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First, Jimmy Fallon’s band played a nasty song to herald Michele Bachmann’s arrival on “Late Night” last year, and Wednesday night, Jay Leno skewered her in a bit on “The Tonight Show.”

By Steve Peoples, Associated Press EXETER, N.H. — Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is set to appear on the “Late Show with David Letterman” next week. The former Utah governor… More

NEW YORK — From late-night comedy shows to cable news interviews, free media exposure has proved influential in defining the Republican presidential candidates and setting the dynamics of the primary… More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Business mogul Donald Trump said Friday he might scrub a presidential debate that so far has drawn only Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum. Trump, the reality television… More

UPDATED: Naughty NBC “Late Night” bandleader Questlove now has to run his song choices by “three different NBC execs” in the wake of his ill-considered decision to play a song… More

The march of Republican presidential contenders onto late-night TV continues Thursday (Dec. 1) with Rick Perry visiting “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on NBC, the network confirmed Monday. It… More

This week’s No. 1 on the Top Five was a slam dunk: J.R. Martinez winning “Dancing With the Stars” Tuesday night. 1) ‘Dancing’ with a war hero: Battle-scarred J.R. Martinez… More

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — GOP Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has received an apology from an NBC executive after an off-color song was played during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s… More

Michele Bachmann ripped NBC Wednesday morning after it became apparent that neither the network nor Jimmy Fallon has any intention of disciplining his show’s house band, The Roots, for playing… More

Jimmy Fallon’s band evidently thinks Michele Bachmann is a “lying-ass b***h.” That’s the tune that the Roots — house band on NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” — played to… More