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 demographic had fallen below those of O'Brien when he had hosted The Tonight Show. NBC ratings specialist Tom Bierbaum commented that due to 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 has held it since then. However, by August 2012, The Los Angeles Times was reporting that The Tonight Show was in serious trouble for a number of reasons, most notably that NBC has been losing money.
While Leno offered to take a pay cut, at least 24 members of his staff were laid off. 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 and take over Fallon's time slot. 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 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. Hoping to avoid another contentious transition like that of 1992, NBC in 2004 announced that Leno would be replaced in 2009 by O'Brien, host of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, the program that aired on the network following The Tonight Show.
After O'Brien became host, however, The Tonight Show lost viewers. In an effort to improve ratings and return Leno to late night , NBC suggested that The Tonight Show be pushed back by 30 minutes to accommodate a new program for Leno. O'Brien, however, rejected the proposal, and speculation soon began that Leno would rejoin The Tonight Show.
After several weeks of heated negotiations, O'Brien left the show in late January, and Leno returned as host in March. The program's ratings soon rebounded, but in 2013 Leno announced that he would be stepping down as host the following year. Following the September 11 attacks, The Tonight Show was off the air for about a week, as were most similar programs. The first post-9/11 episode began with a still image of an American flag and a subdued opening without the usual opening credits. Leno's monologue paid tribute to those who lost their lives and to firefighters, police and rescue workers across the US. He also told a story about himself as a 12-year old Boy Scout, which Leno said he was not a very good one because of his dyslexia.
His scoutmaster gave him the task of being the "cheermaster" of the troop, in which Leno told jokes to the troop to keep their spirits up. Senator John McCain and the musical group Crosby, Stills, and Nash were featured guests. Leno also organized an auction for a Harley-Davidson motorcycle signed by celebrities (he signed his name on-stage), with the proceeds going to 9/11 support organizations. For an extended period after the attack, a short clip of a large American flag waving was shown in between the announcement of the musical guest and Leno's introduction during the opening montage. Additionally, now that these clips are so widely shared after the shows air, viewers no longer have to make an either-or decision when it comes to late night viewing.
It's no longer a choice between Fallon or Kimmel or Letterman; audiences can pick and choose segments to watch, and share, at their leisure. Kimmel and Fallon may technically have "late night" shows, but they're now competing for viewers 24 hours a day. During the week of March 3 , Fallon's Tonight Show attracted 4.537 million viewers, far ahead of broadcast late night competitors Jimmy Kimmel Live (2.744 million) and Late Show with David Letterman (2.761 million). And in the adults demo that is most crucial to advertisers, Fallon (1.34) beat Kimmel (0.73) and Letterman (0.56) combined. That's a 43% increase over what Jay Leno had been averaging this season on Tonight (0.94) before he stepped down Feb. 6.
Jay Leno's late night television ratings domination included two decades as the host of the #1-rated "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" – he never lost a ratings year in which he served as host. In 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! Both of Leno's lead-in, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Last Call with Carson Daly, also received increased viewership. For 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! Nightline, though, still beat Leno in the May 2011 sweeps, with 4.4 million viewers. 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 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, was succeeded by Late Night host Jimmy Fallon, at which time the series returned to New York for the first time since 1972.
This fives-times-a-week series is a direct offshoot of Leno's previous late night talk show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Conan O'Brien stepped into Leno's shoes on The Tonight Show, and Leno was then moved into primetime with this show. For a stand-up comedian whose high school guidance counselor suggested he drop out of school, Leno has come a long way.
Born in New Rochelle, New York, in 1950, he grew up in Andover, Massachusetts - where he ran into the guidance counselor. Instead of dropping out, he went on to Emerson College, earning a bachelor's degree in speech therapy and starting a comedy club. In the 1970s, he landed mostly minor roles in several television series, but his big break came in 1987. Rumors had spread that comic Letterman was next in line for Carson's throne. In Portugal, the show was first shown on SIC Comedia until 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 the network received the rights to exhibit The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. This marked the first time that a sitting President of the United States appeared on a late night talk show. President Obama came under fire for a remark made about the Special Olympics, which he made in reference to Leno's congratulations to Obama's low bowling score. Leno currently produces and is host of the CNBC Television series "JAY LENO'S GARAGE" now in its fourth season. "Jay Leno's Garage" explores the world of cars, never forgetting that it's the people behind the wheel who provide the real stories.
The series debuted in October 2015 and delivered CNBC's most-watched first season in network history. New episodes of "Jay Leno's Garage" can be viewed on CNBC throughout the year. The show is an outgrowth of JAY LENOS GARAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL which Leno produces and has an international following on the Web and has garnered several Emmy Awards and nominations for Outstanding Special Class-Short-Format Nonfiction Programs. His new product line JAY LENO'S GARAGE ADVANCED VEHICLE CARE launched in December of 2016 and has been well received by the Automotive Industry worldwide.
His 10 most-watched Tonight clips on YouTube over the past month (from Feb. 17, the day of his first Tonight Show, to Mar. 15) have all garnered more than 2 million views. In contrast, only five of Leno's Tonight Show clips have ever been watched more than 1 million times on YouTube. And in his "spare" time , he enjoys working on his collection of classic cars and motorcycles. In fact, he has built a number of cars, including an acclaimed eco-car in his eco-friendly green garage. Leno, currently produces and is host of the CNBC Television series "JAY LENO'S GARAGE" now in its fifth season. "Jay Leno's Garage" explores the world of cars, never forgetting that it's the people behind the wheel who provide the real stories.
The series debuted in October 2015 and delivered CNBC's most-watched first season in network history. New episodes of "Jay Leno's Garage" can be viewed on CNBC throughout the year. For five years, Wollett worked in a small programming department with Rick Ludwin and his colleague, Nick Bernstein.
