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According to USA Today, here are Jay’s first guests……

Monday, March 1 – Guests include Jamie Foxx, Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn and a musical performance by Brad Paisley
Tuesday, March 2 – Guests include Sarah Palin, Olympic snowboarder Shaun White
Wednesday, March 3 – "Jaywalk All-Stars" with the cast of Jersey Shore, Chelsea Handler, Olympic speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno … Keep Reading

During the Winter Olympics today NBC plugged in a promo for the return of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.  In it’s usual fashion when dealing with Conan, the promo was tasteless. In the promo, Leno is driving an old sportscar down an open road to a song by the Beatles, “Get back to where you once belonged.” On his car … Keep Reading

Via PopEater the late-night barbs aren’t stopping, and Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien have switched from making fun of NBC, to taking jabs at each other.

"Nobody knows what is going on. Conan O’Brien, understandable, is very upset. He had a statement in the paper yesterday. Conan said NBC has only gave him seven months to make his show work. … Keep Reading

A study is showing that if the network had not removed Jay Leno from prime time their loses would have been in the millions.  In November 2009 late night news audience dropped by more than 25% compared with the previous year.

This is clearly why the networks put pressure to get Jay off the 10PM weekday slot.  They see … Keep Reading

Via PopEater on Thursday, Jay Leno was the only one to lash out at NBC over reports it’s considering canceling his new show and moving him back to late nights. But on Friday, the guy that would be most affected by such a move got in on the peacock bashing.

"We’ve got a great show for you tonight. I have … Keep Reading

When NBC announced the format of The Jay Leno Show, the network made it a point to note that it would be turning the structure from The Tonight Show on its head.  While it would start with a monologue, the network said Jay would save the signature comedy bits for the end of the episode in order to provide the … Keep Reading

Well folks if you are one of those (like me) who thinks that Leno’s chin is more entertaining than his banter then you probably are not terribly interested in whether NBC runs Leno at 10 PM or 11:30 PM.  The article in B & C examines in tiresome detail the timing and related issues of NBC and Leno - in … Keep Reading

ABC and CBS are discouraging their stars from appearing on the new prime-time talk show to keep it from undercutting their costly dramas. Meanwhile NBC says it’s not concerned.

The boycott highlights an unintended consequence of NBC’s decision to move the veteran late-night comedian into prime time: making it harder to book some TV stars whose appearances could boostJay  Leno’s … Keep Reading