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...long can late-night TV addicts live without Jon Stewart's political gibes and David Letterman's Top 10 lists? More important, how long can the hosts of these strike-silenced shows hold out against the pressure to go back on the air, with or without their writers? That's the agonizing question facing the late-night talk shows as the strike by the Writers Guild of America nears the end of its second week...
...late-night shows - from Letterman and Jay Leno to the twin terrors of Comedy Central, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert - have gone into reruns since the strike began on Nov. 5. But the ethical dilemma confronting the hosts is a keen one. As members of the Writers Guild themselves, do they support their union and refuse to do their shows until the strike is settled? Or go back on the air without their writers - and thus avoid having to lay off dozens of staff members who depend on them for a weekly paycheck and benefits...
...fiercely with each other - not to mention with a host of other cable and Internet viewing options. The longer these shows stick with reruns, the more they risk losing their audience for good. At the same time, the shows are more heavily dependent on scripted material than ever - particularly Stewart's Daily Show and The Colbert Report, which would seem all but impossible to resume without writers...
...late, and I was in downtown Little Rock, and the only place I could find to eat was a hotel with a Valentine Day’s special menu and roses on every table,” said Stewart, who graduated from the Law School in 1976 and is a former front-page editor of The Wall Street Journal...
...play?BC: I play Big Daddy.RR: Does the Adam Sandler film “Big Daddy” give you any inspiration for your role?BC: Well, I have been peeing on a lot of walls. And I’m always waiting for Jon Stewart to show up randomly.RR: Have any of your birthdays been as bad as Big Daddy’s in the play?BC: Well, I’ve never gotten cancer and had my entire family lie to me.RR: Right, your character is lied to about his health by everyone in the play. Have...