NBC's prime-time viewership improves without Leno

2010-03-16T15:15:42Z

<div id="subtitle">NBC prime-time viewership increases by 45 percent in 2 weeks since Jay Leno's move</div><div><p>Two weeks into non-Jay Leno programming, NBC's audience for the final hour of prime-time TV has increased by 45 percent.</p><p>While NBC doesn't necessarily have any hits in that hour, the instant response by viewers indicates they a...

Strong ratings for Leno's return to late-night

2010-03-13T07:30:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Jay Leno's first week is ratings hit, but it's settling into a fight with David Letterman</div><div><p>After a smashing return, Jay Leno appears headed to a battle with David Letterman for late-night television supremacy.</p><p>The Nielsen Co. says Leno averaged 5....

Lenos Return

2010-03-12T12:00:53Z

FILE - In this March 7, 2010 file photo, Jay Leno arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)

Letterman's scandal is over, but can he beat Leno?

2010-03-09T16:30:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Letterman's scandal is over, but what everyone wants to know now is, Can he beat Leno?</div><div><p>Dave Letterman can heave a huge sigh of relief after the guilty plea Tuesday of a TV producer charged with trying to extort him.</p><p>No time-consuming legal mumbo-jumbo will be dogging Letterman. No more messy, embarrassing public revelations of his sexual affairs — real and alleg...

CAPITAL CULTURE: Palin candidate, pundit, celeb?

2010-03-09T07:15:32Z

<div id="subtitle">CAPITAL CULTURE: Palin straddles increasingly blurred worlds of politics, media, celebrity</div><div><p>For more than a year, Sarah Palin has been one of the most famous political and cultural figures in the country. Even by that standard, though, last week was an extraordinary one.</p><p>On Thursday came word that the former Alaska governor was...

TV Leno Returns

2010-03-07T20:33:30Z

In this image released by NBC, former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is shown along with with host Jay Leno, left, on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," Tuesday, March 2, 2010, in

Hello again to Jay Leno, back as 'Tonight' host

2010-03-03T06:45:10Z

<div id="subtitle">There was barely time to say goodbye to Jay Leno, and now he's back as host of NBC's 'Tonight'</div><div><p>A lot of things in the world have changed since May. But not Jay Leno hosting "The Tonight Show."</p><p>Oh, sure, there was that awkward nine-month lapse bet...

Sarah Palin's new gig: late-night comedian

2010-03-02T18:45:48Z

<div id="subtitle">Sarah Palin pokes at Tina Fey, White House, in stop on Jay Leno's show</div><div><p>Sarah Palin says she's going to play Tina Fey in an upcoming Las Vegas show.</p><p>Just kidding.<...

Nielsen: Viewers welcomed Leno back to 'Tonight'

2010-03-02T14:16:03Z

<div id="subtitle">Nielsen says viewers flocked to Jay Leno's return to 'The Tonight Show'</div><div><p>Jay Leno got a warm welcome from viewers with his return to late night on Monday.</p><p>"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" led the 11:35 p.m. Eastern time slo...

Leno recaptures old audience, critics underwhelmed

2010-03-02T14:15:20Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Talk-show host Jay Leno settled comfortably back behind his desk on NBC's "The Tonight Show," recapturing his old audience but leaving most critics underwhe...

NBC gearing up for post-Conan schedule

2010-03-01T13:00:24Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Get ready for the Peacock to change its plumage again.</p><p>On Monday, NBC will launch its latest programing revolution (NBC 3.5? 4.0?), a back-to-basics model that attempts to return to a status quo that executives moved mountains to...

Jay Leno returns to TV to regain late-night crown

2010-02-28T11:01:03Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jay Leno returns to "The Tonight Show" on Monday, and so does his desk -- a sign that struggling network NBC wants its flagship late-night TV program to ret...

TV-Leno Returns

2010-02-26T20:30:45Z

FILE - In this March 19, 2009 file photo, host Jay Leno is shown on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)

Leno returns to late night, but can he rule?

2010-02-26T19:15:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Jay Leno returns to 'Tonight' but can he rule late night again after prime-time debacle?</div><div><p>The chin is coming back to late-night on NBC. So is the desk, the couch and, the network fervently hopes, the audience.</p><p>When Jay Leno reclaims "The Tonight Show<...

Jay Leno adds Lambert, Harper to 'Tonight' return

2010-02-24T19:30:08Z

<div id="subtitle">Jay Leno adds more music to his 'Tonight Show' return, including Adam Lambert, Ben Harper</div><div><p>Jay Leno is pumping more music into his "Tonight Show" return.</p><p>Leno is back as host of

Longtime Leno bandleader Kevin Eubanks may exit

2010-02-22T09:11:18Z

<div id="subtitle">Longtime Leno bandleader Kevin Eubanks may not stick around long once he's back at 'Tonight'</div><div><p>Jay Leno's longtime bandleader, Kevin Eubanks, may not play very long once the Leno troupe returns to "The Tonight Show."</p><p&...

Jay Leno ends his NBC prime-time experiment

2010-02-22T10:26:01Z

<div id="subtitle">Final prime-time show for Jay Leno, told 'you're fired' by Donald Trump</div><div><p>Jay Leno ushered out one of television's biggest flops without sentiment on Tuesday, the final night of a prime-time experiment doomed by bad ratings and bad vibes.</p><p>Leno told a few barbed jokes about "T...

Leno to Letterman: Thanks for Super Bowl ad invite

2010-02-22T10:33:58Z

<div id="subtitle">Leno says he and Letterman buried the hatchet, reminisced about old times on Super Bowl ad set</div><div><p>Jay Leno has a message for David Letterman: Thanks.</p><p>Leno said that "whatever happened in the last 18 years disappeared" when the two comics got together to film their surpri...

Super Bowl TV spot brings Leno, Letterman together

2010-02-22T10:53:52Z

<div id="subtitle">Super Bowl spot surprises viewers by joining David Letterman with Jay Leno _ and Oprah Winfrey</div><div><p>Super Bowl viewers were rubbing their eyes at the sight of a TV spot pairing CBS late-n...

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2010-01-30T18:49:06Z

Jay Leno takes his vintage Fiat car to a garage in Studio City Los Angeles, California - 29.01.10

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