Be Our Guest! (Week of June 29)

This week’s guests/topics on selected talk/variety/news/documentary shows (subject to change; check back for regular updates)
The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Chelsea Lately
Larry King Live
Tavis Smiley
Charlie Rose
P.O.V.
Washington Week With Gwen Ifill & National Journal
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
Shatner’s Raw Nerve
The Chris Isaak Hour
Inside the Actors Studio
American Experience
American Masters
Nature
NOVA
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Bonnie Hunt Show
The Doctors
Dr. Phil
The View
The Tyra Banks Show
Live with Regis and Kelly
The Rachael Ray Show
Jerry Springer
The Steve Wilkos Show
The Maury Show
The Martha Stewart Show
E:60
Outside the Lines
Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel
The Tim McCarver Show
20/20
Best Damn Sports Show Period
The Suze Orman Show
El Show de Cristina


The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien (NBC/NBC HD, 11:35pm ET weeknights)

June 29: Tom Hanks; musical guest Green Day

June 30: Gwyneth Paltrow; Joel McHale; musical guest John Mayer Trio

July 1: Eddie Murphy; Angela Kinsey; musical guest Bonnie Raitt & Taj Majal

July 2: Norm MacDonald; Jim Gaffigan; musical guest Neko Case

July 3: Kobe Bryant; William Shatner; musical guest Incubus

July 6: Howie Mandel; Alanis Morissette; musical guest Death Cab For Cutie

July 7: Samuel L. Jackson; Kevin Connolly; musical guest Andrew Bird

July 8: Bob Newhart; Al Madrigal

July 9: Musical guest Playing For Change

July 10: Cat Deeley; musical guest Ray LaMontagne

July 13: Bill Engvall; musical guest the cast of Hair

July 14: Musical guest Sugar Ray

July 15: Dana Carvey; Zooey Deschanel; musical guest Kris Allen

July 16: Gerard Butler; musical guest Daughtry

July 17: Seth Green; musical guest Demi Lovato

July 20: Adam Sandler; Peter Sarsgaard; musical guest Kate Voegele

July 21: Jonah Hill; Cheryl Hines

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Late Show with David Letterman (CBS/CBS HD, 11:35pm ET weeknights)

June 30: Michael J. Fox; musical guest The Fray

July 1: Denzel Washington; musical guest Jonas Brothers; Top Ten List presented by Regis Philbin

July 2: Sandra Bullock; comedian Pete Correale; musical guest P.J. Harvey and John Parish

July 3: Kid Scientists; Teri Hatcher; musical guest Rick Ross with Magazeen; Top Ten List presented by Ron Howard

July 6: Hayden Panettiere; musical guest Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band

July 7: Sacha Baron Cohen; musical guest Rob Thomas

July 8: Queen Latifah; Emma Watson

July 9: Daniel Radcliffe; ballerina Veronika Part; musical guest Levon Helm

July 10: Rainn Wilson; comedian Larry Miller; musical guest Maxwell

July 13: Jonah Hill; musical guest Metric

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Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (NBC/NBC HD, 12:35am ET weeknights)

June 30: Seth Meyers; Michelle Trachtenberg; Mike Spinner

July 1: Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy; Joan Rivers; Rachael Ray

July 2: Maya Rudolph; Damon Wayans Jr.; Asher Roth

July 3: Whoopi Goldberg; Stephen Baldwin; Keane

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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS, 12:35am ET weeknights)

June 29: Michael Douglas; Carrie Ann Inaba

June 30: Teri Hatcher; musical guest Martina McBride

July 1: Denis Leary; musical guest Diane Birch

July 2: John McEnroe

July 3: Matthew McConaughey; Cokie Roberts

July 6: Eric Idle; Dr. Lisa Masterson of The Doctors

July 7: Evan Rachel Wood; Christopher Gorham

July 8: Julie Chen; Michael Ian Black; musical guest Will Dailey

July 9: Jeff Goldblum; Jackie Collins

July 10: Ray Romano; Michael Buble (interview and performance)

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Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC/ABC HD, 12:05am ET weeknights)

