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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night
talk show hosted by Jay Leno that initially aired from
May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, and resumed production on
March 1, 2010. The fourth incarnation of the Tonight Show
franchise made its debut on May 25, 1992, three days fol-
lowing Johnny Carson’s retirement as host of the pro-
gram. The program originates from NBC Studios in Bur-
bank, California, and is broadcast Monday through Satur-
day at 11:35 PM in the Eastern and Pacific time zones
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno logo since 2010
(10:35 PM Central/Mountain time). Unlike Carson or his
Format Talk show predecessor Jack Paar, Leno only once utilized a guest
Variety show host, preferring to host the series by himself.
Presented by Jay Leno On April 26, 1999, the show began broadcasting in
1080i HDTV, becoming the first American nightly talk
Starring Branford Marsalis (1992–1995) show to be shot in high definition. The show is shot in
Kevin Eubanks (1995–2009; 2010)
Rickey Minor (2010–present)
16:9 aspect ratio.
The series, which followed the same basic format as
Narrated by Edd Hall (1992–2004) that of his predecessors (an opening monologue followed
John Melendez (2004–2009)
by comedy routines, interviews and performances), ran
Wally Wingert (2010–present)
until May 29, 2009, after which Leno was succeeded by
Country of United States Conan O’Brien.[3] NBC signed Leno to a new deal for a
origin nightly talk show in the 10:00 p.m. ET timeslot. The
No. of seasons 19 [1] primetime series, titled The Jay Leno Show, debuted on
September 14, 2009,[4] following a similar format to the
No. of episodes 4,131 (As of October 24, 2011)[2] (List of
Leno incarnation of Tonight.[5][6][7]
episodes)
Both O’Brien’s version of the program, which pre-
Production miered June 1, 2009, and The Jay Leno Show, did not gen-
Running time 62 min. (with commercials) erate the ratings that NBC had expected, and decided to
move a condensed 30-minute version of Leno’s show to
Production Big Dog Productions / Universal O’Brien’s time slot, and O’Brien’s Tonight Show a half-hour
company(s) Television
later. This decision met with opposition from O’Brien,
Broadcast whose stint on The Tonight Show ended January 22, 2010,
after which he began his own talk show on TBS. The
Original channel NBC
Tonight Show with Jay Leno then began its second and cur-
Picture format 480i (SDTV) rent incarnation, the sixth of the franchise, on March 1,
1080i (HDTV) 2010.
Original run May 25, 1992 (1992-05-25) –
May 29, 2009 (2009-05-29);
March 1, 2010 (2010-03-01) – present
History
Chronology Succession from Carson
Preceded by The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Johnny Carson retired from The Tonight Show on May 22,
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien 1992, and was replaced by Jay Leno. David Letterman not
Followed by The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien only wanted to move into that earlier time slot from his
late night spot after The Tonight Show, but was also con-
Related shows The Jay Leno Show
sidered by most as the natural successor (despite Leno
External links having been Carson’s permanent guest host for several
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Intertitle used from 2002 until the conclusion of Leno’s first in-
carnation.
Jay and President Barack Obama on the set of The Tonight
years). Carson himself had always favored Letterman; no- Show during a break in taping, October 25, 2011.
tably Carson, who had previously been interviewed by
Letterman, made two appearances on Letterman’s rival of negotiations, O’Brien reached a settlement with NBC
CBS show, made no mention of Leno during his final that allowed him to leave NBC and The Tonight Show on
shows and regularly sent Letterman monologue jokes in January 22, 2010.[16] Leno began his second tenure as host
his final years.[8] Having had his heart set on the earlier of The Tonight Show on March 1, 2010, after the 2010 Win-
time slot, Letterman left NBC and joined CBS. Late Show ter Olympics.[17]
with David Letterman, airing in the same slot, has been On January 21, 2010, NBC announced that Jay Leno
competing head to head against The Tonight Show ever would return to The Tonight Show. Jay Leno began his sec-
since. Conan O’Brien slid into the late night time slot va- ond tenure on March 1, 2010.[18] The show now origi-
cated by Letterman. nates from Studio 11 in Burbank, the former home of The
Jay Leno Show, with a similar set and theme song of The
First end of Leno on Tonight Jay Leno Show. Tonight Show bandleader Kevin Eubanks an-
On September 27, 2004, the 50th anniversary of The nounced on April 12 he would be leaving The Tonight Show
Tonight Show’s debut, NBC announced that Jay Leno would on May 28 after 18 years with Jay Leno.[19] Eubanks’ re-
be succeeded by Conan O’Brien, in 2009. Leno explained placement is former American Idol musical director Rick-
that he did not want to see a repeat of the hard feelings ey Minor.[20] Minor composed a new main theme when
and controversy that occurred when he was given the he took over.
