBS.
••Jerry Seinfeld (”Seinfeld”) on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” 8 p.m. Sunday on HBO.
••Jamie-Lynn Sigler (”The Sopranos”) on “Ugly Betty,” 8 p.m. Friday on ABC
••Trey Songz (R&B singer) on “Lincoln Heights,” 7 p.m. Monday on ABC Family.
••Dr. Travis Stork (“The Doctors”) on “Three Rivers,” 8 p.m. Sunday on CBS.
••Aida Turturro (”The Sopranos”) on “Medium,” 8 p.m. Friday on CBS.
••Muse Watson (”Prison Break”) on “NCIS,” 7 p.m. Tuesday on CBS.
••Betty White (The Golden Girls”) on “30 Rock,” 8:30 p.m. Thursday on NBC.
Pictured Above: “Code Green” — Andy (Alex O’Loughlin, right) talks to Dr. Travis (Dr. Travis Stork, left), an anesthesiologist, on THREE RIVERS. (Photo screen grab/CBS Studio)
Top 30 Talk Show Guests on TV (Oct. 22-28, 2009)
Wednesday is when The
Oklahoman posts a list of all the guests (and all the topics) coming up on TV talk shows.
Here are 30 of the best guests appearing on talk shows airing Thursday through Wednesday (Oct. 22-28, 2009). For a practically complete list, go to www.newsok.com/tv and click on Talk Shows (located under Resources).
But just like everything else on TV, talk show lineups are subject to change.
BEST GUESTS
••Madeleine Albright (Former Secretary of State), Oct. 28 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Jason Alexander (”Hachiko: A Dog’s Story”), Oct. 23 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Julie Andrews (”Tooth Fairy”), Oct. 22 on “Rachael Ray”
••Paul Anka (singer), Oct. 26 on “The View”
••Dan Aykroyd (“A History of Ghosts”), Oct. 26 on “Today”
••Terry Bradshaw (”Fox NFL Sunday”), Oct. 23 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Chef Cat Cora (”Iron Chef America”), Oct. 22 on “The Wendy Williams Show”
••Katie Couric (”CBS Evening News”), Oct. 28 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Courteney Cox (“Cougar Town”), Oct. 27 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Willem Dafoe (“Antichrist”), Oct. 22 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Paula Deen (”Paula’s Party”), Oct. 27 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Patrick Dempsey (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Oct. 28 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Jeff Dunham (”The Jeff Dunham Show”), Oct. 22 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Troy Dunn (”The Locator”), Oct. 22 on “The View”
••Colin Firth (”Dorian Gray”), Oct. 23 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Kate Gosselin (”Jon & Kate Plus Eight”), Oct. 28 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Kelsey Grammer (”Hank”), Oct. 26 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Tim Gunn (”Project Runway”), Oct. 22 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Alyson Hannigan (“How I Met Your Mother”), Oct. 23 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Hulk Hogan (“My Life Outside the Ring”), Oct. 27 on “Today”
••Jerry Jones (Dallas Cowboys owner), Oct. 22 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Stana Katic (”Castle”), Oct. 26 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Catherine Keener (”Where the Wild Things Are”), Oct. 23 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Jimmy Kimmel (”Jimmy Kimmel Live”), Oct. 27 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Miranda Lambert (country singer), Oct. 22 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Eugene Levy (”Astro Boy”), Oct. 23 on “Today” and “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Julia Louis-Dreyfus (”The New Adventures of Old Christine”), Oct. 23 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Derek Luke (”Trauma”), Oct. 28 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Tim McGraw (country singer), Oct. 23 on “Today”
••Kevin McKidd (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Oct. 22 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Piers Morgan (”America’s Got Talent”), Oct. 23 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Tracy Morgan (“I Am the New Black”), Oct. 22 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Elisabeth Moss (“Mad Men”), Oct. 23 on “The View”
••Edward Norton (”Leaves of Grass”), Oct. 28 on “The View”
