" There Is " is the second and final single from Box Car Racer 's eponymous album . The single peaked at number 32 on the Billboard 's Modern Rock Tracks chart.
86-411: The band performed the song live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on September 3, 2002, and on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn on October 17, 2002. Guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge still occasionally plays a solo version of this song in concert with Angels & Airwaves . In 2024, Blink-182 performed the song as part of a medley alongside +44 's " When Your Heart Stops Beating ". In
172-428: A dynasty , saying, "You hold it and hand it off to the next person. And I don't want to see all the fighting." At the end of the segment, he said, "Conan, it's yours! See you in five years, buddy!" Rosie O'Donnell was among O'Brien's most vehement supporters, calling Leno a "bully" and his actions "classless and kind of career-defining". Bill Zehme, the co-author of Leno's autobiography Leading with My Chin , told
258-444: A 2004 Tonight Show clip where Leno said he would allow O'Brien to take over without incident. At the time, Leno said he did not want O'Brien to leave for a competing network, adding, "I'll be 59 when [the switch occurs]. That's five years from now. There's really only one person who could have done this into his 60s, and that was Johnny Carson ; I think it's fair to say I'm no Johnny Carson." Leno also described The Tonight Show as
344-561: A Time , Americathon (1979), Polyester (1981), "The Wild One" (1981) on Alice , and both "Feminine Mistake" (1979) and "Do the Carmine" (1983) on Laverne & Shirley . His only starring film role was the 1989 direct-to-video Collision Course , with Pat Morita . He also appeared numerous times on Late Night with David Letterman . He also appeared on three weeks of the short-lived NBC game show Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour in 1983 and 1984. Starting in 1986, Leno
430-443: A combination of pressure from local affiliates, whose newscasts were suffering, and both Leno's and O'Brien's poor ratings. Leno's show would be shortened from an hour to 30 minutes. All NBC late night programming would also be preempted by the 2010 Winter Olympics between February 15 and 26, moving The Tonight Show to 12:05 a.m., the first post-midnight timeslot in its history. O'Brien's contract stipulated that NBC could move
516-476: A condensed 30-minute version of Leno's show to O'Brien's time slot, and O'Brien's Tonight Show a half-hour later. This decision met with opposition from O'Brien, whose stint on The Tonight Show ended January 22, 2010, after which he began his own talk show, Conan , on TBS . The Tonight Show with Jay Leno then began its second incarnation, the sixth of the franchise, on March 1, 2010. Leno left The Tonight Show for good on February 6, 2014, and on February 17,
602-419: A contract extension with NBC to retain him as host of The Tonight Show until 2009. Later in 2004, Conan O'Brien signed a contract with NBC to become the show's host in 2009, replacing Leno at that time. During the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike , Leno was accused of violating WGA guidelines by writing his own monologue for The Tonight Show . NBC and Leno claimed there were private meetings with
688-451: A critic of Leno before and following his Tonight Show timeslot-change announcement; Stern appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 2006 and said he felt it was unlikely that Leno would ever willingly give up The Tonight Show . During the conflict, Stern made many negative remarks about Leno as a guest on Late Show with David Letterman . Jimmy Kimmel discussed his appearance on Leno's show during an interview with Marc Maron for
774-409: A movie . Leno continued to perform as a stand-up comedian throughout his Tonight Show tenure. In 1988, he received a contract extension with NBC itself. The July 1995 episode of The Tonight Show which featured an interview with Hugh Grant (who had been arrested for receiving oral sex in a public place from a prostitute) saw Leno rate higher than Letterman for the first time. In 2004, Leno signed
860-439: A nightly average of 5.7 million viewers – 31% of the total audience in that time slot – compared to 4.2 million viewers for Late Show with David Letterman , 3.4 million for Nightline and 1.6 million for Jimmy Kimmel Live! . Two events helped Leno gain and keep the lead: a new set brought Leno closer to the audience and Hugh Grant kept his July 10, 1995 scheduled appearance, despite having been arrested for seeing
946-470: A phone conversation with the accuser, Leno testified that he was not asked for any money and there did not appear to be any coaching — but the calls seemed unusual and scripted. As a result, Leno was initially not allowed to tell jokes about Jackson or the case, which had been a fixture of The Tonight Show ' s opening monologue in particular. But he and his show's writers used a legal loophole by having Leno briefly step aside while stand-in comedians took
