NBC Makes History in the Prime-time TV Ratings

NBC made history last week in the TV ratings — the kind it would like to forget.
Nielsen Media Research says an average of 4.4 million people were watching NBC during prime time last week. Only one time before has Nielsen recorded a lower number for NBC — during the dog days of August 2007.
Never before [...]

Leno Bids Farewell to `Tonight,’ Hello to O’Brien

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Jay Leno’s final “Tonight Show” opens with a standing ovation from the audience and a monologue targeting politicians and other favorite targets.
Leno, taping his late NBC late-night show Friday, was greeted by a cheering audience and then launched into the opening jokes. He thanked all the people who made the last 17 years possible — [...]

Leno gets set to leave the `most wonderful job’

It took a radio disc jockey to remind Jay Leno where he’ll stand in “Tonight Show” history when he walks off the stage for the last time Friday.
Leno was at the wheel of one of his famous vintage cars when he heard the DJ conduct a pop quiz: Who’s the second-longest-running host of “Tonight,” after [...]

Creating a Tiny-Sized Piece of American History

I watched this show the other night on PBS and it was totally fascinating! No really, from an artist’s standpoint, it made me really want to create ‘American history.’
There is a story behind every postage stamp. Each of the iconic images on all those little bits of paper captures a unique angle of the [...]

Is That You Batman?

Quick History of the ‘Tonight Show’

 
Carson chats with Letterman on The Tonight Show in 1982; he was believed to favor Letterman over Leno.
On May 29, Jay Leno hands over The Tonight Show to Conan O’Brien, ending a 17-year run behind one of the most hallowed desks in show business–on a program that has barely changed since its debut more than [...]

Conan’s ‘Late Night’ Theme Being Adapted for ‘Tonight’

The new theme song for “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” will have a familiar ring to it.
That’s because Mr. O’Brien and executive producer Jeff Ross have opted to use a reworked version of Mr. O’Brien’s 16-year-old “Late Night” musical open as the theme song for the new incarnation of “Tonight.” Mr. Ross confirmed the [...]

I Dare You to Say it!

Putting Prop 8 All in Perspective

Quoting Chris Rock: “Gay people have a right to be miserable as everybody else! Michael Jackson got married, how f**kin’ sacred is that s**t?”

Out With the Old and In With the New

This week marks the last days of the ‘Tonight Show with Jay Leno.’ Starting Monday it will still tape in Burbank, but it will be renamed the ‘Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.’ Odd to say, but the future is upon us…..

Conan O’Brien says Jay Leno’s kindness has made the “Tonight” show transition go smoothly.
Both men [...]