Arsenio Hall

The Dog Pound will woof again: Arsenio Hall is returning to late-night TV. Two decades after his self-titled show rebuilt the talk genre for a new generation, the 56-year-old comic and recent “Celebrity Apprentice” winner will attempt a major comeback with a nightly syndicated offering starting in September 2013. Hall is partnering with syndicator CBS Television Distribution and Tribune Co., which will broadcast the 11 p.m. show on its 17 TV stations, including WGN-TV in Chicago and KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, giving it instant access to more than half the country.

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My daughter, definitely a product of the '60s and now a full-blown liberal yuppie, is an Arsenio Hall fan. My husband, a product of the NRA and a full-blown conservative retiree, is an Arsenio fan. I'm white, past 60 and more than just a fan. I love him dearly. M. J. CROUCH Los Angeles

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The gig: As chairman of News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox Television, Dana Walden, 46, oversees one of the most prolific production companies in town. The studio makes 33 shows, including the hits "Glee," "Modern Family" and "How I Met Your Mother. " Walden shares her title with Gary Newman. The two have run the TV operation for 12 years, and their partnership has outlasted many actual Hollywood marriages. Early riser: A Los Angeles native, Walden was obsessed with television from an early age. "On Saturdays, I would wake up at 5 o'clock in the morning to start watching cartoons.

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The Dog Pound will woof again: Arsenio Hall is returning to late-night TV. Two decades after his self-titled show rebuilt the talk genre for a new generation, the 56-year-old comic and recent"Celebrity Apprentice"winner will attempt a major comeback with a nightly syndicated offering starting in September 2013. Hall is partnering with syndicator CBS Television Distribution and Tribune Co., which will broadcast the 11 p.m. show on 17 of its TV stations, including WGN-TV in Chicago and KTLA-TV in Los Angeles.

The Dog Pound will woof again: Arsenio Hall is returning to late-night TV. Two decades after his self-titled show rebuilt the talk genre for a new generation, the 56-year-old comic and recent “Celebrity Apprentice” winner will attempt a major comeback with a nightly syndicated offering starting in September 2013. Hall is partnering with syndicator CBS Television Distribution and Tribune Co., which will broadcast the 11 p.m. show on its 17 TV stations, including WGN-TV in Chicago and KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, giving it instant access to more than half the country.

Mitt Romney's appearance on Jay Leno's "Tonight Show" on Tuesday night was unremarkable but revealing. Since that late night in 1992 when Bill Clinton played saxophone on Arsenio Hall's program, it has become the norm for presidential candidates and even presidents to show up on these TV shows as if they are desperate actors plugging a bad movie. We have come a long way from the era when the president of the United States was held in awe, when he seemed to exist at a level that was beyond the reach of average Americans.

The gig: As chairman of News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox Television, Dana Walden, 46, oversees one of the most prolific production companies in town. The studio makes 33 shows, including the hits "Glee," "Modern Family" and "How I Met Your Mother. " Walden shares her title with Gary Newman. The two have run the TV operation for 12 years, and their partnership has outlasted many actual Hollywood marriages. Early riser: A Los Angeles native, Walden was obsessed with television from an early age. "On Saturdays, I would wake up at 5 o'clock in the morning to start watching cartoons.

A little not-so-funny business is surrounding NBC's "Diet Coke With Lemon Celebrates 40 Years of Laughter: At the Improv"--and not just that title. The special, scheduled to air Tuesday at 8 p.m., is planned as a tribute to the legendary Improv comedy club, where comedians such as Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld and Billy Crystal worked early in their careers. Jay Leno, Kevin Pollack, D.L.

Kobe Bryant was at the microphone and journalist Arsenio Hall sat directly in front of Kobe at Tuesday's news conference so he could be seen. This was fine until Hall, still riding the success of the 1987 classic "Amazon Women on the Moon," opened his mouth. In between questions from the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, Hall asked Kobe, "Who gets double-teamed more, Shaq or Jenna Jameson?"

IRVINE 8:30 & 10:30pm Comedy Whenever political pundits discuss the Washington-Hollywood connection in presidential politics, they undoubtedly bring up Bill Clinton's 1992 appearance on "The Arsenio Hall Show" during which the future chief executive donned a pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarers and blew "Heartbreak Hotel" on his sax. We all know what Bill's been up to these past eight years, but what about Arsenio? * Arsenio Hall, Irvine Improv, 71 Fortune Drive. 8:30 and 10:30 p.m.

TELEVISION Arsenio Talks Again: Actor and comedian Arsenio Hall joins the cast of the CBS' Saturday night action-comedy "Martial Law" Nov. 21 as a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman. His character, Terrell Parker, described as having a decidedly unconventional approach to police work, uses street smarts and fast talk to catch the bad guys.