DVR Alert: Talk Show Listings Thurs. Jan 22 - James Earl Jones, Liam Neeson & More

Well known for his film and television appearances, James Earl Jones' acting career is firmly rooted in the theater. He was part of the historic company of Jean Genet's The Blacks, which incubated a generation of future black stars, and his long association with Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival saw him in classical plays including Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice and King Lear. Awards for his theater work include Tony Awards for the Broadway productions of The Great White Hope and Fences, a Tony Award nomination for On Golden Pond, and Obie Awards for Clandestine on the Morning Line, The Apple, Moon on a Rainbow Shawl and Baal, a Theatre World Award for Moon on a Rainbow Shawl and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Fences. Additional theater credits include Paul Robeson, The Iceman Cometh,Of Mice and Men and seven different productions in the title role of Othello. He recently starred in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on Broadway.

David Letterman: Will Smith, Of Montreal (Rerun from 12/18/08)

Jay Leno: Jerome Bettis and Lady Antebellum

Late Late Show: James Earl Jones

Conan O'Brien: Ron Howard and Eric McCormack

Last Call: Steve Knopper and Company of Thieves

Daily Show: Liam Neeson

Colbert Report: Jon Meacham

Jimmy Kimmel: Brendan Fraser, Jonathan Goodwin and Blake Shelton

The View: Ron Howard and Lori Klein

Regis and Kelly: Mira Sorvino and Fall Out Boy

Ellen DeGeneres: Emily Deschanel and Brendan Fraser

Tavis Smiley: Akon

Chelsea Lately: Nicole Sullivan, Brad Wollack, James Aguiar and John Caparulo (Rerun from 1/12/09)

Bonnie Hunt: Brooke Burke

Mike and Juliet: Il Divo

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