The month of January was rife with tension at the 11:30 p.m. time slot. That’s where a showdown happened between NBC, Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno, with the future of the nearly six-decade-old “Tonight Show” hanging in the balance. When the dust settled, O’Brien exited as the host after only seven months, Leno’s primetime show [...]
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Jay Leno tells Oprah Winfrey that he hasn’t spoken to Conan O’Brien throughout the recent contentious negotiations over “The Tonight Show.” In quotes provided Wednesday by Harpo Productions, Leno tells Winfrey that “it didn’t seem appropriate” to speak to O’Brien. But Leno says the two comedians might talk when “things cool down.” NBC unseated O’Brien [...]
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Things got awkward on Thursday’s Jay Leno Show when Leno welcomed Jimmy Kimmel. Kimmel participated in Leno’s “10 @ 10″ segment, which involves a celeb answering 10 questions via satellite. Leno asked Kimmel to relate his best prank ever. Kimmel said that he told a guy five years ago that he’d give him his show, [...]
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NBC is reportedly planning to move Jay Leno back to his old 11:35 p.m. slot and start “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” later in the evening. The New York Times says the network is devising a plan to make Leno’s show a half-hour long, thereby moving O’Brien’s hour-long show to the start time of [...]
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Jay Leno has been cleared of breaking the Writers Guild of America’s (Wga) rules during strike action last year (08). The Wga investigated allegations that Leno violated the Hollywood union’s 100-day strike action by performing nightly monologues on his former series The Tonight Show at a time when all writers in Tinseltown were supposed to [...]
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ay Leno cancelled his Tonight Show on Thursday (23Apr09) after checking into a Los Angeles hospital. The revered TV presenter was supposed to chat with actor Ryan Reynolds on his show, but the taping had to be halted after Leno was taken ill. Insiders suggest Leno was suffering from food poisoning. The health scare comes [...]
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After being forced out of his Tonight Show spot at the top of his ratings game, Jay Leno is being given the 10 p.m. slot at NBC…EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK! Jay Leno was ready to leave NBC next year to make way for Conan O’Brian. I’m sure this move pisses off Conan. After fifteen [...]
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