Thursday Late Night Talk Shows Include Ben Kingsley And Idina Menzel

August 14, 2008 10:02 a.m. EST

West Palm Beach, FL (CNS) - Talk show host Craig Ferguson has a new show Thursday night featuring Ben Kingsley and Idina Menzel. The Beijing Olympics are being broadcast on NBC, which means no late night talk shows Thursday night for the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" or "Late Night With Conan O'Brien."

For those of you not familiar with Idina Menzel, she came to fame in the Broadway show "Rent" and also by playing Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, in "Wicked."

Jimmy Kimmel and David Letterman both offer up repeats, with Paul Giamatti and Meryl Streep.

A list of Thursday night late show guests, according to Celebrity News Service, is as follows:

"Tonight Show With Jay Leno" - No late night talk show, Olympic coverage instead.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live" - Paul Giamatti and Mitch Rouse. Musical guests: Los Lonely Boys. (repeat)

"Late Show With David Letterman" - Meryl Streep, Aaron Eckhart and Randy Travis. (repeat)

"Late Night With Conan O'Brien" - No late night talk show, Olympic coverage instead.

"Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" - Ben Kingsley and Idina Menzel.