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• First Lady jokes about hosting 'Tonight Show'

  February 24, 2013 11:42 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama says she's eyeing another job in 2016 and, contrary to speculation, it doesn't involve running for public office. During her first appearance on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," the host asked her Friday to consider a Michelle-Hillary ticket for president in 2016. The latter is... more »

• Obama to take campaign to 'Tonight Show' Wednesday

  October 22, 2012 12:22 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will be sitting down with Jay Leno on the set of "The Tonight Show" Wednesday, less than two weeks before Election Day. NBC says Wednesday night's appearance will be Obama's fifth on "The Tonight Show," his third since he became president. Obama has been... more »

• Consolation prize: Santorum heads to Jay Leno show

  April 28, 2012 3:10 PM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Republican Rick Santorum discontinued his bid to become president this year, but he's earned a trip to Jay Leno's couch. "The Tonight Show" announced Friday that the former Pennsylvania senator will appear on Leno's Burbank stage on May 8. It will be his first appearance on... more »

• Jay Leno set to perform for local military families

  July 9, 2011 4:42 PM

  Stand-up comedian and late night talk show host for NBC Jay Leno is set to perform a free show for military families Saturday night at the Mountain Post's Special Events Center at 7:30 p.m. This is part of the "Tour for the Troops," which is an Air Force Reserve-sponsored... more »

• Jay Leno brings Tour for Troops to Fort Carson

  June 18, 2011 4:11 PM

  FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) - "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno is bringing his Tour for the Troops to Fort Carson. The tour's website says Leno will perform July 9 at the Fort Carson Special Events Center. The show is free for all military ID-holders, but seating is limited... more »

• Lindsey Lohan receives standing ovation

  April 26, 2011 1:28 PM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) - Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan can count a "Tonight Show" studio audience among her boosters. In an appearance taped to air on the talk show Tuesday, Lohan received a standing ovation from the studio audience, according to a person connected with the show. "Tonight" host Jay... more »

• White House adviser spills secret: Obama loves pie

  April 24, 2010 11:06 AM

  Presidents have had their indulgences - Ronald Reagan loved jellybeans and Bill Clinton binged at McDonald's. What's President Barack Obama's weak spot? Pie. Obama's senior adviser, David Axelrod, tells Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show" Friday that the president was forced to "separate" from the White House pastry chef to... more »

• New Tonight Show music director comes from "Idol"

  April 14, 2010 1:11 PM

  NBC announced Wednesday it has named Emmy Award nominee Rickey Minor as the new music director of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" Current music director Kevin Eubanks announced on the April 12 show that he is stepping down from the #1 late-night series. Minor is expected to make... more »

• Jay, Conan's next fight may be over an Emmy

  March 31, 2010 10:42 AM

  A new front is about to open in the late-night war between Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno: the battle for Emmy love. While probably a longshot, there's at least the possibility that the TV Academy this summer could end up nominating NBC's "The Tonight Show" twice in the outstanding... more »

• Leno earns strong ratings in return to late night

  March 14, 2010 9:11 AM

  After a smashing return, Jay Leno appears headed to a battle with David Letterman for late-night television supremacy. The Nielsen Co. says Leno averaged 5.6 million viewers last week, his first back at NBC's "The Tonight Show" following the ill-fated prime time experiment. Letterman had 3.7 million at CBS.... more »

• Sarah Palin turns into a comic on 'Tonight'

  March 3, 2010 9:50 AM

  Sarah Palin says she's going to play Tina Fey in an upcoming Las Vegas show. Just kidding. The former Republican vice presidential nominee turned into a standup comic on Jay Leno's "Tonight Show" Tuesday, dropping one-liners about the White House, Congress and Fey - the "Saturday Night Live"... more »

• Nielsen: Viewers welcomed Leno back to 'Tonight'

  March 2, 2010 11:32 AM

  Nielsen says Jay Leno got a warm welcome from viewers with his return on Monday to "The Tonight Show." Preliminary Nielsen Co. ratings from 56 metered markets across the nation give NBC's "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" a 5.4 rating and a 14 percent share of the viewing audience. That... more »

• Resilient Leno may face challenges on return

  March 1, 2010 11:07 AM

  When Jay Leno and his experimental 10 p.m. program, "The Jay Leno Show," went dark just before the Olympics, much of the buzz about his return to late night revolved around who would follow him back to his old time slot at 11:30 once he resumes hosting duties at "The... more »

• Vonn, Palin among Leno's first `Tonight' guests

  February 23, 2010 10:26 AM

  Jay Leno will be reclaiming "The Tonight Show" with help from Sarah Palin, Lindsey Vonn and Jamie Foxx. They will be among Leno's guests next week when he returns as host of NBC's late-night show. Foxx, Olympic skier Vonn and musical guest Brad Paisley will appear on Monday. Palin is... more »

• Jay Leno Show aired for the last time Tuesday night

  February 10, 2010 10:51 AM

  In a monologue that seemed supercharged, Jay Leno came out with jokes blazing in his last appearance on The Jay Leno Show. After a skit that included fake memories from the show's five months on the air...there were unexpected moments including an appearance by Donald Trump; and an in-studio football... more »

• Has late-night battle wounded Leno for good?