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#17327978163461032-520: A primetime talk show, The Jay Leno Show , which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ET , also on NBC. O'Brien turned down NBC's offer to have Leno host a half hour monologue show before The Tonight Show to boost ratings amid reported viewership diminishing, which sparked the 2010 Tonight Show conflict that resulted in Leno's returning to hosting the show on March 1, 2010. He hosted his last episode of his second tenure on February 6, 2014. That year, he
1118-442: A prostitute, where Leno famously asked Grant, "What the hell were you thinking?" The final telecast of the first incarnation of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno had the show's highest overnight household rating for a Friday episode in the comedian's 17-year run as host of Tonight , averaging an 8.8 rating in metered-market households. For at least six weeks following his return to The Tonight Show , Leno's program beat Letterman in
1204-429: A rift between Stern and Leno. Stern launched into tirades on his show for many weeks on saying Leno was "ripping him off", citing previously "lifted" material from his show such as "Jaywalking" ripping off Stern's "homeless game"; for example, stating "To an 18- to 25-year-old male, Jay Leno is gay. He might as well put a dress on." Since the move to The Jay Leno Show , Melendez was replaced as announcer, but remained on
1290-487: A scholarship fund at Salem State College (now Salem State University) in honor of Lennie Sogoloff , who gave Leno his start at his jazz club, Lennie's-on-the-Turnpike. In August 2012, Leno auctioned his Fiat 500 , which was sold for $ 385,000 with all the proceeds going to a charity that helps wounded war veterans recover by providing them with temporary housing. As of November 2022 , Leno sponsored two scholarships at McPherson College . Since 1985, Leno has been
1376-677: A settlement with NBC that allowed him to leave NBC and The Tonight Show on January 22, 2010. On January 21, 2010, NBC announced Leno would return to The Tonight Show . Jay Leno began his second tenure on March 1, 2010, after the 2010 Winter Olympics . The show moved to Stage 11 in Burbank, the former home of The Jay Leno Show , with a similar set and theme song of The Jay Leno Show . The Tonight Show bandleader Kevin Eubanks announced on April 12 he would be leaving The Tonight Show on May 28 after 18 years with Leno. Eubanks' replacement
1462-410: A sidekick for Leno during his tenure on Leno's incarnation of The Tonight Show . Hall was controversially replaced in 2004 by The Howard Stern Show staff member John Melendez in what many perceived as a thinly veiled attempt to attract a younger demographic and nonsensical considering his "stuttering" moniker. The hiring of Melendez which was carried out by Leno without Stern's knowledge, prompted
1548-415: A three-night delay. The show was originally broadcast on CNBC. Starting in 2006 it was telecast on Zee Café at local time 10:00 pm with a one-night delay. It was later shifted to Zee Trends in 2011, which was subsequently discontinued after a short run. Now The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is telecast on Comedy Central at 11:00 pm every weekdays. In Israel the show was aired during
1634-485: A vehicle at his Los Angeles garage burst into flames. As part of the treatment, he received a "new ear". On January 17, 2023, he sustained multiple broken bones after falling off a motorcycle. On November 16, 2024, Leno had broken his right wrist, including tearing the fingernail off his right index finger, and sustained serval bruises on his left side acquiring a periorbital hematoma after he accidentally tripped while walking to go have dinner at Dino's Sports Lounge outside
1720-512: A week. It would follow a similar format to The Tonight Show , be recorded in the same studio, and retain many of Leno's most popular segments, while O'Brien continued to host The Tonight Show . Leno's new show, The Jay Leno Show , debuted on September 14, 2009. It was announced at the Television Critics Association summer press tour that it would feature one or two celebrities, occasional musical guests, and keep
1806-684: A year in venues across the United States and Canada and at charity events and USO tours. He has also appeared on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers , and was a guest on the finale of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson . He appeared in a cameo role drilling and tormenting James Corden in a facetious boot camp for talk-show hosts on the premiere of The Late Late Show with James Corden . He declined an invitation to appear on Late Show with David Letterman despite speculation he would appear on
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#17327978163461892-499: Is a full comedy sketch, such as a mini-documentary by a " Tonight Show correspondent" (e.g., Ross the Intern or Mikey Day ), or a trademark of Leno's, such as Headlines . The first guest appears, with the interview is divided into two segments, then followed by an interview with the second guest in the fifth segment. The sixth and final segment is typically a performance by a musical guest or stand-up comedian. Immediately following
