Tag: Leno

Leno vs Letterman nostalgia

With the current NBC behind the scenes wars, I thought this was interesting to look back on..

Here is Leno’s last appearance on Late Night with David Letterman in 1992 right before he took over the Tonight Show. Letterman had done that show for 10 years and was always the assumed Tonight Show heir, as well as the one Johnny Carson preferred to carry on his legacy. Soon afterward Letterman of course accepted an offer from CBS and went on to host The Late Show with David Letterman and Conan O’Brien took over as host of Late Night on NBC.

Since that departure, Letterman has grown to hate Leno in what I suspect is the natural tendency to be gracious in the wake of shock and only come to your senses of rage later on. We saw it when that guy squirted Tom Cruise with the fake microphone/watergun – at first for a second Cruise smiles, but then does a “wtf” and calls the guy a jerk in an earnest voice. That’s what happened with Letterman… watch this video below from a time when the two hosts were still friendly and perhaps you’ll find it as interesting as i did…

Compare that to Lettermans current feelings about “Jay ‘big jaw’ Leno” as he keeps calling him in this clip…..

Leno goofs on NBC over cancellation rumors

hmmmmmm

NBC is mulling a scheduling shakeup that would put Jay Leno back in late-night and put an end to the experiment that brought the talk show host to prime-time.

A person familiar with discussions held Thursday said the network is considering a scenario that would include a half-air Leno show at 11:35 p.m., pushing “The Tonight Show” with Conan O’Brien to 12:05 and Jimmy Fallon’s “Late Night” to 1:05 a.m.

The person wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about the discussions and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Leno’s nightly 10 p.m. talk and comedy show has drawn lackluster ratings and complaints from NBC affiliate stations that the show has been a weak lead-in for local late newscasts and hurt their viewership.

The proposed new lineup could go into effect after NBC concludes its Olympics coverage at the end of February.