Talking Today

David Letterman: David Duchovny, Black Kids

Jay Leno: Kelsey Grammer, Hugh Rowland and Drew Sherwood, Gavin McGraw

Late Late Show: Amanda Peet, Lance Morrow

Conan O'Brien: Emile Hirsch, Terrell Owens, Craig Baldo (R)

Last Call: Wayne Brady, Brett Dennen (R)

Daily Show: George Michael

Colbert Report: Garrett Reisman

Jimmy Kimmel: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mel B, Does It Offend You Yeah?

The View: Dr. Linda Li, Dr. David Matlock

Regis and Kelly: Aaron Eckhart, Jim Cramer

Ellen DeGeneres: Robin Williams, Michael Johns, Carly Smithson (R)

Tavis Smiley: Sidney Poitier (R)

Chelsea Lately: Charo

George Stroumboulopoulos: Augusten Burroughs, Dave Foley (R)

Late-night laughs

(From Tuesday, July 22)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Barack Obama is now over in the Middle East. And did you see him playing basketball with our troops in Iraq? Did you see that one shot he made from 40 feet? Let me tell you something: If shooting baskets is now a requirement to be president, a white guy may never have that job again.

John McCain called a press conference today. Unfortunately, all the press was out of the country covering Obama.

Late Show with David Letterman

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is calling the Bush White House a total failure. I don't know. I think he's doing OK, if you don't count Iraq ... the economy ... Afghanistan ... the mortgage crisis ....

In a speech, John McCain mistakenly said Iraq and Afghanistan have a common border. And I'm thinking, "No wonder we can't find Osama bin Laden -- we've been searching an imaginary border."

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Dark Night, the new Batman movie, made $59 billion dollars over the weekend ... which I guess is a record.

There is officially no popcorn left anywhere in the universe.

New pictures of Britney Spears have emerged holding a pack of cigarettes while her son, Sean Preston, has a lighter in his hand. At least they're spending quality time together. A lot of moms don't make time to smoke with their kids.

TV Top 20

Last week's most popular TV shows in the United States:

1. Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Fox

2. America's Got Talent, NBC

3. All-Star Pregame Show, Fox

4. Criminal Minds, CBS

5. So You Think Can Dance (Wednesday), Fox

6. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS

7. Wipeout, ABC

8. CSI: NY, CBS

9. So You Think Can Dance (Thursday), Fox

10. Two And a Half Men, CBS

11. 60 Minutes, CBS

12. Celebrity Family Feud, NBC

13. Dateline NBC (Sunday), NBC

14. NCIS, CBS

15. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, Fox

16. CSI: Miami, CBS

17. House, Fox

18. Flashpoint, CBS

19. Greatest American Dog, CBS

20. Primetime: Family Secrets, ABC

-- Hamilton Spectator Internet and wire services

Today in music history

* In 1964, the Rolling Stones had to run for safety after the audience at a concert in Blackpool, England, mobbed the stage.

* In 1976, Elton John had his first hit in Britain, Don't Go Breaking My Heart with Kiki Dee.

* In 1978, one of the worst rock 'n' roll movies ever made was released. Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band starred Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees.