Jay Leno

Analysis: Jay Leno And The End Of The Mass Broadcasting Era

Authored by Rohit Bhargava on September 14, 2009 - 11:01am.

On September 14th at 10pm EST in the US (tonight), a new experiment in television will take place that is both a sign of the times, and a quiet revolution in the way that broadcast TV (and perhaps media itself) will work. The Jay Leno Show will debut at its new time slot of 10pm - a full hour and a half earlier than he used to be on when doing The Tonight Show - and aim to reach people "exhausted by kids, work and so on" as he has said more than once in interviews. The significance of this moment is not so much about the change in time - but in what types of programs he will be up against.

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Fred Thompson Joins Race via the Late Show & Website

Authored by Scott Goldberg on September 5, 2007 - 7:01pm.

Where else would an actor announce his candidacy for US President than Hollywood? Fred Thompson, former Senator of Tennessee, appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno this evening and declared, “I’m running for President of the United States.” Gee, Fred, thanks. We had no idea. Thompson also launched a website, Fred08.com, which included a new video describing his agenda (see it here). But before you cast him off, the Law & Order star, we should not forget, has had plenty of White House experience: he played President Ulysses S. Grant in the HBO film Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee earlier this year, and White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent (fictional) in the classic In the Line of Fire.

NBC Offer Jay Leno Monologues, "Tonight Show" Sketches on iTunes

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 6, 2006 - 1:39pm.

New York - NBC on Tuesday made Jay Leno's monologues and the comedy sketches from "The Tonight Show" available for download from Apple's iTunes Store. Each night's material will be available the following day for $1.99; also offered will be a Multi-Pass with 20 monologues for $9.99.

Sprint to Offer Mobile TV Clips of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 2, 2005 - 4:00am.

Overland Park, Kan. - Wireless network operator Sprint has announced that its subscribers with compatible handsets can now subscribe to access video clips of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." NBC Mobile will provide a total of four "Tonight Show" clips at all times, with two new clips added daily. The Tonight Show content will be made available as part of Sprint's Sprint TV service, which costs $9.99 per month.

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