Be Our Guest! (Week of September 1)
This week’s guests/topics on selected talk/variety/news/documentary shows (subject to change; check back for regular updates)
Late Night with Conan O’Brien
Late Show with David Letterman
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Larry King Live
Tavis Smiley
Charlie Rose
P.O.V.
Bill Moyers Journal
Meet the Press
Frontline
60 Minutes
Today
The Early Show
Real Time with Bill Maher
The Chris Matthews Show
Saturday Night Live
MADtv
Austin City Limits
Soundstage
Last Call with Carson Daly
Biography
Inside the Actors Studio
American Experience
American Masters
Nature
NOVA
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Dr. Phil
The View
The Tyra Banks Show
Live with Regis and Kelly
The Rachael Ray Show
The Montel Williams Show
Jerry Springer
The Steve Wilkos Show
The Maury Show
The Martha Stewart Show
E:60
Outside the Lines
The Tim McCarver Show
20/20
Best Damn Sports Show Period
The Suze Orman Show
El Show de Cristina
Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC/NBC HD, 12:35am ET weeknights)
September 1: Steve Carrell; Alyson Hannigan; musical guest Duffy
September 2: Jarod Miller; Olympic swimming medalist Jason Lezak; musical guest Ra Ra Riot
September 3: Nicolas Cage; Vivica A. Fox; musical guest Delta Spirit
September 4: Dr. Phil; musical guest Adele
September 5: Jerry O’Connell; Christian Lander
September 8: Howie Mandel; Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin; musical guest Bon Iver
September 9: Keira Knightley; Tyler Perry; musical guest Gym Class Heroes
September 10: Curtis Jackson
September 11: Musical guest Meiko
September 12: Eva Mendes; musical guest The Fab Faux
Late Show with David Letterman (CBS/CBS HD, 11:35pm ET weeknights)
September 2: Nicolas Cage; actress Anna Torv; musical guest Terrence Howard
September 3: Dr. Phil; Tilda Swinton; musical guest Tricky
September 4: Robin Williams; musical guest Duffy
September 5: John Malkovich; Hayden Panettiere; musical guest Steve Earle
September 8: Keira Knightley
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC/NBC HD, 11:35pm ET weeknights)
September 1: Jack Black; Caroline Gurtz; Conor Oberst
September 2: Russell Brand; Eva Longoria Parker; Ingrid Michaelson
September 3: Billy Bob Thornton; Brian Wilson
September 4: Howie Mandel; Ethan Bortnick; The Game
September 5: Eva Mendes; Shinedown
September 8: Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS, 12:35am ET weeknights)
September 1: Julie Bowen; Jonathan Winters; musical guest Priscilla Ahn
September 2: Katey Sagal; Nathan Fillion
September 3: Maria Bello; comedian Steve Hofstetter
September 4: Kal Penn; Paulina Porizkova
September 5: Russell Brand; musical guest Jamie Lidell
Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC, 12:05am ET weeknights)
September 1: Don Rickles; Olympic medalist Maurice Greene; musical guest The Game
September 2: Jo Frost; Taye Diggs; musical guest Judas Priest
September 3: Russell Brand; actress Christina Hendricks (Mad Men); musical guest Young Jeezy
September 4: Aaron Eckhart; musical guest Metro Station
September 5: Sarah Jane Morris; LeBron James; musical guest Black Kids
Larry King Live (CNN, 9pm ET Monday-Sunday)
September 1: Discussing the GOP convention
September 2: Jesse Ventura discusses the Republican convention
September 5: Michael Moore
Tavis Smiley (PBS, 11pm ET weeknights; check local listings)
September 1: Newt Gingrich; Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu (D-LA)
September 2: Author David Frum
September 3: GOPAC chair Michael Steele; Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL)
September 4: Gov. Mike Huckabee
September 5: Republican National Convention wrap-up
September 8: Jimmy Carter; Ne-Yo
September 9: Amos Lee; journalist Eric Etheridge
September 10: Author Naomi Klein; Kevin Nealon
September 11: Larry Hagman; Carole King
September 12: Harry Belafonte
Charlie Rose (PBS, weeknights; check local listings)
September 1: Live coverage of Republican National Convention
P.O.V. (PBS, 10pm ET Tuesdays; check local listings)
September 16: Calavera Highway (new)
September 30: Critical Condition (new)
October 1: In the Family (new)
October 16: Soldiers of Conscience (new)
