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Will variety find a new audience?

25 Nov 2008 22:14:04 PST

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 ...

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TV Junkie: The CW Pulls the Plug on Sundays

20 Nov 2008 15:00:01 PST

Written 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.

Original story at LAist .

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What on Earth does 'Life on Mars' mean?

19 Nov 2008 22:04:14 PST

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 ...

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HBO Is Doing Great

19 Nov 2008 07:19:02 PST

Written 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...

Original story at Grid Effect .

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

19 Nov 2008 06:35:00 PST

Written 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...

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TV Junkie: CBS Winning the Sweeps

17 Nov 2008 15:00:55 PST

Written 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.

Original story at LAist .

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The Tonight Show news and blogs - December 02, 2008

02 Dec 2008 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit The Tonight Show news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Dec 04th - Ralphie May -- from Gotham Comedy Club - Newest Events
• Jeff Dunham takes ventriloquism out of clubs, into arenas -- from NewHampshire.com
• Nick Jonas is a Hackey Sack Hottie -- from Just Jared Jr.
• Jones Keeps It Up for 24 Hours -- from River Cities Reader
• everglow | www.edwardandbella.net - Edward Cullen and Bella Swan ... -- from Everglow: Edward Cullen and Bella Swan
• On TV special, scientists weigh in on Punkin Chunkin -- from The News Journal
• Digs Daily: Look What I Found! -- from Digs Daily
• SAVE AND SHARE -- from Philadelphia Inquirer
• Celeb-a-razzi: Britney talks; Rachael Ray getting surgery; Jay-Z ... -- from DetNews.com
• Star World, Zee Cafe to air 'fresh' seasons this December -- from Televisionpoint.com

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TV Junkie: Weekend Edition - HBO Buys Obama Documentary

07 Nov 2008 15:00:57 PST

Written 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...

Original story at LAist .

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

31 Oct 2008 16:00:27 PDT

Written 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

Original story at LAist .

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

29 Oct 2008 16:00:16 PDT

Written 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.

Original story at LAist .

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TV Junkie: Tuesday

28 Oct 2008 16:24:21 PDT

Written 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

Original story at LAist .

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

16 Oct 2008 10:12:40 PDT

Written 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.).

Original story at Hartford Courant .

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Russell Crowe Gets His 'Manly Man' Time With Sons

30 Sep 2008 18:05:33 PDT

Written 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...

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TV Junkie: Wednesday

17 Sep 2008 16:00:58 PDT

Written 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.

Original story at LAist .

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How to Solve the Jay Leno Problem

24 Jul 2008 23:43:47 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at Hartford Courant .

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

21 Jul 2008 12:20:41 PDT

Written 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...

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Here's Jimmy!

12 May 2008 18:44:39 PDT

Written 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.

Original story at Hartford Courant .

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Jimmy Fallon Headed to NBC 'Late Night'

12 May 2008 07:11:45 PDT

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...

Original story at Television Week .

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TVNewswire: Wednesday, Feb. 27

27 Feb 2008 08:22:15 PST

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...

Original story at Television Week .

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

04 Feb 2008 21:08:52 PST

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 ...

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Your Writers’ Strike Theory Is Wrong

21 Jan 2008 06:15:16 PST

Written 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...

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Dave's Big Advantage

28 Dec 2007 20:57:15 PST

Written 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 ...

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Podcast: Jay Leno - Tonight!

30 Oct 2007 10:00:38 PDT

Written 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:

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Musical acts on TV this week

27 Aug 2007 13:02:40 PDT

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;

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William Katz remembers: Holllywood, hooray for?

09 Jul 2007 04:57:31 PDT

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...

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Opinion: Learning from the Tonight Show, part 2

22 Jun 2007 05:03:40 PDT

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.

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