••President Barack Obama, Oct. 22 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••First Lady Michelle Obama, Oct. 23 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Dr. Mehmet Oz (”Dr. Oz”), Oct. 27 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Mekhi Phifer (”Lie to Me”), Oct. 22 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Amy Poehler (”Parks and Recreation”), Oct. 23 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Chris Pratt (”Parks and Recreation”), Oct. 26 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••John C. Reilly (“Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant”), Oct. 22 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Ryan Reynolds (”Paper Man”), Oct. 22 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Tim Roth (“Lie to Me”), Oct. 22 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Atticus Shaffer (”The Middle”), Oct. 28 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Paul Shaffer (“Late Show With David Letterman”), Oct. 23 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Garry Shandling (”Iron Man 2″), Oct. 27 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Judge Judy Sheindlin (”Judge Judy”), Oct. 26 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Sherri Shepherd (”The View”), Oct. 26 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe (”Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire”), Oct. 28 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Alicia Silverstone (”Bad Mother’s Handbook”), Oct. 27 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Carly Simon (singer), Oct. 28 on “Today”
••Cobie Smulders (”How I Met Your Mother”), Oct. 22 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••David Spade (”Rules of Engagement”), Oct. 22 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••George Stephanopoulos (”This Week”), Oct. 27 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Martha Stewart (”The Martha Stewart Show”), Oct. 23 on “The View”
••Rod Stewart (rock singer), Oct. 26 on “Today”; Oct. 27 on “The View”
••Emma Stone (”Zombieland”), Oct. 22 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Yvonne Strahovski (”Chuck”), Oct. 27 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Hilary Swank (”Amelia”), Oct. 22 on “The Jay Leno Show”; Oct. 26 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Wanda Sykes (”The Wanda Sykes Show”), Oct. 23 on “Oprah Winfrey”
••Charlize Theron (”The Road”), Oct. 22 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Lily Tomlin (”Desperate Housewives”), Oct. 22 on “The View”
••Sela Ward (”The Stepfather”), Oct. 23 on “Rachael Ray”
••Kristen Wiig (”Saturday Night Live”), Oct. 23 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Robin Williams (”Old Dogs”), Oct. 23 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
Pictured above: Hilary Swank attends the world premiere of ‘Amelia’ at the Paris Theater on Tuesday, Oct.. 20, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Top 50 Talk Show Guests on TV (Oct. 15-21, 2009)
"Modern Family" actors Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet
Wednesday is when The Oklahoman posts a list of all the guests (and all the topics) coming up on TV talk shows.
Here are 50 (or more) of the best guests appearing on talk shows airing Thursday through Wednesday (Oct. 15-21, 2009). For a practically complete list, go to www.newsok.com/tv and click on Talk Shows (located under Resources).
But just like everything else on TV, talk show lineups are subject to change.
BEST GUESTS
••Eva Amurri (”Californication”), Oct. 16 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Jennifer Aniston (”Love Happens”), Oct. 21 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Penn Badgley (“Gossip Girl”), Oct. 16 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Julie Bowen (”Modern Family”), Oct. 19 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Gerard Butler (”Law Abiding Citizen”), Oct. 15 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”; Oct. 16 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Kristin Cavallari (“The Hills”), Oct. 15 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••John Cleese (”Monty Python: Almost the Truth – The Lawyers Cut”), Oct. 15 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Marcia Cross (“Desperate Housewives”), Oct. 16 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Ted Danson (”Damages”), Oct. 20 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Taye Diggs (“Private Practice”), Oct. 15 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Jeff Dunham (”The Jeff Dunham Show”), Oct. 15 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Anthony Edwards (”ER”), Oct. 20 on “Today”
••Susie Essman (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”), Oct. 21 on “The View”
••Jesse Tyler Ferguson (“Modern Family”), Oct. 21 on “The View”
••America Ferrera (“Ugly Betty”), Oct. 16 on “Good Morning America”
••Tina Fey (”30 Rock”), Oct. 15 on “Today” and “The View”
••Sara Foster (”90210″), Oct. 15 on “The Wendy Williams Show”
••Vivica A. Fox (”Curb Your Enthusiasm”), Oct. 15 on “Today”
••Richard Gere (”Amelia”), Oct. 21 on “Today”
