Affleck Set to Host `SNL' Season Opener
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He's not former President Bill Clinton, but Ben Affleck will do.
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For one night, Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel will solve the problem of booking guests during the writers' strike by appearing on each other's show
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LOS ANGELES  - Will Ferrell's recently   launched production company is expanding into television with   "P.E.," a comedy for HBO.
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Jennifer Lopez will return to guest star on the season premiere of "Will &amp; Grace." The singer-actress will continue in the role of herself in an episode to air Sept. 16 on NBC. In last season's finale, Lopez was recruited by Megan Mullally's character to sing at her Vegas marriage to another guest star, John Cleese.
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Robin Williams will be David Letterman's first guest upon the return of his "Late Show" on CBS Wednesday. The appearance of a Hollywood A-lister who can talk a mile a minute may be Letterman's way of quickly trying to draw a distinction between his show and his late-night rivals, who are without writers and may also have trouble booking major entertainers as guests.
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LOS ANGELES  - Stand-up comedian Dane Cook, in theaters last year with "Employee of the Month," is in negotiations to star in "Bachelor No. 2,"
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Robin Williams will be David Letterman's first guest upon the return of his "Late Show" on CBS Wednesday.
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Following the lead of Jay Leno and Conan OâBrien, the late-night cable comedy duo will return in early January.
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NEW YORK  - A new hub for Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" headlines a slate of two-dozen targeted Web sites that Viacom's MTV Networks will launch by the first quarter.
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Randy Quaid will make his Broadway musical comedy debut this season as Col. John Falstaff, a larger-than-life character in "Lone Star Love," a twangy, Wild West variation on Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor."
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LOS ANGELES  - NBC has ordered a pilot  for a comedy starring "Saturday Night Live" head writer Tina  Fey, while ABC has given the go-ahead to a project featuring  former "SNL" cast member Chris Kattan.
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Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert and Kyra Sedgwick are among the celebrities added to the list of presenters for the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards.
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Political satirist Jon Stewart,  America&#39;s leading anti-establishment comic, will return in  February as host of the Oscars, Hollywood&#39;s biggest insider  event, organizers said on Wednesday.
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On Saturday's season opener of "Saturday Night Live," comedian Dane Cook will not only get the expected laughs but also achieve a lifelong dream.
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Cute comedy with Ben Affleck as a successful advertising guy who returns to his childhood home and rents it and the family who live in it to celebrate a childhood Christmas.
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Prime-time comedian Drew Carey has  signed on to serve as guest host for the first two segments of  the CBS "Late Late Show" next week when the program returns for  its first season without Craig Kilborn.
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Emmy winner Christine Baranski is set to join Jennifer Love Hewitt, Alyson Hannigan and Ed O'Neill in ABC's upcoming comedy series "In the Game."