Here's Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, stars of Comedy Central's Key & Peele, sharing a bunch of fun stories and impressions on The Tonight Show last night, and Jay Leno pitches in by getting his band do a rimshot after Peele's Obama impression to punch it up a little bit.
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Last night, Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon each made March Madness-themed jokes about Fallon succeeding Leno as Tonight Show host. Maybe they aren't so different after all. (via Vulture)
NBC still has yet to publicly announce that Jimmy Fallon will take over The Tonight Show next fall, but The NY Times reports today that the network has made a commitment to Fallon and that the show will be moving from Burbank to New York when Fallon becomes host sometime next year. There's no timetable yet for the transition, but "several senior television executives" tell the Times that it'll happen by fall of 2014 at the latest. The network rushing the Fallon/Leno switch has been spurred on by Jimmy Kimmel moving to 11:35 and stealing young viewers away from Leno, even though Leno is still the #1-rated [...]
Hot on the heels of reports that NBC wants to replace Tonight Show host Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon comes a New York Times story about NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt being offended by some of Leno's monologue jokes about the network. Late Shift author Bill Carter, who wrote the Times piece, reports that three executives say Greenblatt was so offended by Leno's jokes about NBC falling to fifth place that he emailed the Tonight Show host to complain. Leno and Greenblatt exchanged emails debating the issue, with Leno standing by his zingers and arguing that making fun of one's network is a late night tradition. [...]
Here's Parks and Recreation's Nick Offerman reliving his youth to Jay Leno last night. Don't worry, Nick Offerman talks way, way more than Jay Leno in this clip.
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Yesterday night was Conan O'Brien's first show back since last week's big Fallon/Leno news, but you wouldn't know it by looking at his monologue. Last Wednesday, The NY Times confirmed that NBC is looking to replace Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon as Tonight Show host next year and that the network is building an expensive studio for Fallon to move the late night franchise back to New York when he takes the reins. While Fallon and Leno have both joked about the situation in their monologues, O'Brien didn't make mention of the late night skirmish at the top of his show last night. Leno didn't [...]
As we reported yesterday, it seems Jimmy Fallon is set to take over for Jay Leno on The Tonight Show next year, and even more interestingly, move the show back to its birthplace of New York City. The show has been based in LA since 1972, when Johnny Carson felt that moving to the Hollywood would bring more big-name guests to the show, as well as a more laidback lifestyle for himself. It's a huge shift for one of America's most iconic TV shows, and the ripples will be felt throughout the industry.
Most obviously, this move is symbolic, an affirmation that comedy falls under New York's purview. But practically [...]
The NY Times reported this weekend that Jay Leno's boss, NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt, complained to him about jokes he's made about the network, but Leno is not letting up. Here's a thingie from Leno's monologue last night:
"Did you hear about this? A 28-year-old woman from Serbia has a rare brain condition where she sees everything upside down. The good news? She’s now been given a job at the White House as President Obama’s economic adviser. Isn’t that crazy? It’s unbelievable. She sees everything upside down. In fact, she thinks NBC is at the top of the ratings."
Sure, it's a tame joke, and it would [...]
The NY Post reported last week that NBC was grooming Howard Stern to replace Jimmy Fallon on Late Night should Fallon replace Leno on The Tonight Show, but Stern debunked the Post's story this week on his satellite radio show. "First of all, what an insult," Stern began. "Like, all the years of my career. I'm like the biggest guy in radio. I've done film. I've done television … They act like I'm some kind of fucking beginner or something … Maybe if I'm really nice to NBC, they'll let me take over Carson Daly's show at like 2 o'clock in the morning." Stern continued, "I [...]
Multiple news outlets have reported over the last few months that NBC is exploring the option of replacing Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon as host of The Tonight Show when Leno's contract runs up in 2014, fueling a lot of speculation as to who will get Fallon's job. According to a piece today in The NY Post, Howard Stern is being "groomed" by NBC to take over Late Night if Fallon gets the Tonight Show job. The Post cites sources close to Stern as saying he's the top contender for the job, but NBC has yet to make an official comment on the Stern/Late Night [...]
Despite reports that NBC is pushing Jay Leno out the door so that Jimmy Fallon can start hosting The Tonight Show next year, Leno is still the #1-rated hosted in late night. So, naturally, he'll be in high-demand if NBC does go through with the Fallon succession plan (which the network has yet to confirm). So, what are Leno's options if he does actually have to leave The Tonight Show behind?
Fox
Fox (along with ABC) previously courted Leno the last time he was leaving The Tonight Show in 2009, and the network briefly went after Conan O'Brien when he left Tonight the following year. Unlike competitors NBC, CBS, and [...]
After a report yesterday in The New York Times confirmed that NBC is planning to replace Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon as Tonight Show host next year, the situation crept into both hosts' monologues last night. Fallon kicked off his show by saying, "Before we get started, I have to talk about the rumors that came out today that I'll be moving up to 11:30 – or as my parents call it, 'Eh, still too late." He added, "Actually the rumors are true; NBC is turning the Tonight Show into a diving competition." That's the only reference Fallon made to the Tonight Show handover. Leno steered clear of Tonight Show talk but [...]
Earlier this week, The NY Times reported that Jay Leno had upset NBC chairman Robert Greenblatt by making some jokes about the network being in fifth place. According to the story, Greenblatt emailed Leno to complain, and Leno responded by defending his right to make jokes about NBC. On last night's show, he continue to bite the hand that feeds with a joke about NBC in his monologue:
You know the whole legend of St. Patrick, right? St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland, then they came here to the United States and became NBC executives.
Sure, it's a typically tame, lame Leno joke, [...]
Jerry Seinfeld debuted a new five minutes of stand-up on Letterman a month ago, and he did it again last night on Jay Leno, probably because of late night equal time laws.