••Rachel Griffiths (”Brothers & Sisters”), Oct. 16 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Jon Hamm (”Mad Men”), Oct. 20 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Salma Hayek (”30 Rock”), Oct. 21 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Mike Henry (”The Cleveland Show”), Oct. 21 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Jamie Hyneman (”MythBusters”), Oct. 15 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Eric Idle (”Monty Python: Almost the Truth – The Lawyers Cut”), Oct. 15 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Eddie Izzard (”Rage”), Oct. 16 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Toby Keith (country singer from Oklahoma), Oct. 15 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”; Oct. 16 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Angela Kinsey (”The Office”), Oct. 19 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Jane Krakowski (“30 Rock”), Oct. 20 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Lisa Kudrow (“Hotel for Dogs”), Oct. 17 on “Talkshow With Spike Feresten”
••Matt Lauer (”Today”), Oct. 15 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Mario Lopez (”Extra”), Oct. 15 on “Today” and “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Gilles Marini (”Brothers & Sisters”), Oct. 15 on “The View”
••Sienna Miller (”G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”), Oct. 19 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Michelle Monaghan (”Somewhere”), Oct. 16 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Edward Norton (”The Invention of Lying”), Oct. 20 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Michael Palin (”Monty Python: Almost the Truth – The Lawyers Cut”), Oct. 15 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Hayden Panettiere (“Heroes”), Oct. 19 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Joaquin Phoenix (”Two Lovers”), Oct. 21 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Judge Jeanine Pirro (”Judge Jeanine Pirro”), Oct. 16 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Greg Proops (”Head Games”), Oct. 16 on “The View”
••Bill Pullman (”The Killer Inside Me”), Oct. 20 on “The View”
••John C. Reilly (”Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant”), Oct. 15 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Rico Rodriguez (”Modern Family”), Oct. 21 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Mike Rowe (“Dirty Jobs”), Oct. 15 on “Good Morning America” and “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Adam Savage (”MythBusters”), Oct. 15 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Steve Schirripa (”The Secret Life of the American Teenager”), Oct. 19 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Jason Schwartzman (”Bored to Death”), Oct. 19 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Garry Shandling (”Iron Man 2″), Oct. 20 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••James Spader (”Shorts”), Oct. 21 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Julia Stiles (”Passage”), Oct. 20 on “The View”
••Eric Stonestreet (”Modern Family”), Oct. 21 on “The View”
••Hilary Swank (”Amelia”), Oct. 16 on “Today”; Oct. 19 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Uma Thurman (”Motherhood”), Oct. 16 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Dylan Walsh (“The Stepfather”), Oct. 16 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Sela Ward (”The Stepfather”), Oct. 16 on “The View”
••Forest Whitaker (”Where the Wild Things Are”), Oct. 15 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Rumer Willis (”Sorority Row”), Oct. 19 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
Top 30 Guest Stars on TV Shows airing Oct. 11-17, 2009
Friday is when The Oklahoman posts a list of the top guest stars (and all the premieres and finales, see separate blog) appearing on TV next week.
And here are 30 (or more) celebrities making special TV appearances the week of Oct. 11.
If a well-known personality was missed, feel free to add his or her name in the comments section to help make this list a complete and accurate source for TV watchers everywhere.
GUEST STARS
••Paula Abdul (”American Idol”) on “Drop Dead Diva,” 8 p.m. Sunday on Lifetime.
••Fred Armisen (”Saturday Night Live”) on “Parks and Recreation,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday on NBC.
••Corbin Bernsen (”Psych”) on “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” 7 p.m. Wednesday on CBS.
••Deanne Bray (”Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye”) on “Heroes,” 7 p.m. Monday on NBC.
••Steve Buscemi (“Fargo”) on “30 Rock,” 8:30 p.m. Thursday on NBC.
••Steven Culp (”JAG”) on “Cold Case,” 9 p.m. Sunday on CBS.
••Ted Danson (”Damages”) on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” 8 p.m. Sunday on HBO.
••Hector Elizondo (“Cane”) on “Grey’s Anatomy,” 8 p.m. Thursday on ABC.
