OlderNBC to Jay Leno Show: You're Canceled!
The Jay Leno Show is getting the boot from primetime!
“I can confirm that starting Feb. 12, Jay Leno will no longer air at 10 p.m.,” NBC Universal TV chairman Jeff Gaspin shared during the TV Critics Association press tour. “My goal right now is to keep Jay, Conan [O'Brien] and Jimmy [Fallon] as part of our late-night lineup. As much as I’d like to tell you we have a done deal, we know that’s not true.”
In the short-term, Gaspin said that instead of the Leno Show, we can expect “two hours of scripted, another reality hour and combination of Dateline or repeats.”
Gaspin hopes to have Leno host a half-hour show at 11:35, followed by The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien at 12:05 and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at 1:05. What will become of Last Call with Carson Daly? That remains unclear.
NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics will commence when Leno‘s show goes off the air.
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Good, now can NBC please put some adult programming each night in it’s place?
omg no, jay leno has been the best thing NBC has ever had. he needs to have the 11:35 slot if anything!
I feel sorry for Conan.. this is all Leno and NBC fault. Jay should have just rode into the night after his contract ended..like he was supposed to do.. BUT nooooo he could not let that big fat EGO of his leave the airwaves.. WELL I guess time slot is the factor in Jay’s success.. The audience did not want to see him 5 days a night (DUMB). plus his EGO got pissed that David was winning. NOW they are tiring to combine Jay/Conan/Jimmy .. gosh they need 3 men to beat David.. Well it seems NBC is re-making the Late Night Wars all over again.. this time with Jay and Conan..
THAT suck for CO.. he was supposed to have is shot.. then Jay came in and took the thunder away.. that was just Rotten all around.. Conan should tell them to shove it and head over to cable.. John and Steven are doing great on cable.. NBC is Sucks just like their program decisions..
I hope David continues to kick major as*s.. and I will sit back and enjoy the Late Night Wars once again.. this time thank goodness my David is not in it..
NBC may not have been able to save Jay’s 10pm show but they did save the drama for your mama. freelols.com
conan should continue hosting the tonight show at his normal time because he rocks at it he’s ten times funnier and likable, jay should go away he already gave the tonight show and his time up now it’s over let conan do it
Meh, Jay’s show sucked anyway.
I cannot believe a network can bungle up a business decision like this.
For all the readers – please handle your own business problems more professionally, in a way that does not offend your money-makers. NBC screwed up and offended ALL their moneymakers. If I were the head boss, I’d be looking for blood and groveling to get Conan and Leno happy with NBC once more.
I don’t know the solutions, but I know a bungled up a situation when I see one.
he’s not being canceled, they’re just moving his show back.
@marisa:
He IS getting the NBC 11:35 slot, try reading. Also, Jay Leno is about as funny as my dead hamster. Its his ratings that are doing the worst and making it worse for any other show to follow it. Its was Jay’s job to bring in higher ratings and he failed miserably. Why NBC is so serious in keeping someone as unfunny as Jay is the real mystery.
To give you an idea of how badly NBC night-time slot is doing. David Letterman is averaging 2 million MORE viewers a night. Double the viewers that Jay or Conan get. But bringing back Jay Leno is not the answer. He seriously sucks.
I think Conan is okay. I wonder what will happen to Carson, he’s not really a comedian, he can do Idol
Team Conan!
just take jimmy off the air. he really sucks.
I would watch the jay leno show some nights of there was nothing on .It wasent anything to write home about .There was alot of racist comments in it.Not cool To do the great white moments in black history.I did not like that at all!I hope they have something good to put on the 10 o’clock showing
Jimmy Fallon? There’s nothing funny about his show, he doesn’t know how to interview and he is so lame.
Cancel him instead!
I actually like JImmy Fallon. He has the best late-night band with the roots, gets great musical guests and has funny games on where you win carpet samples and a christmas sweater. Its Jay that painfully sucks.
I think Conan should sign on the CBS, he and Letterman would dominate late night and I know Conan really admires Letterman so maybe he’ll do it.
aww i like jimmy fallon he’s funny Conan rocks too
Jay Leno on the Tonight Show was just fine. When it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. I believe that if he had done at 9 what he did on the Tonight Show, he would not be getting canned. I watched Leno and Letterman (Tivo) but had to stop watching Jay in his new prime time show because it just wasn’t good. I don’t care what time a show is on I just care about the content. I record everything and watch it when I have time. As long as Conan and Jimmy are still on, I’m cool with whatever time slot they get. As for Jay, if he doesn’t return to what worked, I won’t watch.
Jay is a has-been, so is Conan. Fallon is a never-will-be.
And Letterman is a sleezebag. And hence they are all on tv.
BRING BACK LAW AND ORDER CRIMINAL INTENT PLEASE!! AT
10:00 PM.. CONAN NEEDS TO STAY BUT JAY DOESN’T SO
JUST LET IT GO AND STOP TEASING THE AUDIENCE…
They never should have made Jay leave the show and move in the first place…geesh…if Conan is smart, he’ll run – not walk – over to Fox irregardless of the millions NBC will throw at him to stay. Go to a network that’s known for good programming, long-running shows, and who might run a hit show like an extended American Idol episode as a lead-in for his show. Conan don’t stay at a network where for years they’ve jerked around their late-night hosts. It’ll be worth it in the long run to go to a network that’s behind you for the long haul.
just jimmy a half hour show then
the show sucked anyway, i never liked it, all the jokes were forced
i have a feeling that at the end conan is gonna end up not working at nbc
but the good thing is he might be picked up by another network that might appreciate him
cancel jimmy! who watches him! His not funny and his jokes are lame
Jay Leno show was getting 5.8 million viewers, same as when he hosted the Tonight Show.
Letterman gets 4.2 million a night.
Conan is getting 2.5 million hosting the Tonight Show.
Leno is their money maker. Conan will enjoy the Fox channel. That is where he should have gone in the first place.
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