Lindsay Lohan Hosts CHELSEA LATELY With Guest Star Dylan Bruce

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Former ANOTHER WORLD child actress Lindsay Lohan is earning praise for poking fun at herself on Monday's CHELSEA LATELY as she filled in for Chelsea Handler.  Brad Wollack, Fortune Feimster and Jen Kirkman joined her on the roundtable panel.

In her monologue, Lohan started with, "Chelsea's not here, but I did see someone who looked like her moving into my old room at Cliffside," said Lohan, referring to the rehab facility she left on July 30 after completing a court-ordered 90-day program.

"So I've been through a lot lately, and I've got a lot of people to thank for that, most notably the celebrities who kept the tabloid industry alive in my absence," she explained, citing Anthony Weiner and Kanye West, whom she thanked for "acting like a baby and making a baby."

She also thanked Justin Bieber "for being where you shouldn't, spitting where you shouldn't and wearing your pants where you shouldn't."

And finally, she said, "Most of all, I would like to thank the one person who's captured the worldwide attention of all of the tabloids: the royal baby." At that point, sidekick Chuy Bravo strolled out dressed in a onesie and wearing a crown.

Later, Lohan tested her own interviewing skills with ORPHAN BLACK (and former AS THE WORLD TURNS and THE BAY) star Dylan Bruce. The duo discussed getting naked on camera.

During her closing remarks, the actress said: "I'm proud to have hosted the first episode in Chelsea Lately history that did not feature a salacious headline about Lindsay Lohan."

UPDATED:
* Lohan's episode of CHELSEA LATELY at 11 p.m. on Monday delivered 890K Total Viewers / 578K P18-49 / .77 HH rtg making it the show’s most-watched episode since October 2012 among Total Viewers
o 2nd most watched episode of 2013 among P18-49
o Highest rated episode of 2013 among HH
o Most watched episode of 2013 among P18-34 and W18-34

* The telecast over-delivered the show’s 2013-to-date average by +48% among P18-49, +42% with P2+, +74% with P18-34 and actually doubled its W18-34 delivery (299K vs 149K)

* Additionally, on Monday, August 5, CHELSEA LATELY saw a big day in social, peaking at 16K mentions (up +562% from the prior 4 week average) and landing in the Top 20 cable shows daily in social.