1978-593: Is or her own date of birth. Leno is known for his prominent jaw, which has been described as mandibular prognathism . In the book Leading with My Chin , he says he was aware of surgery that could reset his mandible, but that he did not wish to endure a prolonged healing period with his jaws wired shut. Leno is dyslexic . He claims to need only four or five hours of sleep each night. He does not consume alcohol , smoke , or gamble . He spends much of his free time visiting car collections and working in his private garage. Leno has claimed that he has not spent any of
2064-550: The Los Angeles Times was reporting that The Tonight Show was in serious trouble for a number of reasons, most notably that NBC was losing money. While Leno offered to take a pay cut, at least 24 members of his staff were laid off. By March 2013, there were rumors that NBC would have Jimmy Fallon , who had been hosting Late Night since 2009 when he succeeded O'Brien, become the next host of The Tonight Show when Leno's current contract ended in 2014 and NBC would move
2150-454: The Los Angeles Times , "The thing Leno should do is walk, period. He's got everything to lose in terms of public popularity by going back. People will look at him differently. He'll be viewed as the bad guy." In 2009, Leno received criticism for asking rapper Kanye West how his recently deceased mother, Donda West , would have felt about the incident at the 2009 VMAs, causing West to begin crying live on air. Howard Stern has also been
2236-542: The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal on The Tonight Show in an episode on public shaming . Leno has also been criticized for the perceived change in the content of his monologues from his previous stand-up material. Actor and comedian Patton Oswalt was among the celebrities who openly voiced disappointment with Leno, saying, "Comedians who don't like Jay Leno now, and I'm one of them, we're not like, 'Jay Leno sucks'; it's that we're so hurt and disappointed that one of
2322-751: The Hampton Inn in Greensburg, Pennsylvania causing him to roll straight down a hill landing on the curb. In 2001, he and his wife donated $ 100,000 to the Feminist Majority Foundation 's campaign to stop gender apartheid in Afghanistan, to educate the public regarding the plight of women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Mavis Leno is on the board of the Feminist Majority. In 2009, he donated $ 100,000 to
2408-498: The Nielsen ratings , the pending expiration of his contract led to speculation about whether he would become a late-night host for another network when his commitment to NBC expired. He left The Tonight Show on Friday, May 29, 2009, and Conan O'Brien took over on June 1, 2009. On December 8, 2008, it was reported that Leno would remain on NBC and move to a new hour-long show at 10 p.m. Eastern Time (9 p.m. Central Time) five nights
2494-536: The 1990s on NBC Europe , which was included in Israeli cable (later called the " Hot " company), though this channel was pulled from cable in Israel towards the end of the 1990s. Soon after, the show began airing on the Israeli popular cable channel Hot 3 (then simply called "Channel 3") until 1999. Since 2000, the show is broadcast in the Israeli satellite company yes (which launched in that year) in various channels,
2580-655: The 2016 US election campaign. (Leno came out to do the monologue after Fallon faked an injury.) From 1992 to 2009, the show was taped at NBC Studios ' (now The Burbank Studios) Studio 1 and 3, and from 2009 to 2014 in Studio 11. On April 26, 1999, the show began broadcasting in digital HDTV 1080i , becoming the first American nightly talk show to be shot in high definition. The show was recorded in two channel stereo sound and shot with ten Sony HD cameras including four Sony HDC-700A , three Sony HDC-750A, and three Sony DXC-H10 point of view cameras in 16:9 aspect ratio in
2666-506: The 50th anniversary of The Tonight Show ' s debut, NBC announced Leno would be succeeded by O'Brien, in 2009. Leno explained he did not want to see a repeat of the hard feelings and controversy that occurred when he was given the show over Letterman following Carson's retirement. It was announced on July 21, 2008, that Leno would host his final episode of The Tonight Show on Friday, May 29, 2009, with O'Brien and James Taylor as his guests. O'Brien took over hosting duties commencing
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2752-516: The May 2011 sweeps period, all of NBCs late night programming had increased viewership. The Tonight Show received a 15% increase in viewership compared with the first 36 weeks of last season. In that process, it outlasted rival late night talk shows Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC, as well as Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. Both of Leno's lead-in, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Last Call with Carson Daly , also received increased viewership. For
