Craig Ferguson News

NBC's THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO has delivered #1 rankings in viewers 18-49 and total viewers for the week of January 9-13, generating bigger audiences in adults 18-49 and total viewers than its time-period competition of CBS's 'Late Show with David Letterman' and ABC's combination of 'Nightline' and 'Jimmy Kimmel Live.'

The Fox network was the demo king on Thursday night thanks to night two of the AMERICAN IDOL premiere and the season premiere of its new series THE FINDER.

Billed as the "Confucius of Comedy" by the New York Post, Academy Award®-winner and Grammy® Award nominee Steven Wright returns with his trademark wit, absurdist one-liners and monotone voice to The Orleans Showroom, January 20 and 21, each evening at 8 p.m.

WaterTower Theatre Producing Artistic Director Terry Martin today announced the line-up for the 2012 Out of the Loop Fringe Festival, March 1-11 at the Addison Theatre Centre.

The all-new, live show MYTHBUSTERS: BEHIND THE MYTHS starring Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, co-hosts of the Emmy-nominated Discovery series 'MythBusters,' makes its debut at the Fox Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, January 18 at 7:30pm for one performance only. Tickets are now on sale at Ticketmaster.

The all-new, live show 'MythBusters: Behind the Myths,' starring Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, co-hosts of the Emmy-nominated Discovery series 'MythBusters,' makes its debut at the Fox Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, January 18 at 7:30pm for one performance only.

Fox's new dramatic series ALCATRAZ premiered last night, giving the Fox network it's best drama debut in three years.

Australian performer Tim Minchin has been added to the line up at Reason Rally, March 24, 2012 on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) announces the following concerts going on sale this week.

In her 22-year career, comedian Kathleen Madigan has never been hotter! Her Showtime special, "Gone Madigan," is in constant rotation, and its DVD-CD tops the Amazon and iTunes charts. Madigan already has the entire year booked with numerous television appearances and over 100 theater gigs…which includes her return to PlayhouseSquare's intimate Ohio Theatre Feb. 4th at 8 pm. (Tickets: $28 & $10, on sale at playhousesquare.org or 216-241-6000.)

NBC's late-night lineup has generated #1 rankings for the week of December 26-30 over the ABC and CBS time-period competition, in a holiday week of encore telecasts during which Monday results were excluded.

CBS has announced its schedule of upcoming guests for THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG FERGUSON for the weeks of 1/4 - 1/18. The show airs Monday through Friday, 12:37-1:37 AM, ET/PT following broadcasts of the 'Late Show with David Letterman'.

The Emilin Theatre has announced the following upcoming events.

NBC's THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO and LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON have delivered #1 finishes for the fourth quarter of 2011 versus all cable and broadcast competition in their time periods in total viewers.

A repeat broadcast of the popular comedy series THE BIG BANG THEORY scored big ratings for the CBS network last night.

CBS has announced its schedule of upcoming guests on THE LATE LATE SHOW with CRAIG FERGUSON for the week of December 29th - January 10th.

According to the Nielsen Monday broadcast ratings, repeats on CBS proved to be enough to give the network a ratings victory.

NBC's 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' has delivered ratings victories for the week of December 27-31, as encore telecasts won the time period over all cable and broadcast entertainment competition in viewers 18-49 and total viewers. At 12:35 a.m. ET, rebroadcasts of 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' also delivered bigger audiences in adults 18-49 than any cable or broadcast entertainment competition in the hour. Note that most Friday late-night telecasts were preempted or excluded from these averages due to the New Year's Eve holiday and that Tuesday NBC late-night shows were delayed by an NFL overrun.

The Emelin announces the following upcoming events.

The BBC has released a new trailer for this year's DOCTOR WHO Christmas special airing on BBC America on December 25 at 9/8c. The episode, entitled 'The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe' takes place on Christmas Eve, 1938, when Madge Arwell comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel as she cycles home. He promises to repay her kindness - all she has to do is make a wish.