Bill Moyers Journal (PBS, 9pm ET Fridays; check local listings)
Meet the Press (NBC, 9am ET Sundays in most markets; check local listings)
Frontline (PBS, 9pm ET Tuesdays; check local listings)
October 14: The Choice 2008 (new; in-depth biographies of Barack Obama and John McCain)
October 21: Heat (new)
October 28: The War Briefing (new)
November 11: The Race 2008 (new)
November 18: The Old Man and the Storm (new)
60 Minutes (CBS, 7pm ET/PT Sundays)
Today (NBC/NBC HD, 7am ET weekdays and Saturdays; 8am ET Sundays)
September 1: Toyota Concert Series presents New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo live on the plaza; money makeovers; Joy Fit Club
September 2: Janice Lieberman; Terrance Howard performs; Robert Jones discusses how to look younger
September 3: Meredith Vieira live from the Republican National Convention; Dr. Phil; Michele Borba talks about prepping for a baby; Clinton Kelly on what not to wear at 50-plus
September 4: Meredith Vieira live from the Republican National Convention; Dr. Nancy Snyderman talks about back-to-school vaccinations and screenings; Money 911; Michael Feinstein performs
September 5: Meredith Vieira live from the Republican National Convention; Toyota Concert Series: Michael Buble; Joan Baez interview; Gene Simmons interview
September 6 (Weekend Today): Barbara Corcoran discusses home improvement
September 7 (Weekend Today): Salaries on Today at Work; Robert Verdi goes inside Fashion Week
September 8: Howie Mandel discusses the new season of Deal or No Deal; money makeovers; Rick Riordan talks about his new book The 39 Clues: Maze of Bones; Brad Garrett; Joy Fit Club
September 9: Keira Knightley talks about her new movie The Duchess; Jamie Lee Curtis on her new book Big Words for Little People; Rachel Zoe talks about her new show The Rachel Zoe Project; The Scottos on Today’s Kitchen; Eric Benet performs
September 10: Jada Pinkett Smith; Tyra Banks; Suzanne Somers on her new book Breakthrough: Eight Steps to Wellness
September 11: Robert De Niro and Al Pacino on their new film Righteous Kill; Dr. Nancy Snyderman; Christopher Kimball on Today’s Kitchen; Wendy Diamond; Chubby Checker performs; best pets for kids
September 12: Jill Rappaport on Today’s Pets; Wayne Brady
The Early Show (CBS, 7am ET/PT weekdays)
September 2: Latest on Gustav’s aftermath; political fallout from Palin daughter’s pregnancy?; metabolism myths; visit to set of the new 90210Back To Top
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, 11pm ET Fridays)
September 5: Roundtable guests: Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, actress Kerry Washington; interview guest Florida Governor Charlie Crist; Dan Savage the week’s correspondent
The Chris Matthews Show (Syndicated weekends; check local listings)
Saturday Night Live (NBC/NBC HD, 11:30pm ET Saturdays)
September 6: Tina Fey; musical guest Carrie Underwood (repeat)
September 13: Season Premiere — Michael Phelps; musical guest Lil Wayne (new)
MADtv (FOX, 11pm ET Saturday nights)
September 6: Dave Navarro (repeat)
September 13: Season Premiere (new)
September 20: New episode
Austin City Limits (PBS/PBS HD, 9pm ET Saturdays; check local listings)
September 6: Brad Paisley/Dierks Bentley (repeat)
September 13: The Arcade Fire (repeat)
September 27: The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival (repeat)
October 4: R.E.M. (repeat)
October 11: Bettye LaVette/Pinetop Perkins (new)
October 18: Lyle Lovett & Friends: A Songwriters Special (new)
October 25: Jakob Dylan/Carrie Rodriguez (new)
Soundstage (PBS/PBS HD, 10pm ET Thursdays; check local listings)
Returns Winter 2009
Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, 1:35am ET weeknights)
September 1: John Cho; Dean Edwards; musical guest Your Vegas
September 2: Rob Corddry; Steve Hely; Vali Chandrasekaran
September 3: Christina Ricci; Steve Byrne; musical guest Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
September 4: Marissa Miller; Jasper Redd; musical guest Ben Harper
September 5: Maria Menounos; Benjamin Nugent; musical guest Local H
September 8: Penn & Teller; musical guest Katy Perry
September 9: Olivia Wilde; musical guest Grizzly Bear
September 10: Verne Troyer; Chris Osgood & Nicklas Lidstrom; musical guest P.O.D.
