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Oct 7, 2009 1:31 PM CDT

Leno's Ratings Tumble

Real prime-time shows beat talk show every night

(Newser) - Here’s one headline Jay Leno won’t want to read. Ever since the fall TV season began in earnest Sept. 21, the former king of late night has been getting his keister kicked in primetime. He’s finished in last place every single night, with his numbers falling steadily...

Chris Rock
Ridicules
Polanski

watch it

Oct 2, 2009 11:43 AM CDT

Chris Rock Ridicules Polanski

(Newser) - Some of Hollywood's biggest names are lining up behind Roman Polanski, but Chris Rock is not among them. On last night's Jay Leno Show, Rock ridiculed the notion of defending the fugitive filmmaker because of his art. "He made good movies 30 years ago. Even Johnnie Cochran don't have...

Thin Limbaugh Spars
With Jay, Flattens Gore

Sep 25, 2009 11:53 AM CDT

Thin Limbaugh Spars With Jay, Flattens Gore

Shock jock hits the track—and a picture of the ex-VP

(Newser) - A thinner Rush Limbaugh—he's dropped 82 pounds—showed up on Jay Leno's show last night to talk politics ("I'm not polarizing," Obama is) and flatten Al Gore. While taking Leno's "green car" challenge, Limbaugh ran over a cardboard cutout of Gore, then drew big laughs by...

Leno Ratings Doomed...as Is the Future of Network TV

Analysis

Sep 21, 2009 11:29 AM CDT

Leno Ratings Doomed...as Is the Future of Network TV

Ratings may stink, but bottom line will be strong for NBC

(Newser) - No one expects the Jay Leno Show to maintain the pumped-up ratings it got this week—not even NBC. But the low-key talk show might represent the future of network TV anyway, simply because it’s so darn cheap, writes Brian Steinberg of Advertising Age. With viewers breaking from broad...

New Leno Show
Numbingly
(or Pleasantly)
Familiar

REVIEW ROUND-UP

Sep 15, 2009 6:29 AM CDT

New Leno Show Numbingly (or Pleasantly) Familiar

It's pretty much the Tonight Show in a new time slot

(Newser) - The Jay Leno Show won't disappoint Leno fans looking for more of the same, say critics, but the only thing new or ground-breaking about it is the 10pm time slot.

James Poniewozik, Time: Leno and NBC aren't "out to win over critics who liked Letterman better. Instead, they're giving

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Why Hollywood
Wants Leno to Fail

analysis

Sep 14, 2009 7:22 AM CDT

Why Hollywood Wants Leno to Fail

Some see new, cheap show as threat to jobs

(Newser) - Tonight marks the premiere of Jay Leno’s new show, and many in Tinseltown—not just rival execs—are hoping it flops, the Los Angeles Times reports. That’s because it substitutes cheap fare for the traditional 10pm drama. Many in the industry see the show as a “potential...

Leno's Back: 'Prepare for War'

Sep 13, 2009 11:10 AM CDT

Leno's Back: 'Prepare for War'

Comedian's return comes at sensitive time for O'Brien, scripted drama

(Newser) - The premiere of the much-ballyhooed Jay Leno Show tomorrow night could revolutionize network television, thrilling Hollywood publicists and advertisers—or produce a stunning commercial embarrassment for NBC. Either way, "prepare for war," Guy Adams writes in the Independent. Leno’s rather noisy return to American television comes at...

Jay Leno Show:
More of the Same

TV PREVIEW

Sep 11, 2009 2:45 PM CDT

Jay Leno Show: More of the Same

Primetime debut likely won't stray far from late night formula

(Newser) - Two writers for Comedy.com who infiltrated a test taping of the new Jay Leno Show found it “muddled and confusing,” and they say Leno continues to “be a big ladle serving us more imitation comedy gruel.” Some insights:

The studio: "Basically the old Tonight

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Seinfeld Up
First for Leno

Aug 15, 2009 10:05 AM CDT

Seinfeld Up First for Leno

(Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld will be the lone guest on Jay Leno’s maiden primetime outing, the LA Times reports. That’s fitting, considering Leno has said he consulted Seinfeld when contemplating NBC’s offer for the 10pm show.

Tina Talks
Emmys, Jay,
and Sarah...Sorta

Aug 10, 2009 12:44 PM CDT

Tina Talks Emmys, Jay, and Sarah...Sorta

(Newser) - As if its record 22 Emmy nominations weren’t enough, 30 Rock also recently landed a syndication deal. Tina Fey talks success—and Sarah Palin—with Broadcasting & Cable:

On possibly hosting the Emmys: "No, I think it's a hard job and a thankless one. I think maybe it's

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Rihanna Heads to Leno,
Brown to Hard Labor

Aug 7, 2009 8:51 AM CDT

Rihanna Heads to Leno, Brown to Hard Labor

Singer faces community labor at sentencing

(Newser) - Rihanna will make her first public performance since the Chris Brown assault at a somewhat unlikely venue: the Jay Leno Show, E! reports. She will join Kanye West and Jay-Z for Leno’s primetime debut Sept. 14. Brown isn’t doing quite so well: Wrigley cut his sponsorship deal, and...

Leno Spills Details
on New Show

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

Aug 6, 2009 9:43 AM CDT

Leno Spills Details on New Show

Plus, Kate Major is still talking...

(Newser) - The Jay Leno Show will bear few similarities to Leno’s tenure on the Tonight Show—for one, he won’t have a desk until the end of the fast-paced hour, if at all—but it will still feature celebrity guests (two max) and signature Leno comedy bits, according to...

Get Ready for
Massive Leno PR Blitz

ANALYSIS

Aug 5, 2009 11:28 AM CDT

Get Ready for Massive Leno PR Blitz

Get ready for Leno to be everywhere you look

(Newser) - Get ready for Jay—lots and lots of Jay. Though nearly 80% of viewers are aware that the Jay Leno Show is on the horizon, NBC is going to beat you over the head until you're drooling for its 10pm venture, the New York Times reports. A 24-hour webcam has...

Desperate NBC May Move Leno to 10:30: BBC Exec

Jul 30, 2009 1:56 PM CDT

Desperate NBC May Move Leno to 10:30: BBC Exec

(Newser) - After months of promoting Jay Leno's move to 10pm, NBC may shake up its prime-time schedule again, moving its late local news to 10 and Leno to 10:30, the network's onetime programming head speculates. Garth Ancier, now chief of BBC America, shared his speculation with critics at the summer...

Leno Website
Previews
'Terrible
Jokes'

OPINION

Jul 23, 2009 12:18 PM CDT

Leno Website Previews 'Terrible Jokes'

Staffers are dour, jokes are just plain bad

(Newser) - The days of thejaylenoshow.com being a funny site—back when it was owned by a stubborn realtor refusing “to budge in the face of increasingly desperate corporate pressure” from NBC—are over. Sadly, the URL now belongs to The Jay Leno Show, writes Seth Abramovitch for Movieline. Though...