show over David Letterman following Carson’s retire- On July 1, 2010, Variety reported that only six months
ment.[9][10] into its second life, Jay Leno’s Tonight Show posted its low-
It was announced on July 21, 2008 that Jay Leno would est ratings since 1992.[21] By September 2010, Leno’s rat-
host his final episode of The Tonight Show on Friday, May ings had fallen below those of Conan O’Brien when he
29, 2009 with Conan O’Brien and James Taylor as his had hosted The Tonight Show.[22] NBC ratings specialist
guests.[11] O’Brien took over hosting duties commencing Tom Bierbaum commented that due to the host being out
the following Monday, on June 1, 2009. of late night television for a period of time and the subse-
On December 9, 2008, it was announced that Jay Leno quent 2010 Tonight Show conflict, Leno’s ratings fall was
would be hosting a new nightly show in September, 2009, "not a surprise at all".[23] In October 2010, David Letter-
which aired at 10pm EST, during the network’s prime man beat Leno’s program in the ratings, for the first time
time period. The Jay Leno Show ended after a short run on since Leno returned to hosting The Tonight Show.[24][25]
February 9, 2010.[5]
Second incarnation
Production
On January 7, 2010, multiple media outlets reported that Format
effective March 1, 2010, The Jay Leno Show would be
The show follows an established six-piece format. After
moved from the 10pm (Eastern/Pacific Time) weeknight
the announcer announces the opening credits for the
time slot to 11:35pm and O’Brien’s The Tonight Show with
show, the first segment is a long, ten minute monologue
Conan O’Brien would be moved from 11:35pm to
by Leno, with quick one-liners about current events and
12:05am.[12][13][14] On January 12, 2010, O’Brien publicly
brief comedy sketches occasionally mixed in. The second
announced in an open letter that he intended to leave
segment is a full comedy sketch, often a mini-documen-
NBC if they moved The Tonight Show to 12:05AM ET/PT
tary by a "Tonight Show correspondent" (e.g., Ross the In-
in order to accommodate moving The Jay Leno Show to
11:35PM Eastern/10:35PM Central.[15] After several days
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tern or Jim Norton), or a trademark of Leno’s, like "Head-
lines."
Recurring segments
As the nightly broadcast approaches midnight, the Main article: List of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
first guest appears. The interview is divided into two seg- sketches
ments, then followed by the fifth segment, which is the
interview of the second guest. The sixth and final seg-
ment is almost always a musical performance, but occa-
Notable episodes
sionally, a stand-up comedian will perform instead. • On July 10, 1995, Hugh Grant appeared on the talk
Immediately following the last performance segment, show, in public for the first time after his
Leno walks on camera to thank the performers, bid monumentally publicized arrest on lewd conduct
farewell to the audience and recommends watching Late charges the previous month. Leno asked him "What
Night which immediately follows The Tonight Show. As the the hell were you thinking?" In answer to those
closing credits roll on-screen, the closing theme, com- charges, he told Jay Leno, "I think you know in life
posed by bandleader Rickey Minor plays the show off the what’s a good thing to do and what’s a bad thing, and
air. Minor composed a new opening and closing theme I did a bad thing...and there you have it." The
when he began his reign as bandleader on June 7, 2010. appearance is notable as it resulted in the first
episode in which Leno beat CBS rival David
Bandleader Letterman.[30]
• On November 30, 1995, Howard Stern, who had made
Branford Marsalis was the original bandleader of the
two previous highly rated appearances in 1992 and
show from 1992–1995, leaving the show after feeling dis-
1993, made an infamous appearance in which he
pleased with his role on the show, what he called being
appeared with two bikini-clad women (porn stars
an "ass-kisser".[26] Kevin Eubanks, who was the guitarist
Nikki Tyler and Janine Lindemulder), attempting to
in Marsalis’ band, moved up to bandleader and remained
show ’the Tonight Show’s first lesbian kiss’ and
with The Tonight Show and The Jay Leno Show until 2010,
encouraging Jay to spank one of them. Stern and the
leaving the show for unclear ’personal’ reasons.[27] Rick-
two lesbians stayed on the show during Siskel and
ey Minor, former American Idol music director, replaced
Ebert’s segment, who were also guests on the show
Eubanks.