2838-550: The Roadster Racers . In 2019, Leno was a guest judge on season 14 of America's Got Talent where he pressed the Golden Buzzer for opera singer Emanne Beasha . In 2023, Leno returned to NBC to appear as a celebrity guest judge on the two-episode season finale of Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge . Leno has faced criticism for his perceived role in the 2010 Tonight Show conflict . Critics have cited
2924-620: The WGA where a secret agreement was reached allowing this; the WGA denied such meetings. Leno answered questions in front of the Writers Guild of America, West trial committee in February 2009 and June 2009, and when the WGAW published its list of strikebreakers on August 11, 2009, Leno was not on it. On April 23, 2009, Leno checked himself in to a hospital with an undisclosed illness. He
3010-542: The age of 82; and the next year, his father died at 84. Leno's older brother, Patrick, a Vietnam veteran and graduate of Yale Law School , died of cancer in 2002 at the age of 62. In 2024, it was disclosed that Mavis Leno is suffering from an advanced form of dementia when the Los Angeles Superior Court granted Jay Leno conservatorship of the couple's joint estate as she experiences periods of disorientation and at times does not know who her husband
3096-619: The best comedians of our generation ... willfully has shut the switch off." In August 2020, Leno faced criticism for expressing support for Ellen DeGeneres despite a workplace investigation into toxic behavior and sexual misconduct and harassment claims against producers of The Ellen DeGeneres Show . NBC Sports chairman and former Saturday Night Live producer Dick Ebersol spoke out against all who had criticized Leno, calling them "chicken-hearted and gutless". Jeff Gaspin, then chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment, also defended Leno, saying, "This has definitely crossed
3182-444: The cable channel Superstation showed both The Tonight Show and Late Show in daily bases, one week after airing in the United States. From 2011 the show was broadcast on Record News with Brazilian Portuguese subtitles at midnight (local time), two days after airing in United States. Canadian viewers watched the show on CTV 2 and on NBC affiliates close to the U.S./Canada border. For many years, The Tonight Show episodes from
3268-462: The channel to re-emphasize business-oriented programming. Leno also had a recurring role in the Tim Allen comedy series Last Man Standing since season 5, playing a mechanic, Joe Leonard, in a store operated by Allen's character, Mike Baxter. Leno hosted the third revival of the game show You Bet Your Life for two seasons, from 2021 until 2023. The show was renewed for a third season but
3354-424: The channel was off the air by the end of 2006. The show was switched to SIC Mulher until Leno moved to prime-time. SIC Radical used to broadcast The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien following the demand from their target audience to O'Brien's humor, after Jimmy Fallon took over Late Night . The contract that both NBC and SIC had was not expired by the time The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien got cancelled, so
3440-469: The current being yes stars comedy. In Italy (with Italian subtitles) from 2003 to 2007 when RaiSat Extra cancelled the program. In the Philippines, channel ETC (now SolarFlix) broadcast The Tonight Show from August 2004 to December 2007, when the show was turned over to sister channel Jack TV (now RPTV) and Talk TV (now RPTV). In Portugal, the show was first shown on SIC Comédia until
3526-514: The earlier time slot, Letterman left NBC in June 1993 and joined CBS that August. The Late Show with David Letterman , airing in the same slot, competed against The Tonight Show for the remainder of Leno's run. Leno would outdo Letterman in ratings for the majority of the show's run. Conan O'Brien slid into the late night time slot vacated by Letterman in September 1993. On September 27, 2004,
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3612-445: The end of Leno's tenure. Edd Hall served as announcer on The Tonight Show from 1992 until 2004. Hall occasionally appeared in skits during the opening monologue. These skits often involved slapstick injury to Hall (by using a stunt double, dummy, or film clip), such as vehicles running him over in the studio parking lot. Unlike his predecessors on Tonight (i.e. McMahon with Carson, Hugh Downs with Jack Paar), Hall did not serve as
3698-898: The following Monday, on June 1, 2009. On December 9, 2008, it was announced Leno would be hosting a new nightly show in September 2009, which aired at 10 pm ET, during the network's prime time period. The Jay Leno Show ended after a short run on February 9, 2010. On January 7, 2010, multiple media outlets reported that effective March 1, 2010, The Jay Leno Show would move from the 10 pm ( Eastern / Pacific Time) weeknight time slot to 11:35 pm and O'Brien's The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien would move from 11:35 pm to 12:05 am. On January 12, 2010, O'Brien publicly announced in an open letter that he intended to leave NBC if they moved The Tonight Show to 12:05 am ET/PT to accommodate moving The Jay Leno Show to 11:35 pm Eastern/10:35 pm Central, due to poor ratings. After several days of negotiations, O'Brien reached
