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Here's who's on the late night shows tonight.

• Charlie Rose: Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg; a discussion of the iPhone (must have been postponed the other night); and author Ken Pollack
• The Daily Show: T.J. English
• The Colbert Report: Nas
• The Late Show with David Letterman: John C. Reilly, Jane Mayer, and Grizzly Bear
• Jay Leno: Kevin Costner, D.L. Hughley, and The Time
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Paul Giamatti, Mitch Rouse, and Los Lonely Boys
• Tavis Smiley: Henry Winkler and Henry Zoglin (repeat)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Liam Neeson, BJ Novak, and The Duke Spirit (repeat)
• The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Val Kilmer
• Last Call with Carson Daly: Eddie Izzard and Rick Ross (repeat)

Here's who's on the late night shows tonight.

• Charlie Rose: chef David Chang
• The Daily Show: Will Ferrell
• The Colbert Report: Margaret Spellings
• The Late Show with David Letterman: Amanda Peet, Jon Hamm, and Augustana
• Jay Leno: Gillian Anderson, Dave Atell, and The Duke Spirit
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: George Foreman and Alanis Morissette
• Tavis Smiley: Debbie Allen and Anne Lamott (repeat)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Jason Lee, Eva Amurri, and Galactic (repeat)
• The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Julie Chen, Adam Scott, and Ricky Skaggs
• Last Call with Carson Daly: Bear Grylls (repeat)

Here's who's on the late night shows tonight.

• Charlie Rose: Senator Jim Webb, and a discussion of Apple's new iPhone
• The Daily Show: Richard Bitner
• The Colbert Report: Senator Jim Webb
• The Late Show with David Letterman: Will Ferrell and the guys from Mythbusters
• Jay Leno: Kyra Sedgwick, Chris Matthews, and Alanis Morissette
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Angie Harmon, Adam Perry Lang, and Def Leppard
• Tavis Smiley: Alanis Morissette and Governor David Paterson (repeat)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Patricia Heaton, Katt Williams, and Thrice (repeat)
• The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Aisha Tyler, Jarod Miller, and Keaton Simons
• Last Call with Carson Daly: Perez Hilton, Sig & Edgar Hansen, and Katy Perry (repeat - seriously, just cancel this show already, please?)

Taking a cue from ABC, NBC had Jay Leno pose as a reporter and ask NBC's two-headed entertainment chief, Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff, about when Leno would be leaving and when Conan would be starting. Only, instead of just wearing a baseball cap like Kimmel did, Leno donned a bald cap and beard to make him seem extra stealthy.

Some of the "funny" lines are after the jump, but here's the gist of the news: Leno's last day on the Tonight show will be on May 29, with Conan O'Brien taking over the following Monday, June 1. Conan will do his last Late Night sometime during the first quarter, according to Graboff and Silverman, and Jimmy Fallon will take over the timeslot at an undetermined time during either March or April (that's after starting online, as Lorne Michaels announced yesterday). No word on what will play in Conan's 12:30 slot in the interim period.

Goodbye, Jay -- you don't mind if we push you out of the chair, do you? If you thought NBC made a mess of the David Letterman/Jay Leno replacement switch-off back in 1992, then you might find it not very surprising that the hand off from Jay (I don't want to go) Leno to Conan O'Brien is portending to be just as sticky.

According to TV Week, NBC is poised to announce the official Jay Leno departure from The Tonight Show and Conan O'Brien arrival today. Our man at the TCA, Joel Keller, could have all the details later on, so keep checking back with TV Squad.

Reportedly, Leno will be exiting in late May, possibly on the anniversary of the date he took the chair from Johnny Carson, May 25. Carson's last Tonight Show was May 22, 1992; Jay's tenure commenced on Monday, May 25. The problem with re-creating that symmetry in 2009 is that those dates are Memorial Day weekend.

Here's who's on the late night talk shows tonight.

• Charlie Rose: a discussion of Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday
• The Late Show with David Letterman: Rosie Perez and David Sedaris
• Jay Leno: Tim Allen, Demi Lovato, and OneRepublic
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ant and Dec, and Minus the Bear
• Tavis Smiley: Famke Janssen, John Dean, and Barry Goldwater, Jr. (repeat)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Senator John McCain and The Steeldrivers
• The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Mary Steenburgen and Criss Angel
• Last Call with Carson Daly: Daryl Hannah and Josh Kelley (repeat)

Here's who's on the late night shows tonight.

• Charlie Rose: Neil Young
• The Daily Show: Maggie Gyllenhaal
• The Colbert Report: Elizabeth Edwards
• The Late Show with David Letterman: Ricky Gervais and John Mellencamp
• Jay Leno: David Spade, Jordana Spiro, and Coldplay
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Justin Timberlake, Kim Kardashian, and Cool Kids
• Tavis Smiley: Jewel and Sarah Sentilles (repeat)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Aaron Eckhart, Caroline Rhea, and Dr. Dog
• The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Jet Li and Rita Rudner
• Last Call with Carson Daly: Chelsea Handler and Serj Tankian (repeat)

Hot on the heels of Jimmy Kimmel's questions to ABC chief Steve McPherson about Jay Leno coming to ABC comes this: Leno says he's leaving NBC for good.