that night, where he began to suck one of their toes,
to raucous applause and behavior from the crowd.
Announcer
Jay was visibly uncomfortable during both segments,
Edd Hall served as announcer on The Tonight Show from repeatedly telling Howard "it will all be edited out",
1992 until 2004. Hall occasionally appeared in skits dur- and hastily trying to conduct the Siskel & Ebert
ing the opening monologue. These skits often involved interview while the crowd was going wild at
slapstick injury to Hall (by using a stunt double, dummy, Howard’s antics. During the broadcast Jay ended the
or film clip), such as vehicles running him over in the stu- show early by walking off the air, which was edited
dio parking lot. Unlike his predecessors on Tonight (i.e. out when it aired a few hours later, as revealed by
McMahon with Carson, Hugh Downs with Jack Paar), Hall Stern when he went on the air (on the Howard Stern
did not serve as a sidekick for Leno during his tenure on Show) the following morning.[31] Despite the
Leno’s incarnation of The Tonight Show. situation Leno called into the show that morning
Hall was controversially replaced in 2004 by The claiming that Howard had "gone beyond the
Howard Stern Show staff member John Melendez in what acceptable standards". Howard said Jay shouldn’t
many perceived as a thinly veiled attempt to attract a have "been so uptight" and that he had a ’real’
younger demographic and nonsensical considering his reaction to the situation which was great. Howard
’stuttering’ moniker. The hiring of Melendez, which was recounted how Jay had yelled at his producer Gary
carried out by Jay without Stern’s knowledge, prompted Dell’Abate saying Howard had "’s-d’ in his house"
a rift between Stern and Leno. Stern tiraded on his show and supposedly ’grabbed his crotch’ and yelled
for weeks on end, touting how Jay was "ripping him off", "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy! That’s all it is with Howard"
citing previously ’lifted’ material from his show such as which Jay denied but agreed he had been angered by
"Jaywalking" ripping off Stern’s ’homeless game’ for ex- Howard.[32]
ample stating "To an 18- to 25-year-old male, Jay Leno is • In September 2000, with California in an energy
gay. He might as well put a dress on."[28] Since the move crisis that forced power outages, Jay Leno did an
to The Jay Leno Show, Melendez was replaced as announc- episode in the dark using only candles and
er, but remains on the writing staff.[29] Wally Wingert flashlights known as "The Tonight Show Unplugged"
has served as the off-camera announcer since the start in response to California’s power crisis.
of Leno’s second Tonight tenure, carrying over his duties • Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, The
from The Jay Leno Show. Tonight Show was off the air for about a week, as were
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most similar programs. The first post-9/11 episode to the audience, describing Bradford as "my first
began with a still image of an American flag and a stalker," the show then continued filming and the
subdued opening without the usual opening credits. incident was edited out of the broadcast aired that
Leno’s monologue paid tribute to those who lost night. Farrell later requested a restraining order in
their lives and to firefighters, police and rescue court against Bradford.[35]
workers across the US. Leno had questioned whether • On January 2, 2008, The Tonight Show (along with
a show that regularly poked fun at the government Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Late Night with Conan O’Brien)
could continue after the attacks, but in his returned to air without writers, with the WGA still
monologue he explained that he saw the show as a on strike. This was in response to the deal by David
respite from the grim news of the world, akin to a Letterman’s production company Worldwide Pants
cookie or glass of lemonade handed to a firefighter. with the WGA to allow Late Show with David Letterman
Senator John McCain and the musical group Crosby, and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to return
Stills, and Nash were featured guests. For an with writers.[citation needed] Leno’s guest that night,
extended period after the attack, a short clip of a Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee,
large American flag waving was shown in between was criticized for crossing the WGA picket line to
the announcement of the musical guest and Leno’s appear on the show.[36] Huckabee would go on to
introduction during the opening montage. win the Iowa caucuses the very next day.[37]
• On August 6, 2003, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger • On July 24, 2007, the monologue was animated, and
appeared on The Tonight Show and confirmed he was not hosted by Leno, but Homer Simpson.