3784-410: The host being out of late night television for a period of time and the subsequent 2010 Tonight Show conflict , Leno's ratings fall was "not a surprise at all". In October 2010, David Letterman beat Leno's program in the ratings, for the first time since Leno returned to hosting The Tonight Show . By May 2011, Leno's Tonight Show regained the lead and held it since then. However, by August 2012,
3870-422: The host of The Tonight Show was on February 6, 2014, with guests Billy Crystal (who was the first guest on the first version of Leno's show), musical guest Garth Brooks , and surprise guests Jack Black , Kim Kardashian , Jim Parsons , Sheryl Crow , Chris Paul , Carol Burnett and Oprah Winfrey. Leno has maintained an active schedule as a touring stand-up comedian, doing an average of 200 live performances
3956-505: The host of The Tonight Show . The channel had been airing versions by the various presenters under the title Late Night Legends . Currently, The Tonight Show is one of the few late-night television shows that cannot be viewed on Australian television. The only shows available are Late Show with David Letterman on Network 10 , Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on The Comedy Channel , The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on 10 Peach Comedy and Conan on 9Gem . From 1991 to 2000
4042-400: The last performance segment, Leno walks on camera to thank the performers, bid farewell to the audience and recommends watching Late Night which immediately follows The Tonight Show . As the closing credits roll on-screen, the closing theme, composed by bandleader Rickey Minor plays the show off the air. Branford Marsalis was the original bandleader of the show from 1992 to 1995, leaving
4128-408: The latter's podcast in 2012. Kimmel stated that he felt O'Brien was not given a proper chance, but that he was also motivated by his own history with Leno. According to Kimmel, Leno had some years prior been in serious discussions with ABC about the possibility of jumping ship from NBC. During this period, Leno initiated a friendship with Kimmel, wanting to ensure that they would be on good terms if
4214-402: The line. Jay Leno is the consummate professional and one of the hardest-working people in television. It's a shame that he's being pulled into this." Fellow comedians Paul Reiser , Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Norton (a frequent contributor to The Tonight Show ) also voiced support for Leno. Responding to the mounting criticism, Leno said NBC had assured him that O'Brien was willing to accept
4300-468: The money he earned from The Tonight Show, but lives off his money from his stand-up routines. He reportedly earned $ 32 million in 2005. In 2014, he received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Emerson College , where he also delivered the commencement speech . He also received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Academy of Art University in 2021. On November 12, 2022, Leno suffered "serious burns" to his face and hands when
4386-530: The move was made. (Under that scenario, Leno would have taken Kimmel's time slot and become his lead-in.) However, after Leno made the arrangement to remain at NBC, "those conversations were gone," according to Kimmel. Realizing that Leno's relationship with him had been artificial, Kimmel felt "worked over," reasoning that Leno was using the ABC discussions as a bargaining tactic to try to get his old job back. John Oliver has also criticized Leno for his coverage of
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#17327978163464472-404: The music video, the band plays the song in the rain outside of a house, where a teenage boy is trying to get a girl to talk to him from her bedroom window. During the video, people come out of their houses trying to make the band stop. A policeman comes and takes away Tom DeLonge towards the end, as the boy runs into the girl's house and upstairs to her room to see her. The music video for the song
4558-402: The network received the rights to exhibit The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . In Sweden, Kanal 5 started airing The Tonight Show every night Monday to Friday with a one-week delay in 2000. In 2008, Kanal 5 chose to replace it with Jimmy Kimmel Live! , and moved The Tonight Show to their sister channel Kanal 9 , with a rerun aired the next day on Kanal 5 . The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
4644-455: The option to leave the network. On January 12, O'Brien issued a press release that he would not continue with Tonight if it moved to a 12:05 a.m. time slot, saying, "I believe that delaying The Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight Show at 12:05 simply isn't The Tonight Show. " On January 21, it
