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Arts, Briefly: Leno Wins Web Ruling
Original at NYT > Business
• 18 hours ago
By Compiled by BEN SISARIO Jay Leno has won a cybersquatting case against a Texas real estate agent who was found to have misused the domain name thejaylenoshow.com to direct people to his own Web site.
Billy Mays: Mr. As-Seen-On-TV, Dead At 50Original at gawker.com
• Sat, Jun 27
By Foster Kamer Billy Mays appeared with his co-host Anthony Sullivan from the Discovery Channel's Pitchmen on The Tonight Show with Conan on June 10, 2009: And Mays appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno earlier this year (April 7) with Dana Carvey:
Conan O'Brien Hosts Tonight Show, Adjusts To L.A.Original at Gothamist
• Tue, Jun 2
By Jen Chung Last night, Conan O'Brien officially took over hosting duties for The Tonight Show and opened the show with a taped bit that showed him running across the country from NYC to LA (with scenic stops at the Wrigley Field in Chicago, St. Louis Arch, and a Victorian Doll Museum somewhere else).
Opinion: At Long Last, Conan Takes Command
Original at Television Week
• Sat, May 30
It’s been three months since Conan O’Brien hosted his last “Late Night.” While he’s been off the air, he’s hardly been out of the spotlight. Following the lead of predecessor Jay Leno, Mr. O’Brien spent a big chunk of his late-night interregnum touring the country, visiting NBC affiliates i...
Lee Stranahan: What I Learned From Leno
Original at Huffington Post
• Sat, May 30
By Lee Stranahan Leno didn't get angry. He seemed genuinely perplexed. He asked how Conan O'Brien was able to air the "Masturbating Bear" routines that aired about 45 minutes later. For four and a half years, Jay Leno was a guy I saw at work. I was a staff artist for the entertainment news show Access Hollywood, w...
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Our Favorite Phony Interviews
Original at Paste Magazine
• Fri, May 29
The best moments of our favorite Phony Interviews during the past 17 years. www.nbc.com
Why Is No One Crying For Jay Leno?
Original at Gawker
• Fri, May 29
By The Cajun Boy When Conan O'Brien stepped down from his show earlier in the year, people were acting as if he was slowly dying, despite the fact that he was set to be back on the air in June as host of the Tonight Show. So why aren't people doing the same for Leno?
How To: Jay Leno + Andrew Kramer's TutorialOriginal at YouTube
• Wed, May 27
By rss@youtube.com (MoralExploit) Author: MoralExploit Keywords: Andrew Cramer AndrewCramer Added: May 27, 2009
How Jay Leno Screwed Conan O'Brien
Original at Gawker
• Thu, May 21
By The Cajun Boy The New York Times has a massive piece in this week's Sunday Magazine by Lynn Hirschberg on Conan O'Brien and the changes taking place at NBC as O'Brien prepares to take over as host of the Tonight Show on June 1, while Leno moves into the nightly 10pm slot. Heeere's...Conan!!! [New York Times]
NBC Went to Oprah Before Leno for Prime Time
Original at Television Week
• Tue, May 19
Before deciding to put Jay Leno in prime time, NBC offered its 8 p.m. timeslot to Oprah Winfrey. NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker said that the notion of Oprah having a nightly show in prime time wasn’t a new idea. NBC talked to Ms. Winfrey about two years ago, Mr. Zucker said. She passed but said she migh...
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Marjorie Johnson's Cake Tips ...
Original at Paste Magazine
• Wed, Apr 29
Jay knows how to fix Marjorie's fallen chocolate bundt cake! www.nbc.com
Opinion: TV Tidbits: Jay Leno hospitalized
Original at Macon Telegraph
• Tue, Apr 28
New Zealand Herald GA By PAMELA SITT - Film.com Jay Leno is "doing just fine" after checking himself into a hospital in Burbank recently. His spokesman said Leno, 58, left his office voluntarily to see a doctor at about midday for a "mild" condition. ...
TV Junkie: Almodovar To Do TV; Leno Misses Tonight Show; TV Land on Sunday
Original at LAist
• Fri, Apr 24
By Tom Lewis The TV Junkie Plan: Tonight - "Dollhouse", Letterman, Fallon. Saturday - The Lion In Winter, "Ashes To Ashes". Sunday - "Storm Stories", "TV Land Awards", "Breaking Bad" Saturday 8:00pm Kings NBC - Jack and David go to Gath to make sure peace is restored.
