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 Fallon to Launch
 Late Night Online 

New host will post short programs on the web

Jul 21, 08 3:54 AM CDT
(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... More »

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NBC • Jay Leno • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • Late Night • Lorne Michaels • online TV • Jimmy Fallon • NBC Universal studio

ANALYSIS

 Where Will Jay
 Go After 
 Tonight? 

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

Jun 28, 08 6:37 AM CDT
(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
... More »

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NBC • CBS • ABC • news • stand up comedy • Jimmy Kimmel • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Tonight Show • network television

Is Leno Jaywalking
Out of NBC?

Comedian unlikely
to stay after O'Brien takes over show

May 13, 08 6:28 AM CDT
(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... More »

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NBC • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • Jimmy Fallon

Jimmy Fallon Scores Conan's Late Night Spot

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

Apr 24, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(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... More »

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television • NBC • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • Late Night • Jimmy Fallon

book review

It's No Joke: Colbert Boosts Democracy

New book blasts talk shows but hails
political satire

Apr 5, 08 6:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Political satire that "means it" is missing from late-night TV, Russell L. Peterson argues in his new book, Strange Bedfellows: How Late-Night Comedy Turns Democracy Into a Joke. In Salon, Louis Bayard applauds Bedfellows for advancing a "decidedly moral argument," even if it undervalues Conan O'Brien and... More »

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television • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Jon Stewart • Stephen Colbert • David Letterman • Bill Maher • Bill Maher Grid

 Clinton Pokes Fun at 
Her Sniper-Fire Gaffe 

Senator jokes to Leno that she almost missed the show

Apr 4, 08 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Making light of a major campaign embarrassment, Hillary Clinton quipped to Jay Leno last night that she almost missed the show due to sniper fire, USA Today reports. “I was worried I wasn’t going to make it. I was pinned down by sniper fire at the Burbank airport,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bosnia • Jay Leno • first lady • sniper

Edwards Endorsement
Seems Unlikely

Genuinely torn between candidates, prefers to play party elder role

Mar 22, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Clinton should hold their breath for an endorsement from John Edwards, Politico reports. People close to the influential former candidate expect him to parlay neutrality in the primary fight into a "party elder" role like that of Al Gore.  In a Leno appearance... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • Al Gore • Jay Leno • political endorsement

OPINION

Leno's Secret: He's Beloved Boy Prince of
Mediocrity

Despite strike, Jay still has Dave on the ropes

Jan 31, 08 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Despite a dearth of guests willing to cross Writers Guild picket lines and near-scab status himself, late-night host Jay Leno has still managed to trounce rival David Letterman in ratings. Not that either is that funny, but Letterman at least returned with "a fetching gray beard, and the moral... More »

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comedy • Jay Leno • late night talk show • David Letterman • Hollywood writers' strike

Writers Want Leno to Can
the Jokes

Writing his own monologues violates strike rules, they say

Jan 4, 08 9:34 AM CST
(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... More »

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Jay Leno • Conan O'Brien • Jon Stewart • David Letterman • Tonight Show • Hollywood writers' strike

Late-Night Hosts Return With Laughs, Politics

Huckabee and Clinton appear in returning talk shows

Jan 2, 08 11:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Late-night talk shows returned to the air tonight for the first time in two months with a dose of politics mixed among the laughs, the AP reports. Mike Huckabee appeared on Leno, apparently a bit confused by the status of the writers' strike, while Letterman got a taped intro from... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Mike Huckabee • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Hollywood writers' strike

Dave, Jay, Conan Back Tonight

Leno will be hindered by picket lines and restrictions on scripted materials

Jan 2, 08 5:27 PM CST
(Newser) - The nation's late-night hosts return tonight after a two-month hiatus because of the writers' strike, with a decided advantage going to David Letterman, reports Reuters. He will return with his writers and top 10 lists intact after negotiating his own deal. Not so for Jay and Conan, who also may... More »

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Jay Leno • late night talk show • David Letterman • contract negotiations • Hollywood writers' strike

UPDATED

A-Listers
Don't Want
to Be Like Mike

Leno books Huckabee as strike keeps big stars off the couch

Dec 31, 07 3:00 PM CST
(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... More »

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Donald Trump • Mike Huckabee • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Tonight Show • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike

Late-Night Hosts at a Loss for Words

Guild rules prevent headliners from writing monologues, sketches

Dec 28, 07 12:38 PM CST
(Newser) - The late-night talk shows will be back next week, but they’ll be virtually unrecognizable, the Wall Street Journal reports. Broad, vague Writers Guild rules prohibit the hosts, many of whom belong to the striking union, from providing their shows with “writing services.” That means no scripted... More »

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60% of Viewers Favor Writers Over Studios

Strike prompts switch to reality shows—and reading, sleeping

Dec 19, 07 1:52 PM CST
(Newser) - The sympathies of viewers affected by the Hollywood writers' strike lie squarely with the writers, not the studios, a new poll shows. USA Today reports that 60% of Americans side with the scribes, and only 14% with their erstwhile employers. Reactions to the strike are varied: Many viewers watch more... More »

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Kimmel Will Return to Air Next Month

Late-night host joins Leno, O'Brien despite writers' strike

Dec 18, 07 9:08 PM CST
(Newser) - ABC's Jimmy Kimmel will join his talk-show pals Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien in returning to the air Jan. 2, despite the ongoing writers' strike, the AP reports. “Though it makes me sick to do so without my writers, there are more than a hundred people whose financial well-being... More »

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Jimmy Kimmel • Jay Leno • David Letterman • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Carson Daly

Leno, Conan to Return Jan. 2

Late-night talk shows gear up to air without striking writers

Dec 17, 07 12:16 PM CST
(Newser) - “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” will return with new episodes on January 2 after 2 months off the air because of the Writers Guild strike, CNN reports. The shows will return without their usual writers, but "I will make... More »

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Jay Leno • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Writers Guild of America

Late-Night Hosts May Defy Strike

Leno, Letterman, and others contemplate January return

Dec 14, 07 2:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Late-night talk-show hosts are considering getting back on the air even as the writers' strike continues, Variety reports. Although Jay Leno, David Letterman, and others initially supported the strike, network sources say a breakdown in negotiations between writers and producers and late-night shows’ plunging ratings have the hosts planning a... More »

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Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Craig Ferguson

Leno Ponies Up to Pay Staffers

Criticized comic finally joins colleagues to help workers

Dec 3, 07 7:03 AM CST
(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... More »

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Jay Leno • late night talk show • Tonight Show • Christmas • Writers Guild of America

Tonight Show Crew the Latest Strike Victims

Angry staff laid off by NBC despite promises
from Jay Leno

Dec 1, 07 8:19 AM CST
(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... More »

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Jay Leno • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • Joe Medeiros

 Daly Defies Writers' Strike

'Last Call' host is first late-night star to resume production

Nov 28, 07 3:48 AM CST
(Newser) - NBC late-night talk show host Carson Daly will defy striking writers by becoming the first to resume taping new episodes since the union action pushed the network night programs into re-runs. Daly's decision comes after NBC threatened to lay off all non-writing staff, reports E! News. There's no sign that... More »

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NBC • Jay Leno • Conan O'Brien • Jon Stewart • David Letterman • Ellen DeGeneres • Writers Guild of America • Last Call • Carson Daly

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