NBC has said several times that even though Conan O'Brien is going to replace Leno as host of The Tonight Show next year, they were very interested in having him stay with the network to do...well, something else. Host another show, host specials, fix the cars of the executives, whatever. But now Leno tells USA Today that he's not interested in any of that and he's leaving NBC. He doesn't say that he's going to retire (he's just not that type, and it's the one thing I like about him), he just says he's leaving NBC and that he'll get another job and be fine.

Leno will probably have many offers to choose from as 2009 approaches, so I wouldn't worry about him.

Here's who's on the late night shows tonight.

• Charlie Rose: New Yorker editor David Remnick
• The Daily Show: Kenneth Pollack
• The Colbert Report: Rush
• The Late Show with David Letterman: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Neil Young, and The Hold Steady
• Jay Leno: John C. Reilly, Venus Williams, and Gavin Rossdale
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Nick Lachey, Gabrielle Union, and Nas
• Tavis Smiley: Van Jones and Parag Khanna (repeat)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Meryl Streep, Russell Brand, and Eugene Mirman
• The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Sir Ben Kingsley
• Last Call with Carson Daly: Kenny & Spenny and Fat Joe (repeat)

A funny thing happened at the beginning of the ABC executive session this morning. After ABC Entertainment president Steve McPherson got on stage, said some opening remarks, and opened the floor to questions, someone got up and identified himself as Tom Weinerman of the Sarasota Star-Herald Tribune. That was a bit unusual, as the reporters here never identify themselves before asking questions.

But then, people started recognizing the voice, or turned in the direction of the questioner, and realized what was going on: It was Jimmy Kimmel, and he had some pointed -- and funny -- questions for McPherson about the possibility of Jay Leno coming to ABC.

Here's who's on the late night shows tonight.

• Charlie Rose: Neil Young
• The Daily Show: Pierce Brosnan
• The Colbert Report: Jason Riley
• The Late Show with David Letterman: Meryl Streep, Aaron Eckhart, and Randy Travis
• Jay Leno: David Duchovny, Reese Hoffa, and Jakob Dylan
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Andy Samberg, Minnie Driver, and Shwayze
• Tavis Smiley: John Cho and Richard Thaler (repeat)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Heidi Klum, Joel McHale, KT Tunstall, and Daryl Hall
• The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Julie Andrews and Raymond Crowe
• Last Call with Carson Daly: Zachery Levi and hellogoodbye (repeat)

Wow, maybe she really was f***king Matt Damon after all.

America's Sweethearts, Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman, have broken up. It's true! A publicist for the couple (hmmm...I wonder who gets the publicist in the breakup?) sent a note to People saying that the couple have split and that "there will be no further comment." Of course, I'm sure they'll be no comment until someone mentions it on Kimmel's ABC show or someone asks Silverman about it in an interview.

Click on the link above and head on over to AOL to look at Jimmy and Sarah through the years. They have Sarah's "I'm F**king Matt Damon" video and Jimmy's "I'm F**king Ben Affleck" video. Or, if you're too lazy to click on the link above you can click the link below and check out the videos after the jump. Of course, you're still clicking so either way you have to actually click, so I'll leave the choice up to you.

Here's who's on the late night shows tonight.

• Charlie Rose: Michelle Rhee
• The Daily Show: Andrew Ward
• The Colbert Report: TBA
• The Late Show with David Letterman: Pierce Brosnan, Bud Selig, and Jason Mraz
• Jay Leno: Will Ferrell, Mary McCormack, and James Hunter
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Adam Carolla, Peter Berg, Romany Malco, and Billy Idol (repeat)
• Tavis Smiley: John Laroquette and Aaron David Miller (repeat)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Gary Oldman, Joe Buck, and Kenny Chesney
• The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Chris Isaak and Debbie Reynolds
• Last Call with Carson Daly: Melora Hardin and Lupe Fiasco (repeat - another one? Seriously, just cancel this show.)

If you're like me, the last two weeks of Late Show reruns have driven you crazy. I actually get a little bummed out when the late night shows are in repeats, especially Letterman's show. Letterman is always the great bookend to my day. I can always count on him to entertain me before I go to bed, to make me laugh. But he has been in repeats for the past two weeks (not just one, but two!) and it's been lame. I mean, if they had older repeats from two, four, six, ten years ago, that would be cool (we've talked about this here several times before), but it's always repeats from a few weeks ago and that's just tedious.

So, to hold us over until new episodes of The Late Show start this Monday, a few videos from Letterman's past. The first one is from the Jacksons Variety Show in 1977 and features Dave with Michael Jackson!

Here's who's on the late night shows tonight.

• Charlie Rose: Nicholson Baker, and a discussion of Africa's Virunga National Park
• The Late Show with David Letterman: Steve Carell, Lance Armstrong, and Dr. John (repeat)
• Jay Leno: Michael Caine, Elizabeth Banks, and Ludo
• Jimmy Kimmel Live: Whoopi Goldberg, Fred Willard, and Cyndi Lauper (repeat)
• Tavis Smiley: Carly Simon (repeat)
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Sean Hayes, Ed Helms, and Tom Papa
• The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson: Holly Hunter (repeat)
• Last Call with Carson Daly: Sheryl Crow and Josh Gomes (repeat)