June 30: Ty Pennington; writer David Sedaris; musical guest Jonas Brothers

July 1: Shia LaBeouf; June Diane Raphael; musical guest Eric Hutchinson

July 2: Megan Fox; David Cross; musical guest Phoenix

July 3: Josh Duhamel; writer Tracy Hutson; musical guest Bat For Lashes

July 6: Artie Lange; Adam Perry Lang; musical guest No Doubt

July 7: Kathy Griffin; Ramon Rodriguez; musical guest Ben Harper

July 8: David Arquette; Jill Wagner; musical guest Linkin Park

July 9: Denzel Washington; Will Ferrell

July 10: Magic Johnson; Jack Black and Michael Cera

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Chelsea Lately (E!, 11pm ET/PT weeknights)

June 29: Brooke Hogan

June 30: Lauren Conrad

July 1: TBA

July 2: TBA

July 3: Derek Fisher (repeat)

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Larry King Live (CNN/CNN HD 9pm ET Monday-Sunday)

June 30: Michael Jackson’s family lawyers on the battle over his estate

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Tavis Smiley (PBS, 11pm ET weeknights; check local listings)

June 30: Dr. Michael Eric Dyson; Dr. Cornel West

July 1: Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo; New York Times columnist Roger Cohen

July 2: Bill Pullman; Debo Adegbile

July 3: Journalists Malina Saval and Jane Mayer

July 6: Jeremy Remmer; David Ignatius

July 7: Dr. Michael Roizen; Gloria Reuben

July 8: Lisa Kudrow

July 9: Peter Perston, co-founder of The Blackstone Group

July 10: Oncologist Dr. Olufunmilayo Olopade; breast cancer survivors Diahann Caroll and Jessica Queller

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Charlie Rose (PBS, weeknights; check local listings)

June 30: Tom Daschle; Paul Krugman

July 1: Cyberwarfare; the play Mary Stuart

July 2: Richard Wolffe; Guillermo del Toro

July 3: Peter Peterson

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P.O.V. (PBS, 10pm ET Tuesdays; check local listings)

June 30: Beyond Hatred (new)

July 7: Life. Support. (new)

July 14: The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court (new)

July 21: The Betrayal (new)

July 28: Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go (New)

August 4: Replay of classic 1969 documentary Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music

August 11: Made in L.A. (repeat)

August 18: Collection of award-winning documentary shorts by established and emerging American and international filmmakers

August 25: This Way Up (new)

September 1: Ella Es el Matador (She is the Matador) (new)

September 8: The English Surgeon (new)

September 15: The Principal Story

September 22: Bronx Princess

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Washington Week With Gwen Ifill & National Journal (PBS, 8pm ET Fridays; check local listings)

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Bill Moyers Journal (PBS, 9pm ET Fridays; check local listings)

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Meet the Press (NBC, 9am ET Sundays in most markets; check local listings)

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Frontline (PBS, 9pm ET Tuesdays; check local listings)

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60 Minutes (CBS/CBS HD, 7pm ET/PT Sundays)

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Today (NBC/NBC HD, 7am ET weekdays and Saturdays; 8am ET Sundays)

June 29: Overweight siblings; guitar prodigy; credit card rewards; Jillian Michaels; Bible sauces, rubs and marinade sauces

June 30: Online and Facebook cheating; Tyler Florence; themed family road trips; Madelyn Fernstrom on how to eat more and weigh less; Al’s Book Club for Kids

July 1: Overweight siblings; Today Throws a Wedding winning couple announced; what to wear to a wedding; Jane Stanton on her new book Mortal Friends

July 2: Dr. Nancy Snyderman; kid’s science challenge; 70th anniversary of Lou Gehrig; family-friendly swimwear; ambush makeovers; Tyrese Gibson; Everyone Has a Story

July 3: Rob Thomas performs; summer reads; real estate; cheese carvings

July 4 (Weekend Today): Best American cities for vacation; 4th of July barbecue cook-off

July 5 (Weekend Today): How to look like a celebrity; what you can get for free this summer

July 6: Change your weight fate; wedding fashion; recession romances; Rick Moonen on Today’s Kitchen; working out wherever you are without a gym membership; doggie makeovers

