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Rate Will variety find a new audience?

Original at SouthCoastToday.com external link    Tue, Nov 25

 MA - Jay Leno hosts Robert Pattinson and Seal on "The Tonight Show" (11:35 pm, NBC) ... Reese Witherspoon, Craig and Paul Pumphrey and Scott Weiland appear on ...

Rate Star World, Zee Cafe to air 'fresh' seasons this December

Original at Televisionpoint.com external link    Tue, Nov 25

 India - News and The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Zee Cafe. And if you want to know what's happening on Survivor: Gabon, you just have to wait a few days to catch ...

Rate www.kansascity.com | 11/22/2008 | Rob! Kristen! ‘Twilight’ on TV

Original at Kansas City Star external link    Mon, Nov 24

•Robert Pattinson chats with Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show,” 10:30 p.m. Wednesday on NBC. •Pattinson and co-star Taylor Lautner will hang out on “The Tyra Banks Show” at 5 p.m. Friday on ...

Rate Has 'Ghost Whisperer' crossed the dead line?

Original at SouthCoastToday.com external link    Thu, Nov 20    5 related articles

 MA - Jay Leno hosts Scott Weiland on "The Tonight Show" (11:35 pm, NBC) ... Tracey Ullman and Baz Luhrmann appear on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (12:05 am, ABC) . ...

Rate TV Junkie: The CW Pulls the Plug on Sundays

Original at LAist external link    Thu, Nov 20

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By Tom Lewis 11:35pm The Tonight Show With Jay Leno NBC - Actor Hugh Jackman; actors Jack Black and Kyle Glass; Tenacious D performs. 11:35pm The Late Show With David Letterman CBS - TV personality Stephen Colbert; actress Kristen Stewart; Super Diamond performs.

Rate What on Earth does 'Life on Mars' mean?

Original at SouthCoastToday.com external link    Wed, Nov 19    6 related articles

 MA - Jay Leno hosts Hugh Jackman, Jack Black and Kyle Gass on "The Tonight Show" (11:35 pm, NBC) ... Jay Leno and The Hives appear on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (12:05 ...

Rate HBO Is Doing Great

Original at Grid Effect external link    Wed, Nov 19

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By State School Elitist Jimmy Fallon, who we expect to be nothing short of an unmitigated disaster when he takes over for the 12:30am slot after Conan bolts for The Tonight Show, is admittedly off to an interesting start hiring The Roots as his house band. We are conflicted with this because 1) Is this really the bes...

Rate The Roots To Be The House Band For Jimmy Fallon's Late-Night Talk Show

Original at nerve.com external link    Wed, Nov 19

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By Jake Kalish 2) And this is the big one - Branford Marsalis as the original musical director for The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. Branford Marsalis is a world-renowned jazz musician, and hearing him follow up one of Leno's patented dumb Bill Clinton double entendres with a virtuosic rendition of  'R...

Past Month

 

Rate TV Junkie: CBS Winning the Sweeps

Original at LAist external link    Mon, Nov 17

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By Tom Lewis 11:35pm The Tonight Show With Jay Leno NCB - Actor Kiefer Sutherland; comic Lisa Lampanelli; Barry Manilow performs. 12:35am Late Night With Conan O'Brien NBC - Rapper Snoop Dogg; comic Brian Regan(check out our interview with him); Blitzen Trapper performs.

Rate Nov 14th - Ralph Harris

Original at Gotham Comedy Club external link    Tue, Nov 11

Ralph Harris is one of today’s hottest comedic and acting talents!  He makes his feature film debut in Dreamgirls, a film that has struck gold (of the Golden Globe variety). Ralph kicks off the movie as the Detroit MC that helps hook up with the Dreamettes. Ralph recalls with special fondnes...

Rate TV Junkie: Weekend Edition - HBO Buys Obama Documentary

Original at LAist external link    Fri, Nov 7

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By Tom Lewis 11:35pm The Tonight Show With Jay Leno NBC - TV show host Joy Behar; singer Lance Bass; TV on the Radio performs. 11:35pm The Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Actress Natalie Portman; comic Artie Lange. 12:35am Late Night With Conan O'Brien NBC - Actor Ricky Gervais; actress Vera Farmiga...

Rate TV Talk Today: Wednesday's chat-show lineups

Original at Chicago Sun-Times external link    Thu, Nov 6    7 related articles

By Thomas Conner Late Show With David Letterman" (10:35 p.m., Channel 2) Journalist Tom Brokaw; actress Vera Farmiga; musician Brad Paisley. The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" (10:35 p.m., Channel 5) Actor Samuel L. Jackson; impressionist Tony Durant; musician Tracy Chapman.