TV Junkie: Cowell Says 'No' To Slippage; 'Millionaire' Returns Briefly
Original at LAist
• Wed, Apr 22
By Tom Lewis 10:00pm South Park Comedy Central - Season Finale 11:30pm The Colber(t) Repor(t) Comedy Central - Ira Glass, Host, "This American Life" 11:35pm The Tonight Show With Jay Leno NBC - Actor Robert Downey Jr.; actress Alexandra Wentworth; comic George Wallace.
The Selling of ‘Leno’: NBC’s Upfront Plan
Original at Television Week
• Sun, Apr 19
NBC is encouraged by the reaction from advertisers and media buyers to its new 10 p.m. Jay Leno show, network ad sales President Michael Pilot said. Mr. Pilot said NBC is positioning the new show as Jay Leno in primetime, rather than a late-night show at 10 p.m. The distinction is important, he sai...
TV Junkie: Boston NBC Affiliate Says 'No' to New Leno Show
Original at LAist
• Fri, Apr 3
By Tom Lewis 8:00pm Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles FOX - John closes in on Weaver while on a trek to save Skynet's latest target. 12:35am Late Night With Jimmy Fallon NBC - Actress Lauren Graham; actor Judah Friedlander; Cold War Kids perform. Saturday
Richard Greene: Critiquing the President on Leno and 60 Minutes
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Mar 23
By Richard Greene The Tonight Show Media commentators like Steve Adubato and others who suggest that the President needs to stay away from humor and shows like The Tonight Show need to go back to media training school. President Obama was a total star on that show and reinforced, over and over, his authentic...
Shelly Palmer: President Obama Visits The Tonight Show with Jay Leno : MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer March 20, 2009
Original at Huffington Post
• Fri, Mar 20
By Shelly Palmer President Barack Obama made a special appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night. Obama used the platform to pitch a change in economic ethics and values, much of it centered on the recent AIG bonuses scandal. President Obama is the first President in office to be a guest on the fa...
Prince To Have Leno Residency
Original at Glasswerk.co.uk
• Thu, Mar 12
Prince has confirmed he will play three nights in a row on rival US TV show, 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno'. The artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince will appear on the Leno show to promote the previously reported release ...
Opinion: Conan O'Brien's True Leno Feelings Slowly Revealed
Original at Gawker
• Wed, Feb 18
By Ryan Tate In his first interview after the Leno announcement, O'Brien told the Times the move was actually a surprise: "I don't think any of us were expecting a Monday through Friday thing for Jay like that... And there was a period where everybody was just trying to figure out: what does this mean? ...Afte...
Opinion: Leno and economic truths
Original at Los Angeles Times
• Mon, Dec 22
You should move the 'Tonight Show' with Jay Leno to 10 pm Think of all the money you'd save." "That's a pretty stupid suggestion," he said to me. ... Leno ready to rule the NBC airwaves Pittsburgh Tribune-Review News of Prime-Time ‘Leno’ Drives Ratings for Late-Night ‘Leno’ Television Week
Opinion: NBC gambles everything on Leno
Original at GoErie.com
• Sun, Dec 21
So now we come to the Leno situation, and NBC once again is betting on less-expensive programming. Here's the upside: - Leno's "The Tonight Show" costs ... News of Prime-Time ‘Leno’ Drives Ratings for Late-Night ‘Leno’ Television Week
Opinion: Leno ready to rule the NBC airwaves
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Fri, Dec 19
He also launched a full-scale assault on rival talk-show warlord Conan O'Brien, who had been set to succeed Leno as "The Tonight Show" host next year. ... News of Prime-Time ‘Leno’ Drives Ratings for Late-Night ‘Leno’ Television Week
Opinion: Three Cheers for the Death of Broadcast TV
Original at TIME
• Fri, Dec 19
- Dec 19, 2008 Elsewhere in today's New York Times, Alan Sepinwall has an incisive and funny op-ed on why the NBC Jay Leno decision marks the end of broadcast television ... Leno ready to rule the NBC airwaves Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Extinction-Level Television Event New York Times
Opinion: NBC trying another talk show in primetime
Original at Chicago Sun-Times
• Tue, Dec 16
By Thomas Conner NBC has announced it's moving another of its talk-show chestnuts into primetime ... With its prime-time schedule suffering, NBC is reaching toward its more successful areas for programming. Late-night king Jay Leno is moving to prime-time next fall.
