David Letterman On Taylor Hicks’ ‘Idol’ Win

David Letterman joked during his Late Show monologue on Thursday night, “Did you see the finale of ‘American Idol’? A guy named Taylor Hicks won. Does he look like a star? Because to me he looks like a guy you see busted on ‘Dateline’. … I was watching ‘American Idol’ last night for their two hour whoopdeedoo. About half way through, I was asking myself, ‘Is Ryan Seacrest really necessary?'”

David Hasselhoff Cries At ‘American Idol’ Finale

May 27, 2006 - Jay Leno joked about the ‘American Idol’ finale during his Tonight Show monologue on Friday night, “What was with David Hasselhoff? Did you see him crying when Taylor won? When did he go from ‘Baywatch’ to ‘Gaywatch’?”

Condi Catches ‘American Idol’ Finale

May 27, 2006 - Conan O’Brien joked during his Late Night monologue on Friday night, “In a new interview, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she’s a big ‘American Idol’ fan and she took Wednesday night off so she could watch the finale. Yeah. In a related story, President Bush took the week off to catch up on ‘Blue’s Clues’.”

63 Million ‘American Idol’ Votes Cast

May 27, 2006 - Conan O’Brien joked during his Late Night monologue on Thursday night, “At the end of last night’s ‘American Idol’ — true story. — Ryan Seacrest announced that more than 63 million votes were cast, which is more than any president in U.S. history has ever received. That’s true, yeah. In a related story this morning, Hillary Clinton bought a karaoke machine.”