Year 2008

 

Rate TV Junkie: Obama Scores Big for "Daily Show" - Can Palin Do it for "20/20"?

Original at LAist external link    Fri, Oct 31

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By Tom Lewis Tonight 11:35pm The Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Actress Marcia Cross; writer Alan Zweibel; George Clinton performs. 11:35pm The Tonight Show With Jay Leno NBC - Actress Elizabeth Banks; Death Cab for Cutie performs. Sunday Pic of "Little Britain: USA" via HBO

Rate Kids Say the Darndest Things About the Irony of Our Current Administration's War on Drugs

Original at Jossip external link    Wed, Oct 29

By drew So far this year between two extremely polar candidates, the choice is clear: David Letterman is far superior to Jay Leno. When was the last time you saw Leno with enough cojones to get angry at a political candidate? Or ask any sort of those uncomfortable, what everyone else is thinking sor...

Rate Fairfax Times

Original at Fairfaxtimes.com external link    Wed, Oct 29

 - Doc Severinsen at GMU. Legendary trumpeter Doc Severinsen, best known as the band leader on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson, performs at the George ...

Rate TV Junkie: AMC to Give 'Mad Men' Creator the Boot? Err, Wingtip?

Original at LAist external link    Wed, Oct 29

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By Tom Lewis 11:35pm The Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Actor Alec Baldwin; comic Paul Mooney; Ryan Adams performs with the Cardinals 12:35am Late Night With Conan O'Brien NBC - Actor Tracy Morgan; actress Paget Brewster; the Last Shadow Puppets.

Rate TV Junkie: Tuesday

Original at LAist external link    Tue, Oct 28

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By Tom Lewis 11:35pm The Tonight Show With Jay Leno NBC - Actor Seth Rogen; journalist David Gregory; the Cold War Kids perform. 12:35am Late Night With Conan O'Brien NBC - Actress Tina Fey; actor Peter Sarsgaard; the Black Crowes perform. Tina Fey pic via NBC/Universal

Rate TV Junkie: Monday

Original at LAist external link    Mon, Oct 27

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By Tom Lewis 11:35pm The Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Author Bill O'Reilly; reality TV star Lauren Conrad; New York Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni presents the Top Ten list 11:35pm The Tonight Show With Jay Leno NBC - Actor and comic Chris Rock (put Jay in his place Chris!); First Lady hopeful Miche...

Rate What's On Tonight: McCain on 'Letterman,' Biden on 'Leno'

Original at Hartford Courant external link    Thu, Oct 16

By Roger Catlin Millions have watched the debates that are now over, but there's still some fireworks to be had on late night TV where John McCain, for one, is to have his makeup appearance tonight on "Late Show with David Letterman" (CBS, 11:35 p.m.).

Rate Russell Crowe Gets His 'Manly Man' Time With Sons

Original at Celebrity Baby Blog external link    Tue, Sep 30

By Missy Bauer Griffin During a Monday night appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, actor Russell Crowe said that a recent six-month stay in Australia with wife Danielle Spencer and their two sons Charles 'Charlie,' 4 ½, and Tennyson, 2, yielded some long sought-after "manly man" time for...

Rate TV Junkie: Wednesday

Original at LAist external link    Wed, Sep 17

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By Tom Lewis 11:35pm The Tonight Show With Jay Leno NBC - Actor Ed Harris; blogger Meghan McCain; George Clinton performs with the Gangsters of Love All Stars. 12:35am Late Night With Conan O'Brien NBC - Actor Ray Liotta; Loudon Wainwright III performs.

Rate Monday Morning Quarterback: SNL Season 34, Episode 1Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at TiFaux external link    Mon, Sep 15

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By Jesse I know a lot of people react to Saturday Night Live with vague dismissiveness: oh, is that still on? I haven’t really watched it since [Tina Fey/Will Ferrell/Adam Sandler/Dana Carvey/Eddie Murphy/Bill Murray/Chevy Chase] left. So while you can find breathless, fawning recaps of Gossi...

