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Leno Gets First McCain Interview on Veterans Day

GOP candidate has kept off of TV since Election Day loss

(Newser) - John McCain will help Jay Leno celebrate Veterans Day by appearing on NBC’s “Tonight Show,” Monsters & Critics reports today. The Tuesday appearance will mark the Republican’s first TV interview since his loss to Barack Obama in the Nov. 4 election.

With Conan on Deck, NBC Thinks Young

Subversive, cerebral humor will attract younger audience, say execs

(Newser) - With the Tonight Show's June transition from Jay Leno to Conan O’Brien on the front burner, NBC is already anticipating a jump in younger viewers. The June handover "is as important an event as is going to happen to this company in 2009," an NBC VP tells...

Heeeere's Miserable Johnny!
 Heeeere's Miserable Johnny! 
Nov 2, 2008 6:48 AM CST

Heeeere's Miserable Johnny!

'Sad' funnyman cheated on wives, struggled with mom

(Newser) - Funnyman Johnny Carson was a miserable serial wife cheater who was tormented by a mother who never gave him a compliment. That's the word from his one-time lawyer and manager, who's shopping around a tell-all tome about his late boss. "He was a great star, but not a great...

Michelle Bares Fashion Splurge: J. Crew—Online

Candidate's wife talks to Leno on Palin's wardrobe, husband's chances

(Newser) - With all the hoopla surrounding Sarah Palin's pricey wardrobe makeover, Michelle Obama has some fashion secrets of her own: she shops J. Crew—online. "Ladies, we know J. Crew. You get some good stuff online," she told Jay Leno last night. But she understands the pressure Palin is...

Nightline Racks Up Ratings
 Nightline Racks Up Ratings 
Oct 9, 2008 7:30 PM CDT

Nightline Racks Up Ratings

Current events boost ratings into Leno's neighborhood

(Newser) - Financial and political uncertainty means big ratings for Nightline, which is enjoying its highest numbers since being reformatted in 2005, Media Life magazine reports. Despite being under virtually constant threat of cancellation, Nightline regularly outdraws Late Night With David Letterman and is closer to Jay Leno's Tonight Show than at...

Letterman Perplexed by NBC's Move to Ditch Leno

But Dave would love to continue beyond 2010

(Newser) - David Letterman isn't planning to head off into the sunset when his Late Night contract expires in 2010, the New York Times reports, telling a Rolling Stone interviewer that he would love to keep going at CBS—and that he was confused by NBC's decision to put longtime rival Jay...

Leno's McCain Jokes Hit Homes
 Leno's McCain Jokes Hit Homes
Aug 26, 2008 2:51 AM CDT

Leno's McCain Jokes Hit Homes

McCain's quips aimed at diffusing age, wealth concerns

(Newser) - John McCain yesterday made what has become a mandatory stop on the campaign trail: The Tonight Show. He used the appearance to defuse jokes about his age in advance of his 72d birthday this week and attempt to do some damage control over his recent confusion about how many homes...

Buyer Trumps Donald for McMahon House

Anonymous buyer makes deal for Carson sidekick's mansion

(Newser) - Donald Trump won't be buying Ed McMahon's home after all, the AP reports. An anonymous buyer has made a deal to purchase the longtime Carson sidekick's foreclosure-threatened home. Trump had made an offer on the multi-million dollar Beverly Hills house after it became known that the 85-year-old McMahon was about...

Wanna Feel Old? Check This List
Wanna Feel Old? Check This List
Aug 19, 2008 3:57 PM CDT

Wanna Feel Old? Check This List

Facts of life for fall's college freshmen include Leno as only face of Tonight Show

(Newser) - A glance at this year's Mindset List, from Wisconsin's Beloit College, provides a glance into the facts of life for the 18-year-olds beginning their freshman year in college. Via the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
  • Harry Potter, created in 1990, is old enough to be a fellow freshman.
  • GPS navigation systems are about
...

Leno Bowing Out in May
 Leno Bowing Out in May 
Jul 22, 2008 3:02 AM CDT

Leno Bowing Out in May

NBC officials still negotiating to keep star with network

(Newser) - Jay Leno's last appearance as host of the Tonight Show will be the final Friday in May, reports Broadcasting & Cable. Conan O'Brien will take over the following Monday. In the several months between O'Brien's leaving Late Night and his Tonight Show debut, NBC plans a huge promotional campaign to...

Fallon to Launch Late Night Online

New host will post short programs on the web

(Newser) - Jimmy Fallon is launching his career as host of NBC's Late Night on the Internet, reports the New York Times. Late Night producer Lorne Michaels will produce 10-minute segments with Fallon for an online audience months before he takes over on TV from Conan O'Brien, who's set to replace Jay...