4730-420: The overall ratings each night, though with a reduced lead in comparison to his first tenure. By mid-2010, The Tonight Show was receiving its lowest ratings since 1992, an average of 4 million total viewers, though he remained ahead of Letterman, who experienced a coinciding decline in ratings. In September 2010, The Tonight Show posted its lowest numbers on record, with Leno averaging 3.8 million viewers. This
4816-569: The popular "Headlines" segments, which would be near the end of the show. First guests included Jerry Seinfeld , Oprah Winfrey (via satellite), and a short sit-down with Kanye West discussing his controversy at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards , which had occurred the night before. In their new roles, neither O'Brien nor Leno succeeded in delivering the viewing audiences the network anticipated. On January 7, 2010, multiple media outlets reported that beginning March 1, 2010, Leno would move from his 10 p.m. weeknight time slot to 11:35 p.m., due to
4902-797: The proposed arrangement and that they would not let either host out of his contract. He also said that the situation was "all business", and that all of the decisions were made by NBC. He appeared on the January 28, 2010 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show in an attempt to repair some of the damage done to his public image. Leno's comedic influences include Johnny Carson , Robert Klein , Alan King , David Brenner , Mort Sahl , George Carlin , Don Rickles , Bob Newhart , and Rodney Dangerfield . Dennis Miller and Jerry Seinfeld have credited Leno as their inspiration. Leno has been married to Mavis Leno since 1980. In 1993, during his first season as host of The Tonight Show , Leno's mother died at
4988-497: The real Leno, rather than the Leno of public-relations imagination." The show was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series category ten times between 1993 and 2005. It won the award in 1995. The 10th Anniversary special, broadcast on April 30, 2002, drew in 11.888 million viewers. On September 22, 2006, The Tonight Show led in ratings for the 11th consecutive season, with
5074-551: The season, in the 18–49 demographic, The Tonight Show had 4 million viewers, compared with Late Show , which had 3.5 million, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! , which had only 1.9 million. Nightline , though, still beat Leno in the May 2011 sweeps, with 4.4 million viewers. Series high Weekly highs The show was telecast in Australia by The Comedy Channel before being discontinued in July 2010, shortly after Leno's reinstatement as
5160-463: The second quarter of 2010, compared to the same period in 2009. Although it represented the show's lowest second-quarter ratings since 1992, Tonight was still the most-watched late-night program, ahead of ABC 's Nightline (3.7 million) and Late Show with David Letterman (3.3 million). On April 3, 2013, NBC announced that Leno would leave The Tonight Show in spring 2014, with Jimmy Fallon as his designated successor. Leno's final show as
5246-711: The show after feeling displeased with his role on the show, what he called being an "ass-kisser". Kevin Eubanks , who was the guitarist in Marsalis' band, moved up to bandleader forming Kevin Eubanks and The Tonight Show Band and remained with The Tonight Show and The Jay Leno Show until 2010, when he left to concentrate on music, adding that his leaving was not provoked by any problems with Leno or NBC. Eubanks would later reunite with Leno as co-host of Leno's version of You Bet Your Life . Rickey Minor , former American Idol music director, replaced Eubanks, forming Rickey Minor and The Tonight Show Band , staying until
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#17327978163465332-408: The show ahead to 12:05 a.m. without penalty (a clause included primarily to accommodate sports preemptions). On January 10, NBC confirmed that it would move Leno out of primetime as of February 12 and move him to late-night as soon as possible. TMZ reported that O'Brien was given no advance notice of this change, and that NBC offered him two choices: an hour-long 12:05 a.m. time slot, or
5418-499: The show back to New York for the first time in over 40 years. On May 13, 2013, during its fall "upfronts" presentation, NBC confirmed Fallon would take over as host of the Tonight Show beginning on February 17, 2014; Seth Meyers , in turn, would leave Saturday Night Live (where he was the anchor of Weekend Update ) and take over Fallon's time slot. Leno's final episode of The Tonight Show aired on February 6, 2014. Per
5504-460: The show's "top producers". In that same period, the show had been generating an estimated $ 30–40 million a year in profit, down from the $ 150 million a year the franchise once made." The show follows an established six-piece format. After the announcer announces the opening credits for the show, the first segment is a ten-minute monologue by Leno, with jokes about current events and brief comedy sketches occasionally mixed in. The second segment