Podcast: Just be glad Leno didn't get the 8pm slot instead
Original at TV Squad
• Wed, Dec 10
By Bob Sassone Filed under: Late Night, Industry, Programming, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-FreeI'm sure a lot of "end of the year" lists are going to have to be scrapped and started again because of this whole last-minute, December-to-remember announcement about Jay Leno getting the 10pm time...
Jay Leno Crowned King of NBC: Winners and Losers
Original at BlogHer
• Tue, Dec 9
By Megan Smith If you're a Jay Leno fan, NBC just gave you an extra hour and a half of sleep. If you're not a Jay Leno fan, NBC just cut you out of about 23% of their primetime schedule. That's because today NBC announced that comedian Jay Leno has cut a deal to do a show, suspiciously like his current "Tonight S...
Opinion: Buyer: NBC’s Leno Strategy Reflects Broadcast Erosion
Original at Television Week
• Tue, Dec 9
A leading ad buyer says NBC’s decision to put Jay Leno into the 10 p.m. time slot is a sign of the times, reflecting the erosion of broadcast audiences, the effects of the digital video recorder and NBC’s strategy of managing for margins, rather than for ratings. The broadcast networks have lo...
Leno's Move to 10 p.m. Could Set Off Prime-Time Domino Effect
Original at Television Week
• Tue, Dec 9
NBC's groundbreaking deal to move Jay Leno to 10 p.m. weeknights promises to radically alter the rules of prime time, even as it promises significant ramifications for numerous other aspects of the TV business. Already reeling from NBC's Monday massacre of the network's executive ranks,...
Opinion: Supersizing Jay Leno: A good or bad idea?
Original at Chicago Tribune
• Mon, Dec 8
By Tempo Leno will sign off as host of The Tonight Show on May 29, 2009. His new show will showcase many of the features that have made Leno America's late-night leader for more than a dozen years. Signature elements will include his opening monologue and well-known comedy segments "Headlines," "Ja...
Podcast: DVD Verdict 206 - View from the Couch [08/07/08]
Original at DVD Verdict Presents...
• Wed, Aug 6
By thecouch@dvdverdict.com (Kent and Michelle Dixon) We're a day late, but with good reason. A mystery host has taken over The Couch this week for an ailing Kent and, in addition to Couch Entertainment News and trivia, has brought along a lineup of special guests that rivals the Tonight Show, minus the lame Jay Leno monologue. Curious? I know I am....
Opinion: Jay: If No NBC...Then What?
Original at entertainment/tv(weblogs.newsday.com)
• Wed, Jul 16
By now you may have heard the big news out here in BH - that Jay Leno told USA Today that he is done with NBC next year. Done, as in: No primetime specials, no special ambassadorship, no syndicated series for some division of NBCUniversal, no guest-hosting job on "Access Hollywood"...
Jimmy Kimmel Live renewed through 2010
Original at TV Squad
• Wed, Jun 18
By Bob Sassone This is good news for Kimmel fans, as there has been much talk about what would happen to Kimmel if ABC were to grab Leno after Leno exits his show on NBC and Conan O'Brien takes over. Would Kimmel be pushed to 12:35 if Leno comes aboard, or even later if ABC also decided to keep Nightline? Of cour...
Mercedes SLR McLaren Review
Original at ZerCustoms
• Sat, May 17
In this video Jay Leno makes one of the most comprehensive Mercedes SLR McLaren reviews we have seen so far. The Mercedes SLR McLaren owned by mister Leno is one of the first to arrive in the US and is one of the fastest cars he has ever driven. In his opinion the Merce... Complete text here: Mercedes...
Jimmy Fallon Headed to NBC 'Late Night'
Original at Television Week
• Mon, May 12
NBC made it official today: Jimmy Fallon will become the third host of “Late Night” in June 2009, setting in motion the high-stakes late-night shift that will send Conan O’Brien to Jay Leno’s desk on “The Tonight Show” and a new studio on the NBC Universal lot in Los Angeles next year. The New...
Opinion: TVNewswire: Wednesday, Feb. 27
Original at Television Week
• Wed, Feb 27
ABC, Fox, Sony Want Leno After ‘Tonight’ (New York Times) ABC and Fox have each contacted Jay Leno through intermediaries to indicate their interest in “The Tonight Show” host after he’s succeeded by Conan O’Brien next year, the New York Times reports. Sony Pictures Television has also a...
