Don’t look for Joan Rivers to be a guest on Jay Leno’s new talk show anytime soon.

The potty-mouthed comedienne ripped Leno and his upcoming 10PM series on NBC during a public press junket on Wednesday.
Read the rest of this entry »

On Tuesday, NBC announced the launch date for former late night funnyman Jay Leno’s new primetime series on the network. The Jay Leno Show will premiere on Sept. 14.

The new hour-long primetime special, starring the biggest chin in showbusiness, will air weeknights @ 10 PM. Upon its premiere, The Jay Leno Show will be the first talk-entertainment show to run five nights a week in primetime, according to The Associated Press.

Jay Leno ended his 17-year run as host of The Tonight Show last Friday. On Monday, comedian Conan O’Brien took over the show’s new host.

After 17 years as host of The Tonight Show, the Most Famous Chin in Hollywood will say goodbye to NBC Late Night on Friday.

Fans have been lining up at NBC in Burbank, California since Thursday in hopes of getting a ticket to tonight’s historic changing of the guard.

Conan O’Brien will take over as host of The Tonight Show on Monday, June 1.

Introducing Octo-Mel!

On Monday, actor Mel Gibson dropped by The Tonight Show to set the record straight on his relationship with a pregnant Russian pop star, just as The Leno Era of prepares to come to an end after nearly twenty years this Friday.

“This is true, we’re going to have a child. I guess I’m Octo-Mel now,” the Lethal Weapon star joked.

This will be the eighth child for 53-year-old Gibson, who already seven children with his estranged wife, Robyn. Robyn filed for divorce six weeks ago.

“My wife and I, our marriage ended three years ago and we’ve been separated ever since then,” Mel told Jay on last night’s show. “These things happen. It’s unfortunate, it’s sad, but you know she is an admirable woman – we still got kids together. We’re friends.”

Jay Leno has revealed the identity of his final guest on The Tonight Show– Pay attention. This will be a trivia question someday.

Jay’s final chat as host of The Tonight Show will be with none other than his successor, Conan O’Brien.

Conan will appear as the last guest on Jay’s final show, which will air Friday, May 29 on NBC, Jay — who is leaving The Tonight Show after a 17 year run — made the announcement during conference call on Thursday morning.

The week of May 25th will be Jay Leno’s last as the host of The Tonight Show, and in what was likely his final chat with Ellen DeGeneres as the face of NBC’s late night lineup, the comedian spoke about transitioning the legendary show over to former Late Night host Conan O’Brien. Read the rest of this entry »

The week of May 25th will be Jay Leno’s last as the host of The Tonight Show– and but it looks like the comedian with the classic chin will welcome a host of exciting guests as his seventeen year bag of laughs comes to an end.

Here’s A List of Jay’s Final Week of Guests:

Monday, May 25: Look for Mel Gibson and Lyle Lovett, who will be making his 25th appearance.

Friday, May 29: The guests for the last episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno will be announced later this week.

Paris Hilton hates Jay Leno and has no idea who pays her bills. Read the rest of this entry »

Jay Leno missed two days of hosting The Tonight Show last month – his first in 17 years of hosting the late night show — due to exhaustion.
Read the rest of this entry »

A previously hospitalized Jay Leno continued his first week back at work this week by welcoming comedienne and New York Times Best-Selling author Chelsea Handler to The Tonight Show on Tuesday.