nevertheless, southern facilitated the booking of miles davis as musical guest for the october 17 show in support of "the man with the horn" (a significant public appearance following the trumpeter's 1975–1980 musical interregnum) and arranged for burroughs—who read selections from his oeuvre at a desk—to appear as a guest performer during the november 7th episode; it would be the writer's first appearance on american national television. southern was retained as a writer for the remainder of the season after o'donoghue — who frequently clashed with the network and ebersol — was fired from the series.