••Peter Gallagher (”The O.C.”) on “Californication,” 9 p.m. Sunday on Showtime.
••Brad Garrett (”Til Death”) on ‘Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” 7 p.m. Tuesday on My Network TV.
••Adam Goldberg (”Entourage”) on “NUMB3RS,” 9 p.m. Friday on CBS.
••Matt Hardy (“WWF SmackDown!”) on “Scare Tactics,” 8 p.m. Tuesday on Syfy.
••Philip Seymour Hoffman (“Capote”) on “Arthur,” 3:30 p.m. Monday on OETA-13.
••Ernie Hudson (“Oz”) on “Heroes,” 7 p.m. Monday on NBC.
••Kristen Johnson (“3rd Rock from the Sun”) on “Ugly Betty,” 7 p.m. Friday on ABC.
••Ravi Kapoor (“Crossing Jordan”) on “Fringe,” 8 p.m. Thursday on Fox.
••Jane Leeves (“Frasier”) on “Phineas and Ferb,” 7 a.m. Saturday on Disney XD.
••Shelley Long (”Cheers”) on “Modern Family,” 8 p.m. Wednesday on ABC.
••Enrique Murciano (”Without a Trace”) on “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” 8 p.m. Thursday on CBS.
••Judd Nelson (“Suddenly Susan”) on “Phineas and Ferb,” 7 a.m. Saturday on Disney XD.
••Bebe Neuwirth (“Frasier”) on “Bored to Death,” 8:30 p.m. Sunday on HBO.
••Adina Porter (”True Blood” on “Cold Case,” 9 p.m. Sunday on CBS.
••Parker Posey (“The Return of Jezebel James”) on “Bored to Death,” 8:30 p.m. Sunday on HBO.
••Giuliana Rancic (“Giuliana & Bill”) on ‘Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on My Network TV.
••Lynn Redgrave (“Teachers Only”) on “Ugly Betty,” 7 p.m. Friday on ABC.
••Cokie Roberts (“This Week”) on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” noon Monday on KOCB-34.
••Andy Samberg (“Saturday Night Live”) on “Yo Gabba Gabba,” noon Tuesday on Nick Jr.
••Christian Slater (”the forgotten”) on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” 8 p.m. Sunday on HBO.
••Lee Tergesen (“Oz”) on “House,” 7 p.m. Monday on Fox.
••Kathleen Turner (“Marley & Me”) on “Californication,” 9 p.m. Sunday on Showtime.
••Wade Williams (”Prison Break”) on “Monk,” 8 p.m. Friday on USA Network.
••Chandra Wilson (”Grey’s Anatomy”) on “Private Practice,” 9:01 p.m. Thursday on ABC.
••Alex Wolff (”The Naked Brothers Band”) on “Monk,” 8 p.m. Friday on USA Network.
••Xzibit (“Gridiron Gang”) on “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” 7 p.m. Sunday on ABC.
NOTE: Times are CST (for EST, add one hour)
Pictured above: Special guest star Paula Abdul reprises her role as Judge Paula Abdul in the season finale of “Drop Dead Diva.” (Lifetime Photo)
Top 50 Talk Show Guests on TV (Oct. 8-14, 2009)
Wednesday is when The Oklahoman posts a list of all the guests (and all the topics) coming up on TV talk shows.
Here are 50 (or more) of the best guests appearing on talk shows airing Thursday through Wednesday (Oct. 8-14, 2009). For a practically complete list, go to www.newsok.com/tv and click on Talk Shows (located under Resources).
But just like everything else on TV, talk show lineups are subject to change.
