Jay Leno

[Grace]

Did anyone watch his new show last night - the entire hour?

I tried, I really tried. About the 20-25 minute mark, my eyes started to glaze over.

[happylabs]

Yes. I watched about the same amount as you did. It just wasn't the same for some reason. I like Jerry Seinfeld, wasn't interested in seeing Kanye West at all.

[CountryWolf07]

I watched it... thought it was funny. I just have always liked Jay Leno.

[Cinder & Smoke]

I tried, I really tried.

About the 20-25 minute mark, my eyes started to glaze over.

>deep sigh<

WAAAAAY too much Leno; not nearly enough of anything else!
It was BAD.

I had to *click* over to a Star Trek antique at about 10:40 when
what's-his-name came on ...
I returned at about 10:54 and he was ALL *gone*.

But Leno returned, too - with some rather weak "Headlines" ...
I really can't believe they've been hyping that show? for a year.

Threre's alway PBS or walkin the Mutts.

[cassiesmom]

Chicago Tribune TV critic Maureen Ryan described it as "inoffensively average" and "middle of the road" and Leno as "vanilla". I hope it works out for Jay.

[lizbud]

I've never been a Leno fan. I stick with Letterman, he always makes me
laugh. He was funny as a weatherman on a local tv station & still funny
(to me) on his NY show.

[smokey the elder]

It's just a dodge by the network to cheap out by not putting a scripted show there, IMO. *Sigh* and they wonder why cable is eating their lunch.

[Freckles]

Leno works perfectly for me. I don't watch it.
I'm looking forward to all the "new season" shows starting the next couple of weeks. Much easier to plan and record the important ones.

[Marigold2]

I only watched the part with Jerry, after that it did not hold any interest for me.

[Grace]

I haven't watched it since Monday - mainly because there has been baseball on both nights

I may give it a try again - in November, after the World Series

But, really, is this show going to make it 5 nights a week - in prime time?
Seems simply too repetitive for me.

[Pam]

I haven't watched it since Monday - mainly because there has been baseball on both nights

Lucky for me, Grace, the Phillies have been finishing up right around 10:00, but you'd better believe that if we went to extra innings I would not be tuning in Jay.

I watched for a half hour on Monday and a half hour last night basically because I didn't care to see the second half of his guests (Kanye West on Monday and Miley Cyrus last night). It is the same show to me as The Tonight Show was with a little different set. I always liked to watch him but could never stay awake. I am looking forward to seeing Jay more often but, again, how long I watch depends on who is on.

[Grace]

Poor Jay and poor Conan. Wonder what will happen after the Olympics?

NBC on Sunday confirmed that its experiment in running a five nights per week talk show in primetime will end next month. The final episode of “The Jay Leno Show” will be Thursday, February 11th, before NBC begins its coverage of the Winter Olympics on February 12th.

Still to be determined is what the NBC lineup will look like after the Olympics. Leno has apparently agreed to go back to his old start time of 11:35 pm ET/PT, following late local news. If NBC programmers get their wishes, the new late night Leno show will be a half hour, followed by Conan O’Brien at five minutes past midnight. However, as noted by RBR-TVBR, contracts come into play and O’Brien apparently has the right to walk rather than accept the rescheduling. NBC Universal Television Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin told critics in Los Angeles Sunday that talks with O’Brien were ongoing. The word on the street is that he’d already been talking to Fox about jumping there to do a late night show.

The rest of the NBC late night lineup would have Jimmy Fallon following O’Brien at 1:05 am. That would leave Carson Daly without his current slot at 1:35 am, but Gaspin insisted that Daly would stay with NBC in some capacity. Of course, if O’Brien jumps ship, it would likely be a Leno-Fallon-Daly lineup.

Entire article

[Catty1]

The network is yanking his 10 pm show. No confirmation on what happens next...

[Grace]

Jeff Gaspin, Chairman, NBC Universal Television Entertainment, said the network was going “back to basics” and would fill the 10 p.m. hour with new dramas — including a new version of “Law & Order” set in LA.

[blue]

Jeff Gaspin, Chairman, NBC Universal Television Entertainment, said the network was going “back to basics” and would fill the 10 p.m. hour with new dramas — including a new version of “Law & Order” set in LA.

If I had a TV that would be good news.