July 7: Sacha Baron Cohen; winning wedding dress is revealed; Patrick Malone on his book The Life You Save; Jill Martin on fashion; controlling your life after a cancer diagnosis; cooking gadgets

July 8: Wedding ring announcement; Mark Bittman on Today’s Kitchen; honeymoon travel deals; Janet Evanovich talks about her book Finger Lickin’ Fifteen; Jill Martin presents best undergarments; remodeling with what you already have

July 9: Honeymoon location announcement; travel airways for pets; daily candy kids travel; ambush makeovers; kids and divorce

July 10: Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint talk about Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; real estate; Rascal Flatts; food storage

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The Early Show (CBS, 7am ET/PT weekdays)

July 1: Hot dog fest; damaging homes with fires from outdoor grills

July 3: Burger blowout; T-shirts for every occasion

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Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO, Live 10pm ET Fridays; Tape-Delayed PT)

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The Chris Matthews Show (Syndicated weekends; check local listings)

July 4-5: The future of print journalism

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Saturday Night Live (NBC/NBC HD, 11:30pm ET Saturdays)

July 4: Tim McGraw; musical guest Ludacris & T-Pain (repeat)

July 11: Paul Rudd; musical guest Beyonce (repeat)

July 18: Anna Faris; musical guest Duffy (repeat)

July 25: Tracy Morgan; musical guest Kelly Clarkson (repeat)

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MADtv (FOX, 11pm ET Saturday nights)

July 4: Repeat episode

July 11: Repeat episode

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Austin City Limits (PBS/PBS HD, 9pm ET Saturdays; check local listings)

July 4: Paolo Nutini; Grupo Fantasma (repeat)

July 11: Jakob Dylan; Carrie Rodriguez (repeat)

July 18: Lucinda Williams; Old Crow Medicine Show (repeat)

July 25: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings; Carolyn Wonderland (repeat)

August 1: Wilco (repeat)

August 8: Drive-By Truckers; Ryan Bingham (repeat)

August 15: Manu Chao (repeat)

August 22: Nicke Lowe; The Swell Season: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova (repeat)

August 29: R.E.M. (repeat)

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Soundstage (PBS/PBS HD, 10pm ET Thursdays; check local listings)

July 2: Sugarland (new)

July 9: Death Cab For Cutie (new)

July 16: Billy Idol (new)

July 23: Fall Out Boy (new)

July 30: Josh Groban: An Evening in New York City (new)

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Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC, 1:35am ET weeknights)

June 29: Musical guest Melanie Fiona

June 30: Musical guest Charles Hamilton

July 1: Musical guest Little Boots

July 2: Musical guest Robert Francis

July 3: Musical guest N.A.S.A.

July 6: Jimmy Fallon; Mistress Mary;  musical guest Bobby Ray

July 7: Patton Oswalt; musical guest M83

July 8: Ken Jeong; musical guest Delta Spirit

July 9: Steve-O; musical guest Nico Vega

July 10: Tom Green; musical guest Mishka

July 13: Josh Flitter; musical guest Kid Cudi

July 14: Adhir Kalyan; musical guest Nico Vega

July 15: Masi Oka; musical guest The Duke Spirit

July 16: Musical guest Chris Cornell

July 17: Neil Strauss; Mike Bridenstein; musical guest Chris Cornell

July 20: Jack and Kelly Osbourne; musical guest Ben Harper & Relentless7

July 21: Adrianna Palicki; musical guest Robin Thicke

July 22: Adam Scott; Renee Gauthier; musical guest Cold War Kids

July 23: Dr. Drew; Yvonne Strahovski; musical guest Nico Stai

July 24: Sprague Grayden; musical guest The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

