Huckabee Must Cross Picket Line to Appear on Leno Tonight --->>> [View All]

[Stephanie]

I guess Huckabee was the best Leno could do while his show is being picketed. Who else would cross a picket line but an asshat Republican?

Huge props to David Letterman, who agreed to a fair deal for his writing staff.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aeeeziLIZax4

Letterman to Return Scripted; Leno to Face Picketers (Update1)
By Sarah Rabil

Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- David Letterman's ``Late Show'' returns to CBS television tonight with fresh material and his team of comedy writers, as rival Jay Leno likely faces picketers outside the NBC studio for his unscripted performance.

Letterman's Worldwide Pants company reached a labor agreement with striking entertainment writers on Dec. 28, allowing his show and Craig Ferguson's to resume production with their writers. NBC's Leno and Conan O'Brien, as well as Jimmy Kimmel on ABC, come back tonight without their writing staffs.

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The writers will target NBC Studios and the ``Tonight Show'' taping as well as the ABC studios where Kimmel's show is taped for their first picketing of the new year today.

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Leno, whose show airs at the same time as Letterman's, won't be able to write or perform any work that would normally be done by writers, leaving the guild member to improvise and interview guests willing to cross picket lines.

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is scheduled to appear on Leno's ``Tonight Show,'' according to his campaign Web site. NBC spokeswoman Wendy Luckenbill didn't return a phone call seeking comment.