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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Kathy Sweeney

The guest list: Who's on whose talkshow sofa this week

Monday

The Tonight Show, 11pm, CNBC
This is a strange one. Miley Cyrus, the face of Walt Disney's billion-dollar Hannah Montana franchise, is tonight's guest. Sixteen-year-old Miley has already been involved in more than her fair share of scandals in recent years as she negotiates that slippery slope that her mentor Britney Spears described as "Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman." It's like watching a baby koala in a minefield.

The Paul O'Grady Show, 5pm, C4
Paul Merton has got news for you, hopefully, as Dermot O'Leary stands in for O'Grady.

Tuesday

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, 8.30pm, More4
Describing himself as an "incurable optimist", tonight's guest is the improbably cheerful Michael J Fox.

Wednesday

The Paul O'Grady Show, 5pm, C4
Dawn French hosts tonight's show, but has she bitten off more than she can chew, with the exhaustingly tedious John Barrowman?

The Tonight Show, 11pm, CNBC
Jay Leno talks to Senator John McCain. Here's hoping the questions keep him on his toes.

Thursday

The Tonight Show, 11pm, CNBC, 8.30pm, More4
Academy Award-winning actor, American Music Award-winning and Grammy-nominated artist and comedian and pretty much king of all media Jamie Foxx is tonight's guest. Truly an all-purpose commodity,

Friday


The Tonight Show, 11pm, CNBC
Good luck to Jay Leno as the triumphantly offensive Don Rickles, aka the Czar of the Zinger, the Dude of Rude, the Merchant of Venom and King of Zings is in the hot seat tonight.

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