5590-458: The show's conclusion under Leno, CNBC Europe aired the show on weeknights from 12.00 am CET in a one-hour format, with double bill re-runs on Saturdays/Sundays from 9:00 pm–9:45 pm & 9:45 pm–10:30 pm CET. The show aired on a one-day delay from original transmission in the US. In Finland, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno was broadcast by MTV3 MAX from Monday to Friday with
5676-400: The show's finale in 2015, although he had appeared with Letterman along with Winfrey in a Late Show commercial airing during Super Bowl XLIV in 2010. Leno hosted a one-hour Jay Leno's Garage special on CNBC in 2014, and the show returned as a primetime series on the cable channel from 2015 until 2022. The series was canceled in January 2023 after seven seasons due to a decision by
5762-429: The stage and told jokes about the trial. These stand-ins included Roseanne Barr , Drew Carey , Brad Garrett and Dennis Miller . The gag order was challenged, and the court ruled that Leno could continue telling jokes about the trial as long as he did not discuss his testimony. Leno celebrated by devoting an entire monologue to Michael Jackson jokes. Because Leno's show continued to lead all late-night programming in
5848-453: The terms on his deal with NBC, his staff was paid through September 2014. Leno wrapped up the night before the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, which began on February 7. Fallon took over The Tonight Show on February 17. Leno himself would later appear multiple times on Jimmy Fallon's version of The Tonight Show , such as a June 15, 2016 appearance in which Leno not only appeared as a guest, he delivered part of that night's monologue, commenting on
5934-467: The week ran back-to-back on Saturday and Sunday on CNBC Asia, available to Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand – but since October 2011, they have been replaced by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon . CNBC Europe confirmed they would show The Tonight Show when Conan O'Brien took over from Jay Leno in June 2009. After Leno returned, they have been showing The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . From Monday April 19, 2010, until
6020-446: The writing staff. Wally Wingert would be the only off-camera announcer for Leno's second Tonight tenure, carrying over his duties from The Jay Leno Show . Critical reviews for the show were mixed, with a Metacritic score of 49 out of 100, based on 9 reviews. In a negative review, Robert Bianco of USA Today wrote; "Monday's opening monologue, supposedly Leno's strong suit, was tired, lame and unfunny. In other words, typical of
6106-412: The year 2000. The show was directly fed to network affiliates through SBS-4 satellite and NTSC feed was sent to New York via AT&T fiber and was uplinked by New York to its affiliates. During the last year with Leno as host, The Tonight Show cost about $ 1.7 million a week to produce. With 45 weeks of annual production, that amounted to about $ 76.5 million, excluding the salaries for Leno and
6192-764: Was a Vietnam War veteran who became an attorney. Leno made his first appearance on The Tonight Show on March 2, 1977, performing a comedy routine. During the 1970s, he had minor roles in several television series and films, first in the 1976 episode "J.J. in Trouble" of Good Times , and the same year in the pilot of Holmes & Yo-Yo . After an uncredited appearance in the 1977 film Fun with Dick and Jane , he played more prominent roles in 1978 in American Hot Wax and Silver Bears . His other film and television appearances from that period include Almost Heaven (1978), "Going Nowhere" (1979) on One Day at
6278-418: Was a 12% increase in total viewers over O'Brien at the same time the previous year, but still 23% below O'Brien in the coveted 18–49 demographic. For the first time in almost 15 years, the show slipped to second place in its time slot being consistently beaten by Nightline . In October 2010, Letterman beat Leno's program in the ratings, for the first time since Leno returned to hosting The Tonight Show . In
6364-404: Was a regular substitute host for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show . In 1992, he replaced Carson as host amid controversy with David Letterman , who had been hosting Late Night with David Letterman since 1982 (which aired after The Tonight Show ), and whom many—including Carson himself—expected to be Carson's successor. The story of this turbulent transition became the basis of a book and
6450-478: Was announced that NBC had struck a deal with O'Brien: He would leave The Tonight Show, receive a $ 33-million payout, and his staff of almost 200 would receive $ 12 million in the departure. His final episode aired on Friday, January 22, 2010. Leno returned as host of The Tonight Show following the 2010 Winter Olympics on March 1, 2010. On July 1, 2010, Variety reported that total viewership for Leno's Tonight Show had dropped from 5 million to 4 million for
6536-692: Was born in Greenock , Scotland, and came to the United States at age 11. His father, Angelo (1910–1994), was an insurance salesman born in New York to immigrants from Flumeri , Campania , Italy. Leno grew up in Andover, Massachusetts , and graduated from Andover High School . He obtained a bachelor's degree in speech therapy from Emerson College in Boston , where he started a comedy club in 1973. His older brother, Patrick (May 12, 1940 – October 6, 2002),
