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Robin Williams, left, who picketed with strikers, will be on the Letterman show on Wednesday.
In the first competitive move in what may become an A-list booking-war blitz, David Letterman has landed the comedian and film star Robin Williams as the first guest when “The Late Show” returns to CBS television Wednesday night. Skip to next paragraph Related Awkward Encounters in the Hollywood Trenches (December 31, 2007) Mr. Williams, who has always been a popular guest for all the late-night shows, will replace Donald J. Trump, who had been scheduled as Mr. Letterman’s first guest when it was expected that the show would have to return while still being picketed by the striking Writers Guild of America. But Mr. Letterman’s company, Worldwide Pants, reached a separate agreement with the guild last week that will allow his show, as well as the one that follows on CBS, “Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson,” to employ regular staff writers. With that agreement came support from the Screen Actors Guild for its members to appear as guests on the CBS shows, while they are still being encouraged to boycott the late-night shows on other networks.Continue On the NY Times
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