Jay Leno News Archives

Iloved Wanda Sykes the first time I saw her. Nothing has changed since. She was on Jay Leno's old "Tonight Show." What I caught were the last three minutes of wondrous Sykes in a sit-down interview when David Letterman had gotten tedious and, as was my occasional wont, I surfed over to "Tonight" to see what was going on.

The five white male comics hosting late-night and prime-time talk shows often feel interchangeable.

At 7:30, FOX has Game 1 of The World Series . At 8, ABC has It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown , followed by new episodes of The Middle , Modern Family , Cougar Town , and Eastwick .

Throughout the David Letterman blackmail/affair imbroglio earlier this fall, part of the debate was: was it just sex, or was it sexual harassment? The latter question depends not just on whether Letterman's lovers felt pressured, but on whether other female staffers felt the affairs created a hostile work environment.

Between NBC's Jay Leno move and the popularity of reality shows, Hollywood scribes have complained about the dearth of scripted programming.

An all-star cast is gathering on the new premium channel EPIX to celebrate the hard-living and outspoken late comedian, Sam Kinison.

If it seems like David Letterman's fellow comedians have let him off the hook in the wake of his recent sex-with-staffers confession, they have, agrees Bill Maher.

One of the unexpected early casualties of the Hollywood writers strike has been the refusal by several show-runners a ' writers who also produce and supervise their own series a ' to cross picket lines.

Michelle Obama will beam into "The Jay Leno Show" this Friday via satellite from Washington for the "Ten @ Ten" segment, in which guests answer 10 questions from the host rapid fire style.

When Americans are looking to soothe their frazzled nerves after a long day, late-night TV shows have always been happy to oblige.

Diets, magicians, ventriloquists and tiny t-shirts - like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get from comedian Jamie Lissow.

Charles A. Moose, who famously battled the press during last fall's sniper manhunt and claims in his new book that the media's conduct contributed to five shootings, is now pitching his book like any other celebrity - in the media.

The B in NBC stands for Bon Jovi . At least for the month of November. In a deal unveiled by NBC Universal this week, the band will perform on the Today show, The Tonight Show , The Jay Leno Show and Saturday Night Live - and even an interview on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams .

Tina Fey returns to the network battlefield as '30 Rock's' Liz Lemon. " 30 Rock ," the sitcom that has almost as many awards as viewers, opens its new season Thursday night by smashing a cream pie into the face of the network that puts it on the air.

Hallmark has an I Love Lucy marathon all night. At 8, ABC has a new Hank , followed by new episodes of The Middle , Modern Family , Cougar Town , and Eastwick .

Paper Calls Leno 'Pauper' A high-profile sex act discussed openly on a talk show undoubtedly turned the tables of the late-night wars.

"That's pretty amazing, winning the Nobel Peace Prize," Jay Leno said Friday night of President Barack Obama's latest accolade.

Jay Leno's sinking ratings are causing pain for the NBC stations that air his new show -- with at least one striking exception: Washington's WRC-TV.

Bucking an emerging -- and for NBC potentially worrisome -- national trend, local viewers have remained loyal to WRC's 11 p.m. newscast despite the plunging audience for 'The Jay Leno Show' in the hour preceding it. Viewer loyalty to 'News4' was so strong, in fact, that WRC grabbed more viewers at 11 p.m. than Leno had in prime time, an almost unheard-of occurrence in TV.

Methinks stand-up comedy might just be a good fit for the Gallo Center. Based on comments from outgoing director Dave Pier on Saturday night, methinks the folks at the Gallo Center might just think so, too.

If there's one thing a comedian in trouble can rely on it's that his fellow funnymen will show no mercy.

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TBS has Baseball Playoffs all night. At 8, ABC has a new Hank , followed by new episodes of The Middle , Modern Family , Cougar Town , and Eastwick .

David Letterman acknowledges in his on-air apologies to his wife and staff for having sex with co-workers that he has his work cut out for him.

David Letterman has had his Hugh Grant moment. The question now is will his personal embarrassment will help fuel further professional triumph? How he deals with the situation during the nights ahead could prove to be a defining chapter in his long TV career.

David Letterman on Thursday told of his sexual relationships. The good news for the late-night comedians this weekend: a new celebrity sex scandal had just broken full of juicy details for them to spin into jokes.

If you live by the sword, you die by the sword. Certainly that adage proved true for talkshow host David Letterman at the weekend as he faced a barrage of mockery from his acid-tongued rivals.

Add "Saturday Night Live" to the shows making sport of David Letterman's difficulties.

Late-night hosts didn't waste a moment poking fun at the troubles of one of their own, after a CBS newsman was charged with trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million in a plot that forced the late-night comic to acknowledge having sex with some of the women who have worked for him.

The Late Show host was trying to lighten the mood after revealing he has had several affairs over the years with female staff members, and that someone tried to blackmail him over his transgressions.

Jay Leno isn't joking when he says he'll auction off his own customized motorcycle to benefit a Brooklyn arts program.

Despite a new prime-time perch and a larger audience, NBC comedian Jay Leno is fishing for guests from a substantially smaller pool of talent.