would be running against California governor Gray Simpson gave a boring monologue to the audience
Davis for the California recall election. (who were also animated), and was "kicked out" by
Schwarzenegger won the election on October 7. Leno. This sketch was to promote The Simpsons Movie.
• On May 12, 2003, Leno and Katie Couric swapped • On June 13, 2008, Leno delivered the news of Tim
places as a publicity stunt, with Leno anchoring The Russert’s death to his audience during his
Today Show and Couric guest hosting The Tonight monologue, and set aside some time in it to
Show. This was the only episode during Leno’s tenure remember his old colleague. Leno then stated that he
to feature a guest host.[33] The guests were Mike would continue the show as normal afterwards.
Myers and Simon Cowell that day. • On March 19, 2009, Barack Obama appeared on the
• On January 24, 2005, Jay had a special episode that show. This marked the first time that a sitting
paid tribute to Tonight Show predecessor Johnny President of the United States appeared on a late
Carson, who had died the day before. During the night talk show. President Obama came under fire
opening credits, the guests of that show were simply for a remark made about the Special Olympics, which
announced using pictures from when they were on he made in reference to Leno’s congratulations to
Johnny’s Tonight Show, and the monologue simply Obama’s low bowling score.[38][39]
gave condolence to Carson. There were no segments • On March 1, 2010, Leno made his return to The
used, however, Leno played clips from The Tonight Tonight Show with a re-written version of The Jay Leno
Show Starring Johnny Carson before commercials. Show theme song and a renovated Stage 11. Leno’s
All the guests were people who had worked with guests were Jamie Foxx, Olympic Gold medalist
Carson or had been on his show, including Ed Lindsey Vonn, and musical guest Brad Paisley. Leno
McMahon, Drew Carey, Don Rickles, and Bob also did a segment searching for a new desk, an
Newhart.[34] element which was not implemented into his
• On July 20, 2006, as Colin Farrell was being primetime show.[40]
interviewed by Leno, Farrell’s stalker, Dessarae • On November 18, 2010, former President George W.
Bradford, evaded security, walked on stage as Bush made his first appearance on a late night talk
cameras were rolling, confronted Farrell, and threw show since leaving office.[41]
her book on Leno’s desk. In front of a silent, stunned • On November 23, 2010, former bandleader Kevin
audience, Farrell escorted her off the stage himself, Eubanks returned to promote his new album Zen
told the camera crew to stop filming, and handed her Food.
over to security. As Bradford was led out of the • On March 2, 2011, the 4,000th episode aired.
studio, she shouted "I’ll see you in court!" Farrell’s • On September 16, 2011, Republican candidate and tea
response was simply, "Darling, you’re insane!" party darling Michele Bachmann appeared on the
Outside the studio, NBC security handed her to show. Leno questioned Mrs. Bachmann about her
Burbank police, who eventually released her. While statement about the HPV vaccine causing mental
waiting to begin filming again, a shocked Leno retardation, her views on gay marriage and the war
sarcastically called for "a round of applause for NBC in Afghanistan. The interview had more of a
security" from the audience. After Farrell apologized
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confrontational nature to it than what is normally the ratings, for the first time since Leno returned to host-
seen on the show. ing The Tonight Show.[24][25]
In the May 2011 sweeps period, all of NBCs late night
Critical reception programming had increased viewership. The Tonight Show
received a 15% increase in viewership compared with the
General critical consensus for Jay Leno’s Tonight Show has first 36 weeks of last season. In that process, it outlast-
always been largely negative due to his perceived ed rival late night talk shows Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC,
mediocre interviewing style, his "safe" material and his as well as Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. Both of
"middle-of-the-road," "easy going," "blue-collar" humor Leno’s lead-in, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Last Call
that consists of "found humor".[42] However, Leno gen- with Carson Daly, also received increased viewership.[49]
erally receives high praise for his monologue.[citation need- For the season, in the 18-49 demographic, The Tonight
ed] Leno came under particular critical and media scruti- Show had 4 million viewers, compared with Late Show,
ny upon his return to The Tonight Show after the 2010 which had 3.5 million, and Jimmy Kimmel Live, which had
Tonight Show conflict.[citation needed] only 1.9 million. Nightline, though, still beat Leno in the
Notably the show has been historically shunned from May 2011 sweeps, with 4.4 million viewers.[50]
the Emmy Awards, having only been nominated for one
Outstanding Variety Award in 1995 and no Outstanding
Writing Awards.