Rate TV Junkie: Weekend Edition

Original at LAist external link    Fri, Jul 25

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By Tom Lewis 9:00pm Lord Love a Duck TCM - (1966) A California high-school genius (Roddy McDowall) works magic for a blonde (Tuesday Weld) who wants cashmere and affection. 11:35pm The Tonight Show With Jay Leno NBC - Actor Kevin Spacey; Triumph the Insult Comic Dog; Jesse McCartney performs. Sunday

Rate How to Solve the Jay Leno Problem

Original at Hartford Courant external link    Thu, Jul 24

By Roger Catlin The year 2009 seemed so far away when it was announced back in 2004, on the 50th anniversary of "The Tonight Show" no less, that Jay Leno would be replaced as host by Conan O'Brien. Of course by then, we'd... The year 2009 seemed so far away when it was announced back in 2004, on the 50th anniversary...

Rate Jay Leno's Last Night: May 29, 2009

Original at Hartford Courant external link    Thu, Jul 24

By Roger Catlin Jay Leno's last night hosting "The Tonight Show" will be Friday, May 29, 2009, NBC executives announced Monday. Conan O'Brien will take over the helm of the fabled late night show on Monday, June 1, 2009. The news came in answer to... Jay Leno's last night hosting "The Tonight Show" will be Fri...

Rate TV Junkie: Monday

Original at LAist external link    Mon, Jul 21

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By Tom Lewis 11:35pm The Tonight Show With Jay Leno NBC - Actress Kyra Sedgwick; talk show host Chris Matthews; Alanis Morissette performs. 11:35pm The Late Show With David Letterman CBS - Actor Will Ferrell; a demonstration by ``MythBusters'' stars Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman.

Rate Two new shows from 'Office' creators, Jay Leno's final 'Tonight Show' date

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Mon, Jul 21

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By Tempo The Tonight Show" continues to be the most dominant late-night institution in television history.  Since it first premiered on September 27, 1954 with Steve Allen, "The Tonight Show" has had just four permanent hosts, including Leno.  Allen, host of the then titled "Tonight," eventual...

Rate Leno's NBC Era to End in Late May, Early June; Tune in Monday for Details

Original at Television Week external link    Sun, Jul 20

NBC on Monday will announce the exact timetable for Jay Leno to hand over the host's chair on "The Tonight Show" to Conan O'Brien, several people with knowledge of the plan said over the weekend. It's very likely Mr. Leno will host his final "Tonight Show" in late May or early June, according t...

Rate Here's Jimmy!

Original at Hartford Courant external link    Mon, May 12

By Roger Catlin NBC announced plans for O'Brien taking over the "Tonight" show years ago, when 2009 seemed eons away, in part to make sure he didn't stray from the network, as David Letterman did when the "Tonight" successor to Johnny Carson was being discussed.

Rate Jimmy Fallon Headed to NBC 'Late Night'

Original at Television Week external link    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...

Rate Post-Strike, NBC Even Stronger in Late-Night Race

Original at Television Week external link    Sun, Mar 9

Coming out of the 14-week Writers Guild of America Strike, NBC’s late-night lineup of “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” and “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” saw a big ratings boost compared with rival shows on CBS. For the first two full weeks after the writers strike ended Feb. 12, “Leno” led C...

Rate TVNewswire: Wednesday, Feb. 27

Original at Television Week external link    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...

Rate Leno’s Art of Late-Show Maintenance - New York Times

Original at nytimes.com external link    Mon, Feb 4

Leno’s Art of Late-Show Maintenance New York Times, United States - 2, “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” on NBC has averaged about 5.2 million viewers while the “Late Show With David Letterman” on CBS has averaged 4.1 million ...

Rate Your Writers’ Strike Theory Is Wrong

Original at blogs.mediapost.com external link    Mon, Jan 21

By Wayne Friedman Take the one about “Late Show with David Letterman” returning to late night TV with proper union writers and “A”-list stars. All this was supposed to get him closer in viewership to the likes of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” because Leno’s show would be returning without writers and with...

Rate Late-Night Show Strike Numbers: Leno Wins

Original at Television Week external link    Thu, Jan 3

The return of network late-night talk shows during the TV writers strike provided a ratings bounce for most of the competitors, with NBC’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” and “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” scoring wins in their time slots, according to early Nielsen ratings numbers. Th...

Rate Writers Strike News Roundup: Thursday, Jan. 3

Original at Television Week external link    Thu, Jan 3

Late Night TV Returns With, Without Writers David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel and Craig Ferguson returned to the airwaves last night, Daily Variety reports. Mr. Letterman, however, had the advantage of returning with his writers after his production company, Worl...

Rate Dave's Big Advantage

Original at Hartford Courant external link    Fri, Dec 28

By Hartford Courant The other late night shows returning Wednesday -- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "Jimmy Kimmel Live" -- will do so without writers. Letterman was alone among late night hosts to be able to negotiate ...