July 27: Cameron Richardson; Eric Price; musical guest Adele

July 28: Mr. Brainwash; musical guest The Duke Spirit

July 29: Liz Hatch; Kevin Hart; musical guest Lykke Li

July 30: Cassidy Freeman; musical guest Ben Harper & Relentless7

July 31: Tom Lennon; musical guest Crystal Antlers

August 3: Eliza Dushku; Joe Talamo; musical guest Brett Dennen

August 4: Benji & Joel Madden; Joshua Gomez; musical guest White Lies

August 5: Musical guest Lily Allen

August 6: Nick Jasenovec; musical guest Ida Maria

August 7: Jimmy Fallon; Mistress Mary; musical guest Bobby Ray

August 10: Tim Roth; Miranda Kerr; musical guest Black Kids

August 11: Musical guest Green Day

August 12: Rob Huebel; Captain Paul Watson; musical guest Green Day

August 13: Jay Mohr; musical guest Green Day

August 14: Ed Helms; Tarah Paige; musical guest Foxboro Hot Tubs

August 17: Matthew McConaughey; Kaley Cuoco; musical guest Ida Maria

August 18: Oscar N8unez; Chad Reed; musical guest Cold War Kids

August 19: Kevin McKidd; Playmate of the Year; musical guest Brett Dennen

August 20: Joe Toree; Kelly Monaco; musical guest Operation Aloha

August 21: No Doubt; Adam Carolla; musical guest Friendly Fires

August 24: McG; Snoop Dogg; Joel Madden; musical guest Keane

August 25: The Airborne Toxic Event

August 26: Sasha Grey; Ryan Hunter-Reay; musical guest The Kills

August 27: Wayans Brothers; Forrest Griffin; musical guest Glasvegas

August 28: Common; musical guest Doves

August 31: Bill Bellamy; Resi Siegler; musical guest The Virgins

September 1: Nick DeAvila; musical guest Method Man & Redman

September 2: Andy Richter; Michele More; musical guest Wale

September 3: Army troops at Fort Irwin

September 4: Harland Williams; Aaron Fotheringham; musical guest Ben Harper & Relentless7

September 7: Jo Koy; Mike Shinoda; musical guest Lissy Trullie

September 8: Jesse James; Dwayne Perkins; musical guest The Cure

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Biography (Bio Channel)

June 30 (8pm ET): Demi Moore

June 30 (9pm ET): Brat Pack (HD)

June 30 (11pm ET): Aaron Spelling

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Shatner’s Raw Nerve (BIO Channel/BIO Channel HD, 10 & 10:30pm ET Tuesdays)

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The Chris Isaak Hour (BIO Channel/BIO Channel HD, 10pm ET Thursdays)

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Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo, 7pm ET Mondays)

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American Experience (PBS, 9pm ET Mondays; check local listings)

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American Masters (PBS, 9pm ET Wednesdays; check local listings

July 1: Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio on the Red Shoes (new)

August 24: The World of Nat King Cole (repeat)

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Nature (PBS/PBS HD, 8pm ET Sundays; check local listings)

July 5: The Vanishing Lions (repeat)

July 19: Superfish (repeat)

July 26: Silence of the Bees (repeat)

August 2: Crime Scene Creatures (repeat)

August 16: Horse and Rider (repeat)

August 23: Sharkland (repeat)

August 30: The Queen of Trees (repeat)

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NOVA (PBS/PBS HD, 8pm ET Tuesdays; check local listings)

June 30: Musical Minds (new)

July 7: Secrets of the Samurai Sword (repeat)

July 14: Secrets of the Parthenon (repeat)

July 21: Kings of Camouflage (repeat)

July 28: AstroSpies (repeat)

August 4: Underwater Dream Machine (repeat)

August 11: The Deadliest Plane Crash (repeat)

August 18: Hunting the Hidden Dimension (repeat)

August 25: Monster of the Milky Way (repeat)

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Talkshow with Spike Feresten (FOX, midnight ET Saturdays/early morning Sundays)

July 4: Crista Flanagan (repeat)

July 11: Niecy Nash (repeat)

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The Oprah Winfrey Show (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)

June 30: Dr. Oz: Extreme Life Extension

July 1: Oprah’s Clean Up Your Messy House Tour: Atlanta

July 2: Special Report: Tyra Banks and Dating Violence

July 3: Secret Lives of Moms

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)