Where Will Jay Go After Tonight ?
 Where Will Jay
 Go After 
 Tonight? 
ANALYSIS
Jun 28, 2008 6:37 AM CDT

Where Will Jay Go After Tonight?

Comedian may be getting the boot, but tomorrow's looking pretty bright

(Newser) - Jay Leno might be losing his beloved "Tonight Show," writes the Hollywood Reporter, but the host still has a ratings punch and an enviable set of options (in decreasing order of probability):
  1. Take ABC’s 11:30pm-12:30am slot, displacing Nightline and Jimmy Kimmel Live and competing with
...

Heeeeeeeeeeeeere's a Lawsuit!
 Heeeeeeeeeeeeere's a Lawsuit! 
Jun 20, 2008 10:45 PM CDT

Heeeeeeeeeeeeere's a Lawsuit!

$200K suit adds to McMahon's financial woes

(Newser) - Citibank has filed suit against former Johnny Carson sidekick Ed McMahon to recover $200,000 it loaned to the struggling actor, the AP reports. McMahon, 85, who has not worked since falling 18 months ago, also faces foreclosure on his Beverly Hills home. “If you spend more money than...

Is Leno Jaywalking Out of NBC?
Is Leno Jaywalking
Out of NBC?
May 13, 2008 6:28 AM CDT

Is Leno Jaywalking Out of NBC?

Comedian unlikely to stay after O'Brien takes over show

(Newser) - Jay Leno is probably leaving NBC when Conan O’Brien takes over the “Tonight Show,” an NBC executive said yesterday. After a news conference unveiling Jimmy Fallon as O’Brien’s 12:35 replacement, NBC Entertainment co-chair Ben Silverman said the network would try to keep Leno on...

Jimmy Fallon Scores Conan's Late Night Spot

Ex- SNL actor to host when O'Brien takes Tonight Show in '09

(Newser) - Jimmy Fallon will take Conan O’Brien’s Late Night desk when Conan leaves for the Tonight Show, writes Roger Friedman for Fox News. O’Brien is set to replace Jay Leno in May 2009; the former Saturday Night Live star is rumored to be “thrilled and ready, if...

Writers Want Leno to Can the Jokes
Writers Want Leno to Can
the Jokes
Jan 4, 2008 9:34 AM CST

Writers Want Leno to Can the Jokes

Writing his own monologues violates strike rules, they say

(Newser) - Jay Leno is back on the air telling jokes, but striking writers want him to knock it off. Leno returned to TV—and the top of the ratings—Wednesday and yesterday with monologues he wrote. Writers say that violates strike rules and are trying to pressure him and NBC to...

A-Listers Don't Want to Be Like Mike
A-Listers
Don't Want
to Be Like Mike
UPDATED
Dec 31, 2007 3:00 PM CST

A-Listers Don't Want to Be Like Mike

Leno books Huckabee as strike keeps big stars off the couch

(Newser) - Mike Huckabee will be Jay Leno’s first guest when the “Tonight Show" resumes for the first time since the writers strike began last month, the Hollywood Reporter says. The Republican presidential candidate will enjoy the spotlight on Wednesday, the eve of the Iowa caucuses. The late-night talkers have...

Leno Ponies Up to Pay Staffers
Leno Ponies Up to Pay Staffers
Dec 3, 2007 7:03 AM CST

Leno Ponies Up to Pay Staffers

Criticized comic finally joins colleagues to help workers

(Newser) - Talk-show host Jay Leno stepped up to the plate this weekend, saying he will use his own money to pay, for at least this week, the 80 non-writing employees of "The Tonight Show"  who were laid off by NBC Friday. Staffers blasted Leno when they were pink-slipped for...

Tonight Show Crew the Latest Strike Victims

Angry staff laid off by NBC despite promises from Jay Leno

(Newser) - Some 80 non-writer staff members of the Tonight Show were shocked to be handed pink slips by NBC yesterday; they'd been banking on assurances by host Jay Leno, shortly after the strike started 4 weeks ago, that their jobs were safe. Conan O'Brien, whose staff was also furloughed yesterday, has...

Hollywood Writers on Strike
Hollywood Writers on Strike
Nov 5, 2007 6:08 AM CST

Hollywood Writers on Strike

Writers demanding bigger share of DVD profits; studios slam 'irresponsible' strike

(Newser) - The first Hollywood writers strike since 1988 began early this morning when union representatives walked out on talks with studio negotiators after 11 hours at the bargaining table. Both sides expect the strike to be long, expensive and debilitating. "Once it starts, it's going to get ugly," a...

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