Late Night, Big Storm, Empty Studio: Fallon and Letterman Tape Hurricane Shows Without Audiences

As Sandy ripped through New York City yesterday, only two of the late-night talk shows that tape in the area—and one, Jimmy Kimmel Live, that usually tapes on the West Coast but planned an ill-timed East Coast visit—went ahead as planned. Or almost as planned. (MORE: Sandy Watch: On TV, Raining Rumors, Wet Reporters and A Few Dry Jokes) Both Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and The Late Show with David Letterman filmed shows that had all the usual elements except the audience. Letterman’s “w...

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