September 11: Adam Carolla; Gary Cannon; musical guest Cloud Cult
September 12: Aviva Yael; musical guest The Game
September 3 (8pm ET): Tommy Lee
September 3 (9pm ET): Bret Michaels (HD)
September 3 (10pm ET): Weird Al Yankovic (HD)
September 4 (8pm ET): Joel Rifkin
September 4 (9pm ET): Andy Gibb (HD)
September 4 (10pm ET): The Barry White Story
September 4 (11pm ET): Richard Pryor
September 10 (8pm ET): Elvis’ Entourage
September 10 (9pm ET): Priscilla Presley
September 10 (10pm ET): Lisa Marie Presley
September 11 (8pm ET): Elvis & June: A Love Story
September 11 (9pm ET; two-hour special): Elvis: Return to Tupelo (HD)
September 11 (11pm ET): Johnny Cash
September 17 (8pm ET): Gene Hackman
September 17 (9pm ET; two-hour special): Clint Eastwood
September 18 (8pm ET): John Wayne Gacy
September 18 (9pm ET): Run-DMC (HD)
September 18 (10pm ET): Tyler Perry (HD)
September 18 (11pm ET): Jamie Foxx (HD)
September 24 (8pm ET): Matt Damon (HD)
September 24 (9pm ET): Denzel Washington (HD)
September 24 (10pm ET): Matthew McConaughey (HD)
September 25 (8pm ET): Ed Gein
September 25 (9pm ET): Demi Moore
September 25 (10pm ET): Beyonce (HD)
September 25 (11pm ET): Queen Latifah (HD)
Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo, 7pm ET Mondays)
American Experience (PBS, 9pm ET Mondays; check local listings)
September 22 & 29: The Presidents: Reagan (repeat)
October 6: The Presidents: Jimmy Carter
October 13: The Presidents: Nixon
October 20 & 27: The Presidents: LBJ (repeat)
November 10: The Berlin Airlift (repeat)
November 17: Oswald’s Ghost (repeat)
American Masters (PBS, 9pm ET Wednesdays; check local listings)
September 23: You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story — “You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet (1923-1935)” (new)
September 23: You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story — “Good War, Uneasy Peace (1935-1950)” (new)
September 24: You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story — “A New Reality (1950-1970)” (new)
September 24: You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story — “Woodstock Notions (1970-1979)” (new)
September 25: You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story — “The Big Tent (1980-Present)” (new)
October 30: Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (repeat)
Nature (PBS/PBS HD, 8pm ET Sundays; check local listings)
September 7: The Queen of Trees (repeat)
September 14: Supersize Crocs (repeat)
September 21: Raptor Force (repeat)
September 28: Dogs That Changed the World: The Rise of the Dog (repeat)
October 5: Dogs That Changed the World: Dogs By Design (repeat)
October 12: The Beauty of Ugly (repeat)
October 19: Parrots in the Land of Oz (repeat)
October 26: White Falcon, White Wolf (new)
November 2: The Cheetah Orphans (repeat)
November 9: Clever Monkeys (new)
November 16: American Eagle (new)
November 23: The Wolf That Changed America (new)
NOVA (PBS/PBS HD, 8pm ET Tuesdays; check local listings)
September 9: Hitler’s Sunken Secret (repeat)
September 16: Einstein’s Big Idea (repeat)
September 23: Monster of the Milky Way (repeat)
September 30: Sputnik Declassified (repeat)
October 7: Arctic Dinosaurs (new)
October 14: Space Shuttle Disaster (new)
October 21: Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives (new)
October 28: Hunting the Hidden Dimension (new)
November 4: Missing in MiG Alley (repeat)
November 11: Alien From Earth (new)
November 18 (two-hour special): The Bible’s Buried Secrets (new)
November 25: Ocean Animal Emergency (new)
December 16: Whale Autopsy (new)
December 30: Rocking on Mars (new)
Talkshow with Spike Feresten (FOX, midnight ET Saturday nights)
September 6: Jerry Seinfeld and Patrick Warburton (repeat)
September 13: Season Premiere (new)
September 20: New episode
The Oprah Winfrey Show (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)
Dr. Phil (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)
September 1: Custoday Chaos
September 2: Ask the Doctors
