Jay Leno shows CNN around his garage where he attempts reconcile his love of cars with his concern for the environment.
"You go to a bank and you have a card ... I honestly don't know exactly." •Jennifer Aniston, after explaining the premise of her upcoming movie The Switch (in which her character seeks a sperm donor to have a child), responds to Jay Leno's question about how sperm banks operate on the Tonight Show Thursday.
NBC learned fairly quickly that Jay Leno at 10 p.m. was not hitting the sweet spot with viewers.
President Obama's punch lines targeted a diverse group Saturday -- from teen sensations the Jonas Brothers to comedian Jay Leno, whom he described as the only person with worse ratings than his.
"I think Conan will come back and he'll be strong," the Tonight Show host tells Joy Behar
HLN's Joy Behar talks with Jay Leno about the late night drama between him and Conan O'Brien.
Jay Leno expects Conan O'Brien will return to late-night television as a head-to-head competitor against NBC's "The Tonight Show."
The late-night host and David Letterman joke that they'll miss dissing Jay Leno on their shows
Celebrities at the NAACP Image Awards give their thoughts on Jay Leno's return to 'The Tonight Show.'
Talk show host Jay Leno returned Monday night to his old time slot as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show," nine months after he ceded the spot to Conan O'Brien in a failed move to primetime.
After the wreckage NBC wrought, the former Tonight host is back home again
"It's good to be home ... at least for a while," the host says in his monolgue
Jay Leno's longtime musical sidekick reportedly plans to move on after the show returns to late night
The NBC host tells Oprah he could have edited it out of the show but opted to leave it in
If you're looking for someone to blame for NBC's late-night horror show, take aim at the network, Jay Leno told Oprah Winfrey on Thursday in an exclusive interview.
The two most-discussed talk-show hosts aren't talking -- to each other, that is.
Once "things cool down … maybe we'll talk," says the once and future Tonight host
Magnanimous in defeat, which could turn into victory, Conan O'Brien bequeathed "The Tonight Show" back to Jay Leno Friday after first thanking NBC for at least putting him on the map.
The high-profile squabble that captivated late-night television for weeks comes to a close Friday, when Conan O'Brien makes his final appearance as host of "The Tonight Show."
Comedian Jay Leno will headline the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in May, the group said Friday.
Celebrities at the Golden Globes give their thoughts on NBC's late night woes.
Trying to set the record straight, Leno thinks he's back to late night - but, "I don't know"
Jay Leno expects NBC to announce Tuesday that he will return to hosting "The Tonight Show," a job he handed off to Conan O'Brien last summer, the comedian said Monday night.
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel ripped into Jay Leno on his own show Thursday night, and Rosie O'Donnell -- who has been outspoken about her support of Conan O'Brien -- has canceled her January 27 appearance on "The Jay Leno Show."
NBC has been the butt of nearly every joke in late night this week, and many of them were aired on NBC itself.
By refusing NBC's offer of a "Tonight Show" shifted to a post-midnight, post-Jay Leno time slot, host Conan O'Brien has protected the 56-year-old tradition of that program. And he's also protected the 46-year-old Conan O'Brien.
Conan O'Brien suggested in a statement Tuesday that he will not accept NBC's proposal to move him and "The Tonight Show," which he's hosted for seven months, to 12:05 a.m. ET.
Jay Leno couldn't salvage NBC's prime-time ratings. Now the network is making bets on high-profile producers to perform triage next season.
The TV hosts essentially let their bosses have it in Monday's monologues
Leno and O'Brien make themselves the butt of their own jokes. Jeanne Moos plays musical chairs at the talk show desk.
Jay Leno pulled no punches on his show Monday night, the first since NBC confirmed the TV host was being kicked out of his low-rated 10 p.m. slot after just three months.
NBC host Jay Leno is going back to late nights after a low-rated experiment in prime time, the network announced Sunday.
Howard Kurtz talks with two top television industry critics about NBC's rumored late night reshuffling.
But the network hopes to keep both Leno and Conan O'Brien in late-night
NBC host Jay Leno is going back to late nights after a low-rated, three-month experiment in prime time, the network announced Sunday.
It's unlikely that NBC will lay down any final edicts about the fate of "The Jay Leno Show" before the start of the Television Critics Association's press tour on Sunday, but one thing is certain: NBC only made a bad situation worse by moving the late-night host to prime time instead of investing in scripted shows.
NBC doesn't deny a report the talk show host will resume his 11:30 p.m. slot
Entertainer Jay Leno did the ol' soft shoe as speculation swirled that NBC might cancel his show or move it back to the 11:35 p.m. ET time slot.
But the host says he preferred late night, and takes the blame for low ratings
She names all the Brady kids, dishes on her iPod playlist and more as she answers "10 Questions at 10" on The Jay Leno Show
Rapper Kanye West told Jay Leno that his outburst at the MTV awards was a mistake.
Kanye West called Taylor Swift with a "very sincere" apology Tuesday for interrupting her acceptance speech at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, Swift said.
Kanye West appeared to blame the pain of his mother's death two years ago for his "rude" behavior at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.
Jay Leno says immediacy is key to his new show, and he should have plenty of it for his prime time premiere Monday, when Kanye West is a musical guest.
HLN's A.J. Hammer has the details on the MTV VMAs and a controversial disruption from rapper Kanye West.