He was coordinating schedules and travel, answering the phones, and developing a discerning eye for quality comedy content and what resonates with the largest audience in late night. For at least six weeks following his return to The Tonight Show, Leno's program beat Letterman in 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 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. On November 18, 2010, former President George W. Bush made his first appearance on a late night talk show since leaving office. Wollett and team were even able to secure funding for the show through a school program called "After Dark" that paid for sets to be built and scripts to be copied.
He and the two other students wrote, edited, and produced five episodes of the show. Within days of the first episode airing, people around campus began to notice their actors off camera. On any network in almost four years; ratings for shows in that time slot continue to fall. Running the same show in prime time five nights a week would be a novelty for a broadcast network. Such so-called stripped shows have been a staple of daytime broadcasting.
LOS ANGELES _ After 25 years as ″Tonight Show″ host, Johnny Carson will ease his schedule next season, turning over one night a week to comedian Jay Leno, NBC Entertainment President Brandon Tartikoff said Monday. Viewership of the "Tonight Show," which has been the top-rated late night show under Leno's guidance since 1995, was also helped on Thursday by NBC's lead-in coverage of the first day of Winter Olympics. LOS ANGELES - Jay Leno's send-off as the host of NBC's late-night talk show the "Tonight Show" drew 14.6 million viewers, Nielsen Media Research said on Friday, topping the audience that bid adieu to the host when he left the show for the first time in 2009. Many talk show fans would agree that Carson was the king of this show format. Certain events are large enough to deserve special coverage such as the Olympics, World Cup, and Super Bowl. Providing that event is being streamed live online, we will create a feature page with the latest news, information, and watch sites.
Leno compares the new show to the JayWalking segments from The Tonight Show. He also plans to bring back some other favorites, like Headlines, along with a short monologue of jokes. Leno also hosts and produces the CNBC series Jay Leno's Garage, which is in its' fifth season exploring the world of automobiles, and hearing stories of the guests behind the wheel. This new opportunity is proof he plans to continue entertaining audiences for years to come. The former host of "The Tonight Show" and his longtime bandleader will co-host a reboot of the classic comedy show "You Bet Your Life". They are guests on the "1on1 with Jon Evans" podcast talking about what viewers can expect to see when the show debuts in September.
Stephen Battaglio writes about television and the media business for the Los Angeles Times out of New York. His coverage of the television industry has appeared in TV Guide, the New York Daily News, the New York Times, Fortune, the Hollywood Reporter, Inside.com and Adweek. He is also the author of three books about television, including a biography of pioneer talk show host and producer David Susskind. In Israel the show was aired during 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 in various channels, the current being yes stars comedy. On January 24, 2005, Leno had a special episode that paid tribute to Tonight Show predecessor Johnny Carson, who had died the day before. During the opening credits, the guests of that show were simply announced using pictures from when they were on Carson's Tonight Show, and the monologue simply gave condolence to Carson. There were no segments used; however, Leno played clips from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson before commercials.
All the guests were people who had worked with Carson, and had been on his show, including Ed McMahon, Drew Carey, Don Rickles, and Bob Newhart. Weekdays with the exception of Tuesdays this fall, when Mike Tomlin's weekly Steelers press conference will air live from 12-1 p.m. "You Bet Your Life" first aired from 1950 to 1961 with famed comedian Groucho Marx, followed by a short-lived 1992 remake with Bill Cosby. In the new version, Leno shares host duties with Kevin Eubanks, the former "Tonight" band leader who'd gleefully rib the comedian when a joke fell flat. Taking something like The Tonight Show and putting it on Peacock early is directly giving the streaming platform an advantage over the regular network that has nothing to do with the convenience of streaming.
He and his wife Mavis, an ardent human rights activist, live in Los Angeles. Wollett's continued work on "The Tonight Show" demonstrates his achievement in late night TV. The segments "Classroom Instruments" and "#Hashtag" alone have generated more than 150 million views on YouTube. That cost differential will probably be enough for NBC to absorb any fall in ratings from its current slate of dramas.
Mr. Leno has averaged 4.8 million viewers for his show this year, with a rating of 1.3, or 1.7 million people, in the category of viewers ages 18 to 49, which most advertisers favor. An executive involved in the discussions with Mr. Leno said that Mr. Leno finally came around to the idea that the television business had changed and a show like his could be a success in prime time. In a speech to network affiliates meeting here, Tartikoff said Leno and comedian Garry Shandling will be the exclusive guest hosts when Carson is on vacation. Leno will appear on Monday nights, each Tuesday will be a ″Best of Carson″ rerun, and Carson, 61, will do the show three nights a week.
O'Brien, who was groomed for Leno's seat only to be pushed out by the network and the host, said on his TBS cable program that he would allow himself a single joke at Leno's expense. Leno's highest-rated show drew 22.4 million viewers in 1993, a year into his tenure, and was tied to the finale of the NBC comedy series "Cheers," which was one of the most-watched TV episodes in U.S. history. Late Night, began hosting The Tonight Show, which moved back to New York City. He brought from his Late Night show his focus on comedic sketches rather than the long opening monologue favoured by Carson and Leno, and the Roots remained his house band. Fallon's show had consistently high ratings, particularly among younger viewers, though his generally nonpolitical posture led to a slight decline in viewership after 2016.
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The transition back to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno picked up where they left off. Missed your favorite show last night or want to watch an all-time fav? Browse through our guide of TV shows and seasons to find and watch full episodes and video clips online. The most comprehensive calendar of events, from concerts and major league sports, being streamed live online. "Almost every late-night talk show is a spinoff of the original Tonight Show," Leno said. This is almost exactly like the old Groucho show, because that show was about Groucho talking to people.