September 3: More Nasty Neighbors
September 4: Ask Dr. Phil
September 5: Mad at My Mom
The View (ABC/ABC HD, 11am ET weekdays)
September 1: Pamela Anderson; musical guest Toby Keith; behind the scenes of Whoopi’s opening night in Broadway’s Xanadu
September 2 (SEASON PREMIERE): Musical guest New Kids on the Block
September 3: Maura Tierney; Adele performs
September 4: Terrence Howard; Audrina Partridge
September 5: Adrian Grenier; Nicey Nash
The Tyra Banks Show (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)
September 1: Beauty in Black & White
September 2: Gays in the Ghetto
September 3: Trade Up
September 4: What Men Really Want
September 5: “Fat-sploitation”
Live with Regis and Kelly (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)
September 2: Jeremy Piven; Lori Loughlin
September 3: Kevin Connolly; David Boreanaz; Leona Lewis
September 4: Jerry O’Connell; Dr. Phil; Vivica A. Fox; LeAnn Rimes
September 5: Shannen Doherty; Rachael Ray
The Rachael Ray Show (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)
September 2: Sneak peek of the new series The Doctors; gazpacho recipe
September 3: Celebrity style secrets; Jarod is back with wild animals; apple-stuffed pork tenderloin
September 4: Kids’ birthday party wars; top 5 hair color tips; a new 15-minute meal
September 5: Human Lab: Classroom Edition; surprise for a devastated bride
The Montel Williams Show (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings; new episodes no longer being produced)
September 2: Most Outrageous Guests Ever
September 3: Sylvia’s Farewell
September 4: Most Memorable Guests
September 5: Montel’s Grand Finale
Jerry Springer (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)
The Steve Wilkos Show (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)
The Maury Show (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)
The Martha Stewart Show (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)
September 1: Actor Christopher Gorham helps make a chicken dish with morel mushrooms and asparagus; making a faux-porcelain bird-branch pin; behind the scenes at New York’s Metropolitan Opera
September 2: Simple tomato soup with herbed goat cheese toasts; Katherine Heigl; health columnist Anahad O’Connor talks about popular health notions; making flower arrangements
September 3: Chef Lachlan Patterson; rabbit agnolotti with rosemary and chicken brodo; reversible purse; acupuncture
September 4: Elle Macpherson; pearl jewelery; Patrick O’Connell; Fitzgerald Pottery
E:60 (ESPN/ESPN HD, 7pm ET Tuesdays)
September 2: Exclusive profile of Giants receiver David Tyree; round-the-clock look at 18-year-old NASCAR prodigy Joey Logano; a look at the Tampa Bay Rays’ #1 draft pick in 2007, pitching ace David Price, who almost quit baseball in college to work at McDonald’s
Outside the Lines (ESPN, 9:30am ET Sundays; ESPNEWS, noon ET Sundays)
The Tim McCarver Show (Syndicated weekly; check local listings)
Week of August 30: Terry Francona
Week of September 6: George Martin
Week of September 13: Willis Reed and Dominique Wilkins
Week of September 20: Jesse Ventura
Week of September 27: Alonzo Mourning
Best Damn Sports Show Period (FSN, 11pm local weeknights)
The Suze Orman Show (CNBC, 9pm and midnight ET Saturdays)
September 6: Credit Card Confusion — the real deal on whether to close your department store credit cards
September 13: Hidden Dangers — what small investors should look for so they don’t lose more than they make
September 20: Settling for Less — how to correctly settle your credit card debt
September 27: Can You Afford Your Life? — do you have enough money, or are you living beyond your means?
October 4: It’s Mutual — what you need to do before you buy mutual funds this time of year
October 11: Truth Be Told — financial ethics and telling the truth about money
October 18: Bottoms Up — how to tell when the real estate market has hit bottom in your area
October 25: The Danger Zone — danger signs to look for so you don’t end up in a financial bind
