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The Week We Were All Glenn Beck's Appendix [Week In Review]
Original at ValleyPop
• Fri, Nov 6
By god This week was all about gun violence and terrible elections and Jay Leno. Nouriel Roubini likes to rock the party. JFK blown away, what else did Mad Men have to say about how crazy it was that things were different in the early '60s? We endorsed not voting for Mike Bloomberg and, to be fair, a maj...
10 Things You May Have Missed On TV This Week
Original at Jezebel
• Fri, Nov 6
By Tracie 1.) Toes Tyra had guests this week who get fake toenails put on. And there were these idiots, who pay $65 a session to have their toes read. 2.) Mariah She made the talk show rounds. She stumbled on Leno.
Leno Weekly: Paranormal Activity, 2012, Rachael Ray and more!
Original at TV Squad
• Fri, Nov 6
By Jason Hughes Jay even managed to get a quick jab in to the bosses at NBC during an archery "Earn Your Plug" with Wanda Sykes. "This is NBC," he said to her. "I'm used to getting shot in the back." I've grown to respect Leno during his 10 o'clock experiment. He's a trouper doing what NBC is paying him to do, but you c...
TV Junkie: 'Sesame Street' Celebrating 40th SeasonOriginal at LAist
• Wed, Nov 4
By Tom Lewis 10:00pm South Park Comedy Central - The boys fight back against the obnoxious motorcycle riders that are disrupting everyone in South Park. Yes!!! 11:35pm The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien NBC - Actress Amy Poehler; basketball players Magic Johnson and Larry Bird; The Bravery perfor...
What's Hot on SlashControl: Mariah Carey falls for Jay LenoOriginal at TV Squad
• Wed, Nov 4
By Jane Boursaw On Monday's episode of The Jay Leno Show, Mariah Carey made quite the entrance, taking a little stumble on her way out to meet the talk show host. I've always wondered how the heck she walks in those super high heels, but since it's all you ever see her wearing, she gets plenty of practice. In thi...
What's On Tonight: World Series, Hank, Mercy, South Park
Original at TV Squad
• Tue, Nov 3
By Bob Sassone At 7:30, FOX has Game 6 of The World Series.At 8, ABC has a new Hank, followed by new episodes of The Middle, Modern Family, Cougar Town, and Eastwick.CBS has a new Old Christine at 8, then new episodes of Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds, and CSI: NY.NBC has new episodes of Mercy, Law and Order: SV...
TV Junkie: Leno Speaks; New IFC Web Series
Original at LAist
• Mon, Nov 2
By Tom Lewis 10:00pm Cake Boss TLC - 2 new episodes 11:35pm The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien NBC - Actor Ewan McGregor; snowboarder Shaun White; Tegan and Sara perform. 12:35am Late Night With Jimmy Fallon NBC - Singer Taylor Swift; actor Scott Wolf; Say Anything performs.
Leno Says He'd Return to 11:35 If Asked
Original at TV Guide
• Mon, Nov 2
By Douglas J. Rowe Jay Leno likened himself to a boxer who can take body blows and go the distance in an interview with Broadcasting & Cable, counterpunching criticisms about his ratings and his stranglehold on NBC's 10 o'clock slot on weeknights. He also said he would return to 11:35 p.m. — if asked.
Opinion: What You Missed Last Night: Ten@Ten with Tina FeyOriginal at TV Squad
• Fri, Oct 30
By Bob Sassone Tina Fey was supposed to be on The Jay Leno Show several days ago but didn't make it for some reason. But last night she showed up. Well, via satellite, to do the Ten@Ten (not sure what that means to viewers who watch the show at 9 PM).
TV Junkie: Tuesday Night Good, not Just for CBS; Pau Gasol to Miami?
Original at LAist
• Wed, Oct 28
By Tom Lewis 11:35pm The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien NBC - Actor Chris O'Donnell; ski racer Lindsey Vonn; Uncle Kracker performs. 12:35am Late Night With Jimmy Fallon NBC - Actor Edward Norton; professional wrestler Hulk Hogan; "Weird Al" Yankovic performs.
Female Writer Recalls Hostile Workplace at Late Night; Calls for More Diversity
Original at TV Guide
• Tue, Oct 27
By Douglas J. Rowe One of the few women to write for Late Night with David Letterman recalls a hostile, sexually charged workplace when she worked for the show in the late '80s. Late Show with David LettermanLate Night with David LettermanTonight Show With Conan O'BrienJay Leno Show
Ratings: Sons of Anarchy Rides High — And Over the Networks
Original at TV Guide
• Fri, Oct 23
By Adam Bryant Sons of AnarchyJay Leno ShowThe Forgotten NBC stands behind Leno's numbers. "The Jay Leno Show continues to top our expectations," a network spokesman told TVGuide.com. "And, as always, we are looking at this on a 52-week basis." Read More > Sons of AnarchyJay Leno ShowThe Forgotten
What's On Tonight: Supernanny, Law and Order, White Collar, The Soup
Original at TV Squad
• Thu, Oct 22
• 11 related articles
By Bob Sassone At 7:30, Cartoon Network has a new Batman: The Brave and the Bold.At 8, ABC has a new Supernanny, followed by new episodes of Ugly Betty and 20/20.CBS has a new Ghost Whisperer at 8, then new episodes of Medium and Numb3rs.NBC has new episodes of Law and Order, Dateline, and The Jay Leno Show.FOX h...
