Posts with tag "jayleno"

Jay Leno and NBC's Primetime Nightmare Is Over

Posted Feb 10th 2010 at 06:11 AM by PopEater Staff

The biggest blunder in primetime went out with a whisper Tuesday night, as Jay Leno signed off his ill-fated 10 p.m. show with a few jokes but no tearful goodbyes -- or mentions of 'The Tonight Show,' for that matter. "It seems like just yesterday I was telling NBC this was not going to work," the comedian said during his last 'Jay Leno Show' monologue. "This show was supposed to be on for two ...

186 Comments

Jimmy Kimmel Calls Jay Leno a 'Tattle-Tale'

Posted Jan 29th 2010 at 11:55 AM by PopEater Staff

Just hours after Jay Leno aired his late-night laundry to Oprah Winfrey and insisted he felt "sucker punched" by Jimmy Kimmel, the comedian delivered a sharp monologue defending his recent appearance on 'The Jay Leno Show' in which he let loose about shakeups at NBC. "[Leno] went on Oprah and rats me out," Kimmel said during his 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' monologue. "That's a sucker-punch right ...

88 Comments

On Oprah, Jay Leno Denies Taking Conan's Dream Job

Posted Jan 28th 2010 at 03:55 PM by PopEater Staff

With all eyes on Jay Leno, he sat down with Oprah Winfrey for his first interview since the blow-up over NBC's late-night lineup. While he admits having some regrets, Leno's deepest scars seem to stretch back to 2004 when NBC first announced Conan O'Brien would be taking over the show in 2009. "It broke my heart. It really did. I was devastated," Leno said. "This was the job that I had always ...

359 Comments

Why Jay Leno and David Letterman Hate Each Other

Posted Jan 27th 2010 at 07:45 PM by Mike Ryan

David Letterman looked like "either Dinty Moore or Paul Bunyan's son." Or so recalls Jay Leno from his 1996 book on his first meeting with Letterman in 1975. It was a fateful encounter that formed an initial partnership and friendship. But now, in retrospect, it's a tragic relationship in which the repercussions from the fallout between the two are still being felt 35 years later, changing ...

22 Comments

Jay Leno Keeps It Civil in First Post-Conan Show

Posted Jan 26th 2010 at 07:03 AM by PopEater Staff

Over the past two weeks, Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien traded barbs and insults at each other in the run-up to Conan's eventual dismissal from 'The Tonight Show.' And, now that Conan has been forced out, Jay seems to have forgotten about the rivalry altogether, making essentially no mention of Conan or the scandal in his monologue save for one joke against NBC executives. ...

27 Comments

Late Night Hosts' High School Yearbook Photos

Posted Jan 21st 2010 at 04:33 PM by PopEater Staff

With all this drama between late-night hosts, they might as well be in high school, right? Well, we took a trip down memory lane and compiled all the host's year book photos. Take a look at all the funnymen (Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon and more) before their prime. ...

452 Comments

Jay Leno Has 'No Animosity' Towards Conan O'Brien

Posted Jan 18th 2010 at 11:15 PM by Mike Hess

Jay Leno has joked here and there about the drama with NBC and Conan O'Brien, but on Monday night, Leno used his show to directly address the situation and his seemingly tense relationship with O'Brien. "But through all of this - through all of this, Conan O'Brien has been a gentleman. He's a good guy. I have no animosity towards him. This is all business," Leno told his audience. Watch: ...

16 Comments

'SNL' Takes on Late-Night Wars With Cold Open

Posted Jan 17th 2010 at 11:33 AM by PopEater Staff

Fred Armisen, Darrell Hammond, Bill Hader and Jason Sudekis suited up as Larry King, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and David Letterman for the opening sketch of 'Saturday Night Live.' "Jay, about 5 years ago, NBC came to you and said 'Jay, you're doing great. Your show's number one. We love you, leave, because we want to replace you with Conan O'Brien,'" Armisen's King said. "So you moved to 10PM and ...

37 Comments

Rosie O'Donnell Mouths Off About Jay Leno

Posted Jan 15th 2010 at 10:20 AM by Chris Jancelewicz

Jay Leno should step aside and let Conan O'Brien helm the 'Tonight Show' for good, Rosie O'Donnell said last night. The outspoken comedienne says she's a huge fan of O'Brien, defending him to reporters while promoting an HBO documentary, reports The Huffington Post. ...

58 Comments

Celebs Support Conan O'Brien (Not Leno!) On Twitter

Posted Jan 14th 2010 at 02:51 PM by Steven Avalos

Since news of NBC's Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien conundrum broke, the Internet has been up in arms -- mostly showing support for Conan. On Twitter, hashtags like #TeamConan and #GoConan are on the rise. Now everyone from Josh Groban to Ice T are voicing their allegiance to Team Conan via the social networking site. And although 'The Office' star Rainn Wilson (@RainnWilson) may have his hands tied ...