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Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 53 days ago
Deadline Hollywood Daily's Nikki Finke points out that on Monday's "Tonight Show," Jay Leno hinted at a possible future with ABC while reading the popular segment, "Headlines." Leno held up a TVWeek cover that said "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno...starring Jay Leno on ABC." Then, Leno joked, "It's like a headline from the future!" Watch: Leno's future has been widely speculated about since Jeff Zucker announced Conan O'Brien would take over the "Tonight Show" in 2009 (Jimmy Kimmel was recently named O'Brien's successor). Both Fox and ABC are potential next steps for Leno, as is Sony Pictures Television (a February article revealed that all three outlets were courting him ). But Finke speculates that ABC makes the most sense for the next phase of Leno's career : Look, I've always thought that Leno and ABC were a logical fit when he leaves NBC (notice I don't say if he leaves NBC) next year. Yes, Fox gets more ink as his possible next home. But ABC doesn't seem to want edgy programming, so Leno's exaggerated mainstream appeal makes sense for the network -- even if his advanced age doesn't. Here's the problem with both Fox and ABC for Jay: he wants to go head to head with Conan and Letterman. So Nightline would be history. Back in 2002, Disney's Bob Iger was ready to jettison the late night news show in a heartbeat if he could lure David Letterman away from CBS. It almost happened -- that is, until word leaked out that Disney was ax ... Source: www.topix.com --- 62 days ago
Will Jay Leno go jaywalking? That's the multimillion-dollar question hanging over the future of America's most bankable late-night chat-show host. ... Source: www.fwicki.com --- 6 days ago
These are turbulent times for the late-night talk show. In 2009, Jay Leno will be forced to accept voluntary redundancy and step down from his 16-year perch atop NBC's Tonight Show . Leno's successor is Conan O'Brien, whose 12.30am slot will be taken ... ...
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Sitting down with Rolling Stone for a rare interview, David Letterman opened up on his two-step process of alienating and courting some of his most famous guest-emies—towering pop culture figures like Madonna, Oprah, and Richard Simmons—as well as his own plans for retirement. ("I would like to go beyond [my contracted] 2010, not much beyond," he told them.) He was also asked to weigh in on the curious scheduling shift going on at his old network NBC, where top ratings-getter Jay Leno is being forcibly vacated to make room for new The Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien, and his Late Night successor, Jimmy Fallon . No one is more confused about the changes than Letterman : "Unless I'm misunderstanding something, I don't know why, after the job Jay has done for them, why they would relinquish that," Letterman said, adding, "I have to believe he was not happy about it." Letterman speculated whether "that's actually what's going to happen," while acknowledging NBC might be too far down the road to retreat. [...] Letterman, who called O'Brien "a very funny guy," was asked about facing him as the new "Tonight" host. A cautious Letterman said he couldn't predict the outcome. "It will be weird to see Conan at 11:30, don't you think? Which is not to say he can't succeed, but, no, I don't know what the competition will be like. I hope we're able to do OK." The late night landscape is hardly recognizable from the one Letterman originally landed his co ...