The Tonight Show

 MI Giving Mr. Leno a primetime Monday-Friday show was designed in part to keep the comedian from going to another network when he stepped down as host of “The Tonight Show,” a move that could have damaged NBC's profitable late-night franchise. ...

Now that the what-will-he-do drama is over, Jay Leno seems eager to begin the next chapter in his TV career. In an exclusive interview with TelevisionWeek Monday night, just hours before NBC made his new deal official, Mr. Leno seemed even more relaxed and upbeat than usual. If he bore any lin...

The host of “The Jay Leno Show” doesn’t expect to beat first-run versions of the scripted drama it will compete with at 10 p.m. weeknights starting in fall 2009. He doesn’t have to, said Marc Graboff, co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, at a Burbank press conferenc...

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,...

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...

The “NBC Universal Experience,” as the sprawling company called its not-an-upfront-presentation Monday, had many earmarks of the traditional upfront presentation, including, it would seem, the prodigious expense. On a windy, chilly and gray (but no longer rainy) day, NBCU’s spect...

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...

As one of the ugliest TV seasons in recent memory lurches to a close, broadcasters are looking to this week’s upfront presentations as a chance to hit the restart button. But instead of anticipation at a new beginning, industry executives find themselves pitching advertisers a slate of n...

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...

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 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...

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...

NBC Late-Night Hosts to Return  MI - Dec 17, 2007 “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” and “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” will resume production and the first episode will air Jan. 2. ...

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...