Posted in Television on Feb 27th, 2010

Jay Leno returns to The Tonight Show on Monday, but will he be able to reclaim the throne David Letterman captured when he opposed Conan O’Brien? The shows have ramped up their guest lists as the rematch begins. A look at the first- week lineups:
Monday
Jay: Jamie Foxx, Lindsey Vonn, Brad Paisley
Dave: Bill Murray, Ludacris
Tuesday
Jay: Sarah [...]
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Posted in News, Television on Feb 19th, 2010

Jay Leno “reclaims” the Tonight Show on March 1st. I’m interested to see how they have altered Conan’s old set…
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Posted in Television on Feb 8th, 2010

Everyone’s talking about CBS’s “The Late Show” surprise promo that aired during Sunday’s Super Bowl telecast. David Letterman, Oprah… and Jay Leno sitting on a couch watching the game. It was Letterman’s idea and Oprah and Leno went along with it. Leno flew to New York in disguise for the shoot last Tuesday. Said [...]
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Posted in Television on Jan 29th, 2010

Jay Leno went on “Oprah” on Thursday to discuss NBC’s late-night follies, and said there’s “a lot of damage control that has to be done now.” Did Jay do much damage control during the interview? What do you think? Leno wasn’t very introspective and he didn’t say anything we haven’t heard before. At times, he [...]
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Posted in Film, Music, News, Pop Culture, Television on Jan 26th, 2010

Forest Whitaker will star in CBS’ “Criminal Minds” spinoff.
Jay Leno visits Oprah on Thursday (Jan. 28); Massachusetts’ new senator Scott Brown visits Leno (via satellite) that night.
Taylor Swift’s new Valentine’s song “Today Was A Fairy Tale” is No. 1 on iTunes.
“Avatar” ($551.7M), No. 1 at the box office for the sixth straight week, passed “The [...]
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Posted in News, Television on Jan 26th, 2010

Oprah Winfrey has regained her crown as America’s favorite television personality, according to the latest Harris Poll rankings. Oprah held the title in 1998, 2000, 2002-06. Jay Leno (No. 1 last year) and David Letterman dropped, while Glenn Beck shot to No. 2 from nowhere.
1. Oprah Winfrey (No. 4 last year)
2. Glenn Beck
3. Jay Leno [...]
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Posted in News, Television on Jan 21st, 2010

It’s official. NBC said Thursday it has reached a $45 million deal with Conan O’Brien for his exit from the “Tonight” show, allowing Jay Leno to return to the late-night program he hosted for 17 years. Under the deal, which came seven months after O’Brien took the reins from Leno, O’Brien will get more than [...]
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