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    Lowball Jay Leno Boycott Picking Up Steam

    lenolisa Lowball Jay Leno Boycott Picking Up SteamIF it were up to Jay Leno, we would see a 24 hour version of The Jay Leno Show on all channels seven days a week, as it stands, I will have to turn the channel five nights a week at 10 p.m. (instead of 11:30 p.m.) thanks to NBC’s decision to kick scripted television to the curb and air a bloated primetime version of the late night variety show hosted by Jay Leno.

    While NBC spots advertising Leno’s new show (and they are endless,) tout Leno as an alternative to “crimetime” there is nothing funny about folks in the entertainment industry, in front and behind the camera, hammering tears over the amount of jobs that have dried up as a direct result of Leno’s new primetime monster.

    With actors and studios avoiding Leno like the black lung, he is in serious trouble booking his new show with anyone meaningful and thus has resorted to calling in all favors from the likes of the bulletproof Jerry Seinfeld, who is to be Leno’s first guest.

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    Posted Under: CBS, Celebs, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Lisa Mason Lee, NBC
    This post was written by ThecounT on September 11, 2009 Write a Comment (3)comment

    Jay Leno’s final Tonight Show

    Jay Leno moves to 10pm.

    Jay Leno moves to 10pm.

    Jay Leno  exited stage left yesterday after taping his final episode of the Tonight Show. Jay took time to thank those who helped make the show possible Monica Lewinsky, Michael Jackson, and Bill Clinton and to reflect on his 17 year reign as host.

    “When we started this show,” Leno told a cheering crowd in the standing-room-only studio in Burbank, “my hair was black and the president was white. When we started the show, Jon and Kate were both eight.”

    A funny best of Jaywalking segment, a teary James Taylor performance and Jay’s successor Conan O’ Brien was his final guest as host of the show. Conan was funny as usual and Jay was nothing but supportive  but don’t shed a tear for Jay because he gets a prime spot at 10 pm this fall doing the same type of show. The show ended with a touching appearance by all the kids who were born to the staff in the last 17 years  from the Tonight Show, 68 children in total.

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    Posted Under: Celebs, NBC
    This post was written by Desiree on May 30, 2009 Write a Commentcomment