Jay Leno's new show will be freshly baked five nights a week with three times the comedy of his former "Tonight Show," the comedian promised.
"I've been running four miles every day," says the TV host, whose show hits primetime in the fall
The host thanks Monica Lewinsky, Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton in front of a cheering crowd
Jay Leno ended his 17-year reign as the host of "The Tonight Show" Friday with the children of people who met and started families while working at the long-running late-night show during his tenure, according to audience members who attended the taping.
As Jay Leno leaves the "Tonight Show," HLN's AJ Hammer reflects on his rocky start, legacy and show's next host.
You'd think someone who lasted 17 years as host of a television program in this day and age -- particularly a show as venerable as NBC's "Tonight Show" -- would be receiving praise and honor.
The actor graces the Tonight Show and talks about his divorce and his pregnant girlfriend
Friday night marks the biggest changing of the guard in late-night TV in 17 years, and the Pick of the Week: Jay Leno says his last good-night (to 11:35 p.m. ET, anyway) and gives the chair to Conan O'Brien.
"I don't own any suits of my own," the NBC star tells PEOPLE
Jay Leno plans "something really unusual and different" when he hands over "The Tonight Show" to Conan O'Brien on May 29, 17 years after Johnny Carson left the hosting duties to him.
The actor-filmmaker is on the guest roster for the Tonight host's last week
"It's an embarrassing thing," Leno tells PEOPLE of the cause of his two days of hospitalization
"I ate a raw pig a friend brought back from Mexico," he says in his return to The Tonight Show
The host of The Tonight Show was under observation for apparent dehydration, his rep tells PEOPLE
TV talk show host Jay Leno was released from the hospital Friday, his representative said.
The TV host cancels his taping, but is "doing just fine," says a Tonight Show rep
TV talk show host Jay Leno fell ill and checked himself into a Los Angeles, California, hospital on Thursday, his representative said.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you. Give out free tickets and the whole world will come.
Comedian Jay Leno's plan to hold a free concert for the jobless of Detroit, Michigan, drew criticism from a politician in the city.
The car buff heads to the Motor City because of its high unemployment
Comedian Jay Leno unveiled his own stimulus package for the jobless in Detroit, Michigan.
"We'll start at 10 p.m. right after the last hour of the Today show," Leno says in his monologue
The Tonight Show host talks about his new show premiering next year
But, as controversy surrounds Sarah Palin's expense-account wardrobe, Obama says she's "empathetic"
Plus: The Tonight Show host mulls his late-night future
The TV host "didn't mean any malice," he says in a statement to PEOPLE after criticism from gay activists
The TV host comes under attack after asking the actor for his "gayest look"
The strike Jokes, at least, have died down. David Letterman -- back on the air with his writers after making a separate deal with the Writers Guild -- has moved on to wisecracks about the Cloverfield monster and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. Jay Leno, who has returned sans scribes but is supposedly writing the monologues himself (angering the Guild, which claims he's violating strike rules by doing so), is pummeling viewers with the usual rat-a-tat of gags playing off the headlines, from the presidential primaries to funny animal news.
Late-night comedians went back to work -- some with, some without writers.
The Writers Guild is not laughing about Jay Leno's return to NBC's Tonight Show Wednesday night.
Video courtesy CBS It took two presidential candidates to help the two late-night kings of television return to the air Tuesday: Republican hopeful Mike Huckabee, with Jay Leno, and Democratic contender Hillary Clinton, with David Letterman.
Some late night talk shows return with new episodes tonight despite the WGA strike. CNN's Lola Ogunnaike reports.
Late-night TV hosts returned to the air Wednesday after a two-month hiatus, showing support for their striking writers, plenty of creative stretch marks -- and at least two scruffy beards
CNN's Lola Ogunnaike reports on the plans for Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien to return to air without striking writers.
Both sides in the Hollywood writers strike expressed optimism that progress was being made in contract negotiations aimed at ending a five-week walkout
CNN's Lola Ogunnaike reports that the Writers Guild of America has gone on strike.
David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Conan O’Brien may have to button their lips come Monday – due to the proposed strike of the Writers Guild of America.
When "The Tonight Show" decided to redecorate its set, the old furniture was destined for more than a garage sale. Host Jay Leno decided it should be auctioned online for a friend's community group
Talk-show host Jay Leno testified Tuesday that he received several phone messages from Michael Jackson's accuser in 2000 and talked to him briefly on the phone, but the comedian said neither the boy nor his family asked him for money.
Attorneys for Michael Jackson have formally objected to a request by Jay Leno to exempt the comedian from a gag order so that he can lampoon Jackson's legal woes on "The Tonight Show."
Late night talk show host Jay Leno, subpoenaed to appear as a defense witness in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial, has asked that a judge clarify the gag order in the case so he can continue to mention the trial in his nightly monologue.
Letterman, Leno , "The View, " Regis and Kelly, Dr. Phil, Oprah -- it seems that the 2004 campaign trail leads to television talk shows as much as it does to hotly contested states.
Jay Leno will hand over the reins of NBC's "The Tonight Show" to "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien -- but not until 2009, the network announced Monday.
Bill Clinton will leave office in a mere eight months, and he told the White House Correspondents' Association dinner last month that his staff has been sending him tips on resume writing. "They re...
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