BEST GUESTS
••Malin Akerman (”Couples Retreat”), Oct. 8 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Jason Alexander (”Hachiko: A Dog’s Story”), Oct. 12 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Penn Badgley (”Gossip Girl”), Oct. 12 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Simon Baker (“The Mentalist”), Oct. 8 on “Rachael Ray”
••Jason Bateman (“Couples Retreat”), Oct. 8 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Kristen Bell (“Couples Retreat”), Oct. 8 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”; Oct. 14 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Valerie Bertinelli (”True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet”), Oct. 14 on “The View”
••Jack Black (”Gulliver’s Travels”), Oct. 13 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••David Boreanaz (”Bones”), Oct. 12 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Terry Bradshaw (”Fox NFL Sunday”), Oct. 8 on “The Jay Leno Show”
••Sophia Bush (”One Tree Hill”), Oct. 8 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Gerard Butler (”Law Abiding Citizen”), Oct. 8 on “The Jay Leno Show” and “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Robert Carlyle (”Stargate Universe”), Oct. 14 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Kristin Davis (”Couples Retreat”), Oct. 8 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Minnie Driver (“Motherhood”), Oct. 14 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••David Duchovny (”Bones”), Oct. 12 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Tina Fey (”30 Rock”), Oct. 14 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Joely Fisher (“’Til Death”), Oct. 8 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••The Flaming Lips (”Christmas on Mars”), Oct. 13 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Jamie Foxx (”Law Abiding Citizen”), Oct. 12 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”; Oct. 14 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Jennie Garth (”90210″), Oct. 8 on “The Doctors”
••Gina Gershon (Broadway’s “Bye Bye Birdie”), Oct. 12 on “The Wendy Williams Show”
••Robin Givens (”A Mother’s Prayer”), Oct. 8 on “The Wendy Williams Show”
••Adam Goldberg (”"The Unusuals”), Oct. 13 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Kelsey Grammer (”Hank”), Oct. 8 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Joey Greco (“Cheaters”), Oct. 8 on “Maury”
••Jon Hamm (”Mad Men”), Oct. 8 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Florence Henderson (”Venus & Vegas”), Oct. 14 on “The Wendy Williams Show”
••Glenn Howerton (”It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”), Oct. 8 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Charlie Hunnam (”Sons of Anarchy”), Oct. 14 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Ice-T (”Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”), Oct. 13 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Ken Jeong (”Community”), Oct. 14 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Stana Katic (”Castle”), Oct. 8 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••Chris Kattan (”The Middle”), Oct. 13 on “Last Call With Carson Daly”
••Toby Keith (”Beer for My Horses”), Oct. 14 on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
••T.R. Knight (“Parade”), Oct. 13 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Michael Kors (“Project Runway”), Oct. 8 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Nia Long (“Good Hair”), Oct. 8 on “The Wendy Williams Show”
••Faizon Love (“Couples Retreat”), Oct. 8 on “The Wendy Williams Show”
••Joel McHale (“Community”), Oct. 8 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Christopher Meloni (”Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”), Oct. 8 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Sienna Miller (”G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”), Oct. 13 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Clive Owen (“The Boys Are Back”), Oct. 8 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Rascal Flats (”Hannah Montana: The Movie”), Oct. 14 on “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien”
••Jean Reno (”Couples Retreat”), Oct. 8 on “The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson”
••Chris Rock (“Good Hair”), Oct. 8 on “The Tyra Show” and “The Wendy Williams Show”
••Doug Savant (“Desperate Housewives”), Oct. 8 on “Rachael Ray”
••Paul Shaffer (”Late Show With David Letterman”), Oct. 8 on “The View”
••Garry Shandling (”Iron Man 2″), Oct. 12 on “Late Show With David Letterman”
••Martin Short (”The Blue Elephant”), Oct. 8 on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon”
••Alicia Silverstone (”Bad Mother’s Handbook”), Oct. 13 on “The View”
••Jimmy Smits (”Mother and Child”), Oct. 13 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Alison Sweeney (“The Biggest Loser”), Oct. 14 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Paul Teutul Sr. (“American Chopper”), Oct. 8 on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
••Uma Thurman (“Motherhood”), Oct. 13 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
••Vince Vaughn (“Couples Retreat”), Oct. 8 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”; Oct. 12 on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
••Sela Ward (”The Stepfather”), Oct. 13 on “The View”
••Forest Whitaker (“Where the Wild Things Are”), Oct. 12 on “Live With Regis and Kelly”
Pictured above: Kristen Bell, a cast member in “Couples Retreat,” arrives at the premiere of the film in Los Angeles, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
