Another week of the writers' strike, another four nights of struggling late night talk shows. But, this is the week when it all broke down, when everyone sort of said WTF—let's not just resort to animals, let's fill time with insects and frogs, too! Leno's announcer even started calling out "writer 'strike filler" in the opening list of guests for the night.... and we liked it. And, of course there was the Stewart-Colbert-O'Brien three-way, scraping the bottom of the comedy barrel with desperation and finding some dark, gnarly chunk of entertainment. The end of the writers' strike may be near, but until then, the mess is starting to get sort of amusing.... or maybe we're just drinking more.

MONDAY
David Letterman: Sen. Hillary Clinton (you know who)
Craig Ferguson: No real guest. Craig gets his citizenship!
Jay Leno: Dan Rather (CBS refugee), Mike Rowe (dirty jobber)
Conan O'Brien: Ann Curry (NBC-er), Mike Epps (evil resident)
Jimmy Kimmel: Hugh Hefner (guy next door), Bruno Tonioli (SEE PREVIOUS: choreographer, the flamboyant judge on Dancing with the Stars)
Jon Stewart: Stephen Colbert (Conan O' Brien fighter), Conan O'Brien (Stewart fighter), Tim Gunn (Liz Claiborne exec)
Stephen Colbert: Tony Campolo (author of Red Letter Christians), Jon Stewart (Conan fighter), Conan O'Brien (Stewart fighter), Jacob Weisberg (author of The Bush Tragedy)

Winner for the night: Letterman wins by the presidential candidate rule. But, we'll give an honorable mention to the Colbert-Stewart-O'Brien threesome.

TUESDAY
David Letterman: Matthew McConaughey (shirtless dude), Gary Mule Deer (comedian)
Craig Ferguson: Amy Ryan (chick from the most amazing American TV show ever), Terry Crews (Chris Rock's TV dad)
Jay Leno: Insects with Brent Karner (spiderman), Stephen Baldwin (celebrity apprentice)
Conan O'Brien: Michael Strahan (Super Bowl winner), Sarah Bolger (child actress)
Jimmy Kimmel: Drew Lachey (ex-brother-in-law to Jessica Simpson), Mike Rowe (SEE ABOVE: dirty jobber)
Jon Stewart: Chris Wallace (Karl Rove colleague)
Stephen Colbert: Angelo Falcon (Latino vote explainer), Senator Bob Dole (Rush Limbaugh letter writer)

Winner for the night: Yeah! Go Giants! Kids are cute. Oh hells, let's just give it to Conan.

WEDNESDAY
David Letterman: Eli Manning (Super Bowl winner, the QB who isn't dating Gisele), Vince Vaughn (dude who usually wears a shirt)
Craig Ferguson: Bradley Whitford (Aaron Sorkin refugee), Lake Bell (SEE PREVIOUS: Boston Legal eagle)
Jay Leno: Frank Caliendo (comedian), Chimp Rescuer Eugene Cussons (figure it out)
Conan O'Brien: The Great Throwdini (professional knife thrower), Donny Deutsch (ad man)
Jimmy Kimmel: Ashlee Simpson (Fall Out Girl)
Jon Stewart: Tom Brokaw (promoting Boom!)
Stephen Colbert: Richard Brookhiser, Tad Devine (superdelgate explainer)

Winner for the night: We like Letterman's dude-a-licious line-up. Honorable mention to Kimmel for his excruciating chat with Ashlee Simpson.

THURSDAY
David Letterman: Kate Hudson (dudette to McConaughey's dude), Jack Hanna (zoo keeper)
Craig Ferguson: Jon Favreau (dude to Vaughn's dude), Alicia Coppola (sadly, not related to Francis)
Jay Leno: Arsenio Hall (early 90s artifact), Paula Deen (comfort food cooker)
Conan O'Brien: Izabel Goulart (Victoria's Secret Angel), Len Berman (jock talker)
Jimmy Kimmel: Dr. Phil (SEE PREVIOUS: Britney interloper),
Kimbo Slice (street fighter)
Jon Stewart: Laton McCartney (author of The Teapot Dome Scandal)
Stephen Colbert: Mike Huckabee (potential McCain running mate) stops by, Mark Moffett (frog scholar)

Winner for the night: Leno, satisfying two guilty pleasures: '90s nostalgia and fatty foods! Dishonorable mention to Letterman for having the zoo keeper dude. Dave, you have an interim agreement with the WGA, leave the animal kingdom to the other poor saps.

GRAND PRIZE WEEKLY WINNER!!! Letterman wins, using his obvi advantage pretty well this week. But the real winner is you America, for making it through another week of the writers' strike. Congratulations!!!