June 30: In Las Vegas; Bette Midler; Hans Klok; Pink performs

July 1: Queen Latifah; Rob Thomas performs

July 2: Michelle Obama; Jonas Brothers perform

July 3: Taylor Swift performs

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The Bonnie Hunt Show (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)

June 30: Denis Leary; Aisha Taylor; Ask Alice

July 1: Kyra Sedgwick; Mickey Dolenz; Nick Malis

July 2: Rosie O’Donnell; Oliver Hudson

July 3: Alyson Hannigan; Elmo; Richard King

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The Doctors (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)

June 30: Teens’ most embarrassing questions

July 1: Build your best body; new painless cavity procedure; nacrolepsy

July 2: Jillian Michaels with weight-loss solutions

July 3: Hidden immune hazards

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Dr. Phil (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)

June 30: Classic Dr. Phil: Overweight Children

July 1: Bring Back My Child

July 2: Classic Dr. Phil: Silent Darkness

July 3: School Discipline: Out of Control?

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The View (ABC/ABC HD, 11am ET weekdays)

June 29: Tom Hanks, Ron Howard and Ayelet Zurer

June 30: Dolly Parton; performance from 9 to 5: The Musical; free range kids

July 1: Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend; Shirley Jones and Marty Ingels

July 2: Susan Lucci and Cameron Mathison; musical guest The Black Eyed Peas; summer family fun

July 3: George Lopez; Mario Cantone; Lewis Black

July 6: Larry Miller

July 7: Denis Leary; musical guest Rob Thomas

July 8: Teri Hatcher

July 9: Margaret Cho

July 10: Minnie Driver; Tyler Florence

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The Tyra Banks Show (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)

June 30: Rock Your Ugly

July 1: Virginity Auction

July 2: Beyonce

July 3: Wing Women

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Live with Regis and Kelly (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)

June 30: Guest co-host Anderson Cooper; Seann William Scott; Kristinia DeBarge

July 1: John Leguizamo

July 2: Jerry O’Connell

July 3: Brad Paisley; Neal E. Boyd

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The Rachael Ray Show (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)

June 30: Doggie DNA testing

July 1: Denis Leary; embarrassing sex questions

July 2: Bobby Flay and the Next Food Network Star; Fourth of July hot dogs

July 3: Independence Day show; So You Think You Can Dance judges; science guy; food for the Fourth

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Jerry Springer (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)

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The Steve Wilkos Show (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)

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The Maury Show (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)

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The Martha Stewart Show (Syndicated weekdays; check local listings)

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E:60 (ESPN/ESPN HD, 7pm ET Tuesdays)

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Outside the Lines (ESPN, 9:00am ET Sundays; ESPNEWS, noon ET Sundays)

July 5: The dialogue between parents and children as they sort through baseball’s steroid era

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Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel (HBO/HBO HD, monthly)

June 23-July: “Legends” — Bryant Gumbel interviews Jim Brown and Bill Russell; “Underwater Heroes” — how scuba diving is helping rehabilitate wounded veterans; “Broken Nails” — visit with Lenny Dykstra

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The Tim McCarver Show (Syndicated weekly; check local listings)

Week of June 27: Charlie Manuel

Week of July 4: Jamie Moyer

Week of July 11: Mike Schmidt

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20/20 (ABC, 10pm ET Fridays)

July 3: The latest details and questions surrounding Michael Jackson’s life and shocking death

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Best Damn Sports Show Period (FSN, 11pm local weeknights)

June 30: Final in-studio episode of the series

July 1: Top 50 Sports TV Bloopers (new)

July 2: Unsmooth Moments in Sports (new)

July 3: Top 50 Amazing Catches

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The Suze Orman Show (CNBC, 9pm and midnight ET Saturdays)

July 4: Military Money

July 11: Extreme Debt

July 18: Debt Ethics

July 25: A Suze Intervention

August 1: Don’t Look Back

August 8: Suze Intervention Update

August 15: Just For Emergencies

August 22: Debt Loyalty List

August 29: More Best Calls You’ve Never Heard

September 5: Recession Lesson

September 12: Layoff Lowdown

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El Show de Cristina (Univision, 10pm ET Mondays)

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