The Tonight Show in other coun-
tries
Ratings
On September 22, 2006, Variety reported that The Tonight
Australia
Show led in ratings for the 11th consecutive season, with The show was telecast in Australia by The Comedy Chan-
a nightly average of 5.7 million viewers – 31% of the nel before being discontinued in July 2010, shortly after
total audience in that time slot – compared to 4.2 million Leno’s reinstatement as the host of The Tonight Show.[51]
viewers for Late Show with David Letterman, 3.4 million The channel had been airing versions by the various pre-
for Nightline and 1.6 million for Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Two senters under the title Late Night Legends.
events helped Leno gain and keep the lead: a new set
brought Leno closer to the audience and Hugh Grant kept Brazil
his July 10, 1995 scheduled appearance, despite having From 1991 to 2000 the cable channel Superstation
been arrested for seeing a prostitute, where Leno fa- showed both "The Tonight Show" and "The Late Show" in
mously asked Grant, "What the hell were you think- daily bases, one week after airing in the USA. From 2011
ing?"[43] The final telecast of the first incarnation of The the show is broadcast on Record News with Brazilian Por-
Tonight Show with Jay Leno had the show’s highest tuguese subtitles at midnight (local time), one week after
overnight household rating for a Friday episode in the airing in USA.
comedian’s 17-year run as host of Tonight, averaging an
8.8 rating in metered-market households.[44] Canada
For at least six weeks following his return to The Currently, the channel ctvtwo shows both the tonight
Tonight Show, Leno’s program beat Letterman in the over- show and late night with Jimmy Fallon at the same time
all ratings each night, though with a reduced lead in com- as on NBC.
parison to his first tenure. Notably, these ratings were
significantly less in the key 18-49 demographic than Co- CNBC Asia
nan O’Brien’s had been at the same period during his
The Tonight Show episode from the week run back-to back
tenure.[45] By mid-2010, The Tonight Show was receiving
on Saturday and Sunday on CNBC Asia, available to
its lowest ratings since 1992, an average of 4 million total
Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singa-
viewers, though he remained ahead of Letterman, who
pore, and Thailand at 1500hrs-1800hrs (GMT).
experienced a coinciding decline in ratings.[46] In
September 2010, The Tonight Show posted its lowest num-
bers on record,[47] with Leno averaging 3.8 million view-
CNBC Europe
ers. This was a 12% increase in total viewers over O’Brien CNBC Europe confirmed they would show The Tonight
at the same time the previous year, but still 23% below Show when Conan O’Brien, took over from Jay Leno in
O’Brien in the coveted 18-49 demographic. For the first June 2009. After Jay Leno returned, they have been show-
time in almost 15 years, the show slipped to second place ing The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Since Monday 19 April
in its time slot being consistently beaten by Nightline.[48] 2010 CNBC Europe currently airs the show on weeknights
In October 2010, David Letterman beat Leno’s program in from 12.00am CET in a one hour format, with double
bill re-runs on Saturdays/Sundays from 9.00pm-9.45pm
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from original transmission in the USA.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is broadcasted by CNBC-e
on weekdays at 00:00 with a one night delay.
India
The show is currently broadcast on Zee Café at local time
18:00 with a one night delay. References
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