6622-521: Was broadcast Monday through Friday at 11:35 p.m. in the Eastern and Pacific time zones (10:35 p.m. Central / Mountain time). Unlike Carson or his predecessor Jack Paar , Leno only once used a guest host, preferring to host the series in person. The series, which followed the same basic format as that of its predecessors (an opening monologue followed by comedy routines, interviews and performances), ran until May 29, 2009, after which Leno
6708-437: Was broadcast by CNBC-e and e2 on weekdays at 00:00 with a one-night delay. Jay Leno James Douglas Muir Leno ( / ˈ l ɛ n oʊ / LEN -oh ; born April 28, 1950) is an American television host, comedian, and writer. After doing stand-up comedy for years, he became the host of NBC 's The Tonight Show from 1992 until 2009 when Conan O'Brien took over as host. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started
6794-463: Was cancelled in August 2023 after Leno refused to cross the picket line during the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike , after Fox First Run offered stations two other syndicated game shows to fill You Bet Your Life' s timeslot during the strike, instead of reruns. Leno also does voice acting, such as The Crimson Chin on The Fairly OddParents from 2001 to 2016 and Billy Beagle of Mickey and
6880-455: Was former American Idol musical director Rickey Minor . Minor composed a new main theme when he took over. On July 1, 2010, Variety reported that only six months into its second life, Leno's Tonight Show posted its lowest ratings since 1992. By September 2010, Leno's ratings in the adults 18–49 demographic had fallen below those of O'Brien when he had hosted The Tonight Show . NBC ratings specialist Tom Bierbaum commented that due to
6966-664: Was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame . From 2014 to 2022, he hosted Jay Leno's Garage , and from 2021 to 2023, hosted the revival of You Bet Your Life . Leno writes a regular column in Popular Mechanics showcasing his car collection and giving automotive advice. He also writes occasional "Motormouth" articles for The Sunday Times . Leno was born April 28, 1950, in New Rochelle , New York. His homemaker mother, Catherine (née Muir; 1911–1993),
7052-634: Was inspired by the film Say Anything... (1989), and was directed by Alexander Kosta. It can be seen on the Box Car Racer DVD. This 2000s rock song -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Tonight Show with Jay Leno The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC . The show is the fourth and sixth installment of The Tonight Show . Hosted by Jay Leno , it aired from May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, replacing The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and
7138-477: Was released the following day and returned to work on Monday, April 27. The two subsequently canceled Tonight Show episodes for April 23 and 24 were his first in 17 years as host. The illness was not initially disclosed, but Leno later told People magazine that it was for exhaustion. During the 2005 trial of Michael Jackson over allegations of child molestation , Leno was one of a few celebrities who appeared as defense witnesses. In his testimony regarding
7224-508: Was replaced by The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien . The show returned from March 1, 2010 to February 6, 2014, replacing The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien and was replaced by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . The fourth incarnation of the Tonight Show franchise debuted on May 25, 1992, three days after Johnny Carson 's retirement as host of the program . The program originated from NBC Studios in Burbank, California , and
7310-441: Was succeeded by Conan O'Brien . NBC signed Leno to a new deal for a nightly talk show in the 10:00 pm ET timeslot. The primetime series, titled The Jay Leno Show , debuted on September 14, 2009, following a similar format to the Leno incarnation of Tonight . Neither O'Brien's version of the program , which premiered June 1, 2009 nor The Jay Leno Show generated the ratings NBC had expected. The network decided to move
7396-747: Was succeeded by Late Night host Jimmy Fallon , at which time the series returned to New York for the first time since 1972. Johnny Carson retired from The Tonight Show on May 22, 1992, and was replaced by Jay Leno . David Letterman wanted to move into the earlier time slot from his late night spot after The Tonight Show , and he was also considered by many as the natural successor (despite Leno having been Carson's permanent guest host for several years). Carson always favored Letterman; notably, Carson, who had been interviewed by Letterman, made two appearances on Letterman's rival CBS show, made no mention of Leno during his final shows and regularly sent Letterman monologue jokes in his final years. With his heart set on
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