The Story Behind a Late-Night Brawl - New York Times
Original at New York Times
• Tue, Feb 5
The Story Behind a Late-Night Brawl United States - Feb 5, 2008 By JACQUES STEINBERG Forgive those television viewers who might have drifted off for a few minutes at the end of “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” on NBC on ...
Late Night breakthrough (?)
Original at OH NO!!
• Sat, Dec 15
This trumps NBC's announcement coming Monday that Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien will be returning by January 7th. Presumably, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel won't be far behind. "A major announcement will be made by more than one network on Monday," an insider noted. But Jay and Conan, who are just hired ha...
Podcast: Campaign Gearing Up for Tour through South Carolina
Original at Ron Paul Nation
• Wed, Oct 31
By constituent more…) Coming off the heels of a dynamite appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the campaign now prepares to take South Carolina by storm. In a three day blitz beginning the afternoon of November the First with the Grand Opening of the campaign office in Greenville, SC. That evening t...
Podcast: Jay Leno - Tonight!
Original at Ron Paul Nation
• Tue, Oct 30
By constituent Ron Paul’s much anticipated appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is tonight! Filming begins in a few hours (doors open at 4 o’clock Pacific Time, filming begins at six), and yes there will be people on the inside. As a matter of fact, you can follow the event with George Hemminger as it...
Musical acts on TV this week
Original at OH NO!!
• Mon, Aug 27
Colbie Caillat, who performs on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on Monday; Okkervil River, who perform on 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' on Tuesday; Collective Soul, who perform on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on Friday. Ozomatli, who perform on 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' on We...
Heidi Klum Not Happy to Have the Beckhams in Her Neighborhood
Original at A Socialite's Life
• Sun, Aug 12
I really, really wish that I lived in a fantasy world where Heidi Klum has finally had enough, walks over to the Beckhams house and tells them, "You're OUT! Auf Wiedersehen," smartly turns on her heel and leaves. Oh wait, I kind of do. It's called Hollywood.
Katharine McPhee on The Tonight ShowOriginal at Idol Stalker
• Sun, Jul 29
By Jeanne American Idol’s, Katharine McPhee stopped by The Tonight Show with Jay Leno July 27th. She performed “Love Story” but it was super energetic and there was a dance sequence in the middle. Here’s the video: Tags: katharine mcphee love story, katharine mcphee love story video, katherine mc...
Rob Schneider as Lindsay LohanOriginal at Lohan Groupie
• Wed, Jul 25
By Arieanna The Deuce Bigelow star appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night in drag as Lohan. The 21-year-old actress canceled her appearance with Leno after her bust early yesterday morning for allegedly driving under the influence.
Opinion: Jay Leno Drives the Tesla
Original at Treehugger
• Thu, Jul 12
Jay Leno is a massive car fan, and also has more than a little influence in the media. That's why he gets to drive the Tesla before we do, and that's why the Times asked him to write up a review of the electric roadster. But we're not bitter. Previous electric cars hadn't impressed Leno, "The probl...
Silverchair, What Went Wrong On Leno? - Undercover Music News
Original at Undercover Music News
• Wed, Jul 11
Silverchair, What Went Wrong On Leno? Australia - most successful bands this year and for the last decade put on what would have to be their worst performance ever on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. ...
Go ahead, light a fire under this Pitt physics teacher - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Original at Leader Times
• Wed, Jun 20
Go ahead, light a fire under this Pitt physics teacher Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Late next week, he is scheduled to appear on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" to play with sulfur hexafluoride, a heavy inert gas. "When you breathe it, ...
Shia LeBeouf on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno (updated with clip)
Original at seibertron.com
• Wed, Jun 13
Shia Labeouf appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno this evening to plug the upcoming Transformers Movie. The interview started with some small talk about the movie, and eventually moved onto Shia presenting 2 Leader Class Prime ...
Podcast: Rove McManus: the long road back
Original at Radio Australia
• Sat, May 5
Tonight, Rove McManus. He's one of Australia's most popular TV stars. Making a comeback after a personal tragedy, Rove McManus has bounced back onto the small screen after a five-month break to mourn the death of his wife, Belinda Emmett.
Utahn, 90, to kick up heels on 'Leno' - Deseret News
Original at Deseret News
• Thu, May 3
Utahn, 90, to kick up heels on 'Leno' UT - May 3, 2007 And that is how Jane Petty of Provo landed an appearance tonight on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Jane Petty performs at Weber State University in 2003 ... 90-year-old Utah woman a big hit on 'Tonight Show' Deseret News