Wednesday January 13th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Daily Show: Jon acts shocked to Weird News including Mark Mcgwire admitting he took steroids, a book of presidential campaign revelations and Palin joining Fox News, but none of them are very surprising. Trend spotters on news programs talk about upcoming trends for 2010, were wrong about their 2009 predictions and Jason Jones comes out reporting on the trends of trend spotters. Jon chats with Ringo quickly then Ringo with Ben Harper and Relentless 7 perform two songs.

Letterman: Jokes about the NBC situation. Jay Leno The Early Years was a story about Jay not getting a part in a Peter Pan play when he was young then footage of someone causing chaos on a Peter Pan set which is supposed to be an angry Jay. Jay Leno will soon take over the Arsenio Hall show and then Merv Griffin’s grave. Dave tells an old story about uninviting a stupid NBC exec to a party and then talks more about the NBC situation including inviting all the hosts on his show and bashing Jeff Zucker. Top 10 messages on Jeff Zucker’s voicemail. Kiefer Sutherland comes out in a dress because he lost a bet and talks about 24. Old footage of Dave and Dennis Rodman wearing dresses. Dave gives information on where to go to donate money to help Haiti. Keri Russell has a somewhat awkward interview with Dave after he asks about her son River’s name and other weird questions. The HotRats perform.

Conan: Jokes about his situation. Footage of Obama saying he supports Conan. More subtitled footage of world leaders supporting Conan. Ideas for what NBC will do with the Winter Olympics. Jack McBrayer as Kenneth the Page comes out with a tour group saying this is the former home of the Tonight Show and other jokes. Learning about the news while on the news was Denzel Washington learning about Simon Cowell leaving Idol. A classic clip of the Tonight Show was wax Tom Cruise and Fonzie being shot out of cannons. Wow they aren’t even trying anymore. Ricky Gervais makes jokes about NBC and talks about his new podcast show. Bryce Dallas Howard talks about her kid and her new movie. Comic Whitney Cummings does standup.

Fallon: Jimmy talks about how he feels about the NBC situation. Head Swap included the graphics guy faking his own funeral to get health insurance. Airdrumming competition with audience members. Freddie Prinze Jr does his own airdrumming with throwing the air stick into the air and catching it. Then he talks about memories with Jimmy, writing for the WWE and being on 24. Anthony Anderson talks about his show and football including the LT dancing online video, then all three of them make up a dance. Jimmy, Freddie and Anthony try to hit targets with paintball guns. Ke$ha performs.

Ferguson: Craig talks to a cardboard Jeff Zucker head saying he’s happy at CBS. Craig's Spanish Word of the Day. Craig draws a fuller butt on his new mug. Richard Lewis takes up two segments. There was no time for Amber Valletta.