  January 30, 2010 11:20 AM

  Certainly Jay Leno would love to wake up to find that the last six months was just a nightmare. That way, he'd be preparing another "Tonight" show monologue, not going on the national shrink's sofa across from Oprah Winfrey, as he was Thursday. He wouldn't have seen a photo... more »

• Leno: NBC booted him from Tonight Show

  January 28, 2010 11:32 AM

  Jay Leno says he was "devastated" when NBC executives asked him to leave "The Tonight Show" in 2004 because they wanted to give the program to Conan O'Brien. Leno told Oprah Winfrey on Thursday's episode of her talk show that he told "a white lie on the air" when... more »

• O'Brien thanks fans, NBC on final 'Tonight' show

  January 23, 2010 11:05 AM

  Conan O'Brien said on his final "Tonight" show that walking away is the hardest thing he's ever had to do. He ended his tenure on the storied late-night show Friday, seven months after he started. He is set to be replaced by the man he initially took over for -... more »

• Oprah Winfrey to interview Jay Leno

  January 22, 2010 12:49 PM

  Oprah Winfrey says she is set to interview Jay Leno. Winfrey said on her talk show Friday that she was going to Los Angeles for a "one-on-one" interview with Leno to air on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on Thursday. The interview comes as Conan O'Brien exits "The Tonight... more »

• NBC and Conan reach exit deal

  January 21, 2010 10:19 AM

  NBC says it has reached a deal with "Tonight" host Conan O'Brien for his exit from the show, allowing Jay Leno to return to the late-night program he hosted for 17 years. The deal is worth a reported $45 million. Network spokeswoman Allison Gollust confirmed the deal early Thursday but... more »

• Comedian Jay Leno addresses late-night shuffle

  January 19, 2010 11:27 AM

  The prime-time host, Jay Leno, offered his take on the impending NBC late-night shake-up in a monologue Monday, and defended "Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien as a "great guy" who isn't to blame for the scheduling shuffle. The NBC veteran also explained how he ended up in a prime-time... more »

• Conan's ratings soar as NBC exit nears

  January 17, 2010 10:26 AM

  Conan O'Brien's ratings are soaring as he nears a bitter exit from NBC's "Tonight Show," his ridicule of his network executives apparently resonating in a country filled with the unemployed. His ratings Friday were 50 percent higher than they've been this season, and he beat CBS' David Letterman, according... more »

• Leno-O'Brien troubles become SNL fodder

  January 17, 2010 10:07 AM

  "Saturday Night Live" weighed in on the Jay Leno-Conan O'Brien late-night brouhaha even though the show's executive producer has had close ties to O'Brien. In SNL's opening sketch last night, cast members playing Leno and O'Brien were shown appearing on CNN's "Larry King Live." O'Brien was portrayed as somewhat humorless,... more »

• NBC announces post-Leno prime-time lineup

  January 14, 2010 4:30 PM

  New and veteran NBC dramas and a comedy produced by Jerry Seinfeld will take over the bulk of the prime-time slots soon to be vacated by Jay Leno. NBC announced Thursday that the freshman drama "Parenthood" and the relocated "Law & Order" and "Law & Order: Special Victim Units" will... more »

• Conan says no thanks to NBC

  January 12, 2010 3:41 PM

  Conan O'Brien says he's rejecting NBC's attempt to move "The Tonight Show" to a post-midnight slot to accommodate Jay Leno's return to late-night. In a statement Tuesday, O'Brien says that NBC has given him a scant seven months to try to establish himself as host of "Tonight." NBC... more »

• Want drama? NBC makes it with 'Leno' news

  January 11, 2010 10:32 AM

  Just think: NBC was trying to get out of the drama business. Instead, the network's failed 9 p.m. experiment, "The Jay Leno Show," has created nothing but drama, the kind they were trying to avoid. With "The Jay Leno Show" getting the axe right before the Olympics, NBC is... more »

• Leno says he'd return to 'Tonight' if asked

  November 3, 2009 11:24 AM

  Prime-time newcomer Jay Leno says he would have rather stayed put at "The Tonight Show", and if NBC offered him that job again, he'd take it. In an interview with Broadcasting & Cable magazine published online Monday, Leno hastily added that such a decision isn't his to make. ... more »

• Save television? Leno scoffs at new show's hype

  September 14, 2009 5:02 PM

  Jay Leno 's prime-time TV show debuts tonight on News First 5 at 9 p.m. You've got to love this--tonight's guests include Jerry Seinfeld , plus Jay-Z , Rhianna , and Kanye West . Tune in to hear what Kanye has to say about the Kanye-Taylor Swift-Beyonce fiasco from last... more »

• Who's taking the bigger risk, Jay or NBC?

  September 13, 2009 11:02 AM

  If Jay Leno feels any pressure heading into his new show Monday, it pales in comparison to when he took over the Tonight Show. "Following Johnny Carson, you stink, you suck, we hope you die, for the first year," Leno recalled. "There's no more worse pressure than that." "The Jay... more »

• Political humor will play a major role in Jay Leno's new primetime show

  September 11, 2009 12:42 PM

  "The Jay Leno Show" premieres at Monday 9 pm on News First 5. It'll be a mix of new elements and ones that carry over from "The Tonight Show". One thing that won't change is Leno's penchant for political humor. He had to spend the summer on... more »