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Leno lagging in ratings Jay Leno should have gone out while he was on top. Now he is stuck in a ratings rut and is about to be pushed out of late night television, a place he used to reign.

Will a return to the old "Tonight Show" format save "The Jay Leno Show" from cancelation? Jay Leno with his 1955 Buick: Is he looking backward for success? "The Jay Leno Show" has struggled to attract viewers in its first few months, causing NBC to rethink its nighttime television experiment.

Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner get close in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon." Teen hunk and "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" star Taylor Lautner will bring more than his signature smile and six-pack abs to his guest appearance Monday night on "The Jay Leno Show." According to Access Hollywood , Lautner will bring some new clips from "New Moon," ...

TV ratings haven't toppled over a cliff this season. That counts as something of a triumph for the networks, given that they spent much of the last few seasons seemingly balanced on the edge of oblivion.

"The Jay Leno Show" hit a new ratings low Monday night, while the debut of George Lopez's "Lopez Tonight" posted strong and promising numbers.

First things first, the television season is starting to really see some cancellations.

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.

Brilliant work from NBC here. And not only does this hurt the primetime lineup, but you can bet it's also part of what is hurting Conan's ratings.

November 10, 2009 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.

"The Wanda Sykes Show," which made its debut late night Saturday, is more like "Jay Leno" than it is "The Tonight Show." What starts with an audience standing ovation and a monolog makes way for some banter with her announcer, a filmed field piece and an even more topical segment of standup.

Wow, was this interview ever overlooked - in a Q&A that was posted on Monday, Jay Leno sat down with Broadcasting & Cable to talk about how he really feels about the controversy surrounding " The Jay Leno Show " - up to and including an admission that he would have "preferred" to stay on " The Tonight Show ." It's worth reading the interview in its ...

Jay Leno's new time slot is wreaking havoc on NBC affiliates, according to a recent Los Angeles Times report.

Jay Leno may not be a "whiner," as he put it in response to the criticism his new 10 p.m. prime time show has faced.

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will be the first guest on Jay Leno's new primetime TV show in September, NBC said on Friday.

Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Friday for comedian Gabriel Iglesias, who performs March 4 at the Byham Theater.

Rihanna will make her first public comments about her assault at the hands of Chris Brown during a two-part interview this week on ABC.

In an interview with Broadcasting & Cable magazine published online Monday, Leno hastily added that such a decision isn't his to make.

Reaction to Jay Leno at 10pm has been mixed at best. The show's numbers are down from the Tonight Show slot , but steady or up from lead-ins. Broadcasting and Cable magazine interviewed Leno about the difficulty of dealing with his new position in the TV lineup.

The most mind-boggling aspect of the still-fresh TV season isn't that witches have returned to Eastwick or that the planet got a sneak peek at the apocalypse.

Several weeks after David Letterman was shaken by a sex-and-extortion scandal, CBS' "Late Show With David Letterman" has shown little sign of weakening audience support.