Opinion: NBC Chief Says He's Not Playing to Lose While Leno Loses to Cable [Television]
Original at ValleyPop
• Thu, Oct 22
By god You've got to feel for NBC TV's newish chairman Jeff Gaspin; not only does he take the wheel amid the Mother of All Media Typhoons, but he inherits it from a Captain hell bent on steering directly into an iceberg. Taking over Ben Silverman's suicidal command structure, Gaspin has years of in...
Opinion: NBC Chief Says He's Not Playing to Lose While Leno Loses to Cable
Original at Gawker
• Wed, Oct 21
By Richard Rushfield In the latest round of stats, NBC's avant-garde experiment, The Jay Leno Show has fallen behind cable programming in viewership among the all important 18 - 49 year old demographic. As Movieline points out, on this Tuesday night Leno was murdered in the demo by FX's Son's of Anarchy, which...
On Tonight: 'Ugly Betty' Returns, 'Bartender Wars'
Original at Hartford Courant
• Thu, Oct 15
By Roger Catlin Jay Leno: Ross Mathews, Sen. John McCain. David Letterman: Uma Thurman, Tim McGraw. Conan O'Brien: Cory Booker, Max Records. Jimmy Kimmel: Serena Williams, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Eric Church. Jimmy Fallon: Eddie Izzard, Gina Gershon, Amy Schumer. Craig Ferguson: Toby Keith, Michelle Monaghan. Ca...
TV Junkie: LA's 'Southland' Axed; Uh Oh 'Hawaii Five-O'
Original at LAist
• Fri, Oct 9
By Tom Lewis 10:00pm The Jay Leno Show NBC - Former NFL player Terry Bradshaw. 11:35pm The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien NBC - Writer Zack Hample; Lady Antebellum performs. Saturday 11:25pm Saturday Night Live NBC - Drew Barrymore hosts; Regina Spektor performs.
Ed Martin: David Letterman, "Sons of Anarchy," "Grey's Anatomy," "Dexter": Random Reflections on the Opening Weeks of the Fall TV Season
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Oct 7
By Ed Martin This was supposed to be the autumn of NBC's talk-show success, with low-cost episodes of The Jay Leno Show energizing the network's failing primetime fortunes... This was supposed to be the autumn of NBC's talk-show success, with low-cost episodes of The Jay Leno Show energizing the netwo...
Jay Leno's Reasonably Priced Electric Car A Euro-Spec Ford Focus
Original at Jalopnik
• Thu, Sep 17
By Ben Wojdyla An electric-powered Ford Focus is ready to race tonight on "The Jay Leno Show" (NBC, Monday through Friday, 10-11 p.m. ET) in a segment called "Green Car Challenge." Tuned to perform on a racetrack that was specifically designed for "The Jay Leno Show," the battery-electric Ford Focus will...
Lisa Napoli: I Am a Failure at Watching TV
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Sep 16
By Lisa Napoli Words I don't believe I have uttered before: "I am going home to watch TV." I left dinner with friends in Santa Monica so I could be in place for the start of Leno. Words I don't believe I have uttered before: "I am going home to watch TV." I left dinner with friends in Santa Monica so I could be in plac...
Opinion: Michael Moore: From Toronto to Pittsburgh to Jay Leno, "Capitalism" Marches On...
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, Sep 15
By Michael Moore Last night Jay Leno premiered his new prime time show on NBC. His in-studio guest was Jerry Seinfeld. Tonight (Tuesday), for his second show, his guest is... me! I know -- that's crazy. My friends are taking bets on the exact hour today the executives at G.E. will call and pull the plug on this insanit...
Opinion: Ray Hanania: Leno Causes Seismic Shift in Delicate Balance Between Husbands and Wives Across America
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, Sep 15
By Ray Hanania For all the pre-publicity, the Jay Leno Show is still the same Jay Leno Show. It just has a different name. Jay Leno didn't just move from his 10:30 slot (Central) to the 9 PM slot. His move is challenging husband-wife spats over who dominates the TV remote control all across America's heartlan...
Kanye West On Leno: Apologizes To Taylor Swift (VIDEO)
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Sep 14
By The Huffington Post News Team Leno was quick to reference the West incident with one of his first monologue jokes Monday, saying President Barack Obama had invited West and the 19-year-old Swift for a "root beer summit." A corporate partner of MTV jumped to take advantage of it. Comedy Central, like MTV owned by Viacom I...
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...
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. ...
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 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: 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...
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 The TV Zone
• 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 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...
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...
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...
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.