Old Media Monday: Authors on the Tube

By Dave Callanan

Check out this week's list of authors on the talk show circuit. Not included below - but worth mentioning - is tonight's Daily Show appearance by Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos. Safe to assume that Kindle 2 will be a topic of conversation.

-Dave

Monday, February 23
Tavis Smiley
T.C. Boyle, author of The Women

The Colbert Report
Helen Fisher, author of Why Him? Why Her?: Finding Real Love By Understanding Your Personality Type

Last Call with Carson Daly
Kat Von D, author of High Voltage Tattoo

Tuesday, February 24

Tavis Smiley
Adam Cohen, author of Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America

The Colbert Report
Cliff Sloan, author of The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court

Thursday, February 26
Tavis Smiley
Thomas Ricks, author of The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008

Friday, February 27
Tavis Smiley
Tricia Rose, author of The Hip Hop Wars

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Mario Batali, author of Spain...A Culinary Road Trip