Rate Writers Strike News Roundup: Mon., Dec. 3

Original at Television Week external link    Mon, Dec 3

Optimism For Speedy Strike End Wanes Industry insiders are skeptical for a quick end of the writers strike, even in the face of renewed contract talks, Daily Variety reports. Most are looking at March for the soonest end to the strike, as a media blackout that was lifted last week revealed b...

Rate Jay's History Lesson

Original at Hartford Courant external link    Tue, Nov 27

By Hartford Courant Here was a slimmer, dark haired Jay Leno, who had just taken over the show – Johnny Carson’s farewell show had occurred the month before! Branford Marsalis led the cool jazz band – with a subdued Kevin Eubanks, the successor three years later, in the background playing guitar.

Rate Musical acts on TV this week

Original at OH NO!! external link    Mon, Nov 12

KT Tunstall, who performs on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on Wednesday Alicia Keys, who performs on 'Today' on Tuesday, 'Live with Regis and Kelly' on Wednesday and 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on Friday, and co-hosts 'Total Request Live' on Tuesday

Rate Late Night Is First Casualty

Original at Hartford Courant external link    Mon, Nov 5

By Hartford Courant Reruns changed the schedules, too, for NBC’s "Late Night with Conan O’Brien," ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live,"  CBS' "The Late Late Show" with Craig Ferguson, as well as Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report."  (Carson Daly had already planned to show a rer...

Rate Strike Watch, Day 1: Tina Fey on the picket line

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Sun, Nov 4

By Tempo Most late-night shows, including “The Colbert Report,” “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” “The Late Show with David Letterman” and “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” are expected to go into repeats this week. For more complete information on how the strike may affect specific shows, see t...

Rate Podcast: Jay Leno - Tonight!

Original at Ron Paul Nation external link    Tue, Oct 30

By constituent Following the show’s taping Ron Paul will make an appearance at a $2000/person private reception in Hollywood Hills, California. Congratulations Doctor Paul, and thank you to all of the folks in California working hard to make this a success. Update:

Rate Musical acts on TV this week

Original at OH NO!! external link    Mon, Aug 27

Feist, who performs on 'The Late Show with David Letterman' on Monday; Colbie Caillat, who performs on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on Monday; Collective Soul, who perform on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on Friday. Yung Joc, who performs on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on Thursday;

Rate Lindsay Lohan arrested on suspicion of DUI and cocaine possession; today's 'Tonight Show' appearance canceled

Original at Asbury Park Press external link    Tue, Jul 24

The troubled saga of Lindsay Lohan took another turn today when police booked her on suspicion of drunken driving and cocaine possession after a frightened woman dialed 911 to report being chased by Lohan's SUV. Less than two weeks out of rehab, with another drunken-driving case pending...

Rate William Katz remembers: Hollywood, hurray for? The sequel

Original at Power Line external link    Tue, Jul 24

The TMCG problem has another effect. It separates Hollywood from its audience. A talent agency head boasted that half his interns come from Ivy League schools. Well, that's wonderful, and I'm sure they're good, intelligent young people. But I've seen that, too often, they don't think of the...

Rate William Katz remembers: Holllywood, hooray for?

Original at Power Line external link    Mon, Jul 9

William Katz has had a long and varied career, as an assistant to a U.S. senator; an officer in the CIA; an assistant to Herman Kahn, the nuclear war theorist; an editor at The New York Times Magazine; and a talent coordinator at The Tonight Show. He is the author of ten books, translated into 15 l...

Rate Opinion: Learning from the Tonight Show, part 2

Original at Power Line external link    Fri, Jun 22

The Tonight Show was planned spontaneity. Carson didn't "go with the flow." He created it. He swore by the show business adage that the best ad libs are planned. And, like a good lawyer, he rarely asked a question unless he already knew the answer.

Rate Learning from the Tonight Show

Original at Power Line external link    Sun, Jun 17

Doc Severinsen is a sweet guy who ran one of the best bands in the business. You could not appreciate the Tonight Show Band through those tinny TV speakers, but in the studio it was spectacular. Just a few weeks ago we lost Tommy Newsom, the saxophonist who led the band in Doc's absence. Johnny us...

Rate Matt Cooper: Fred Thompson on LenoVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Huffington Post external link    Wed, Jun 13

By Matt Cooper Did you watch Fred Thompson on The Tonight Show? Simply as theatre, I found the appearance surprisingly disappointing. If this is the New Reagan, I didn't see it last night. He seemed decidedly uncomfortable, his three-button summer suit scrunched in...


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