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THE Jay Leno Show" has struggled mightily -- but Mondays have been extra-tough. "Leno" averaged just over 4 million viewers at 10 p.m. Monday -- nearly equaling its all-time low of 3.9 million viewers set on Monday, Nov. 2. This past Monday, "Leno" was up against original episodes of CBS' "CSI: Miami" and ABC's "Castle," which averaged 14 million and 11 million viewers, respectively. Both shows creamed "Leno" in the advertiser-coveted demo of adults 18-49. The show, hosted by the former "Tonight Show" star, started off with a bang in its September premiere -- pulling in over 18 million viewers...

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Six weeks after Jay Leno moved to primetime, NBC's wait-and-see approach to his sinking ratings is testing the patience of affiliate stations across the country. The Peacock network maintains that putting Leno on five nights a week will pay off when fresh episodes of his show go up against reruns on other networks, but so far Leno has been a disappointing lead-in for the late newscasts that follow him. After a strong start, his program at 10 p.m. is down sharply from its premiere week and is drawing one-quarter fewer viewers than its scripted predecessors a year ago. This is...

First lady dishes on Leno about her husband's most annoying habits First Lady Michelle Obama dished on Jay Leno's NBC show Friday about her husband's most annoying habits, sarcastically quipping hubby Barack is "perfect" before she spilled the beans about how he angers her the most. Leno asked Michelle on-air Friday what irritated her the most about her presidential partner, igniting Michelle's dry sense of humor -- she deadpanned that he was "perfect," then revealed it's his top-notch tennis game that drives her crazy. "He beats me quite often," Obama answered. "It gets to be pretty annoying." Michelle continued to...

Barry and Michelle Obama really cannot—or they just plain refuse to—relate to the average American. The more I rack my brain trying to figure it out, the more I come up with one conclusion: The Obamas, in my opinion, are hardcore, liberal elitists who will never, can never, and won’t ever empathize or sympathize with the issues of the average American…try as hard as they may in putting on a show to that effect. It being a Friday night and me being a happening guy and all…I decided to stay in and watch the liberal network known as NBS (no,...

Kudos to Jay Leno for bringing the first real mockery of President Obama from the night show crowd. And Leno does a fine job. (Video is well worth the 60 seconds it takes to watch.)

Appearing on the late night talk show, the president compared his skills at bowling to those of a handicapped athlete. Asked by Mr Leno, who hosts the show, if he had been practicing bowling in his Washington office, Mr Obama joked that his highest score was the extremely low total of 129. “That’s very good, Mr President,” Mr Leno interjected in a sarcastic tone. Mr Obama then countered that the score was “like the Special Olympics or something”. The comments, which will inevitably call into question Mr Obama’s sensitivity skills, came as he attempted to diffuse escalating criticism over his...

Leno Bashes Letterman: I've Never Had Sex With a Staff Member By Noel Sheppard Created 2009-10-03 12:24 Jay Leno went after his former late night rival on Friday using some of his opening monologue to poke fun at David Letterman's recently disclosed sexual escapades with staffers. As Friday's program began, Leno quipped, "If you came here tonight for sex with a talk-show host, you’ve got the wrong studio." But that was only the beginning (video embedded below the fold with transcript, h/t Mediaite [1]): If you came here tonight for sex with a talk-show host, you've got the wrong studio....

VIDEO OF RUSH LIMBAUGH ON JAY LENO'S SHOW NOW ON RUSH'S SITE!

Rush Limbaugh will be Jay Leno's "special guest" tonight on his new show at 10pm ET / 9pm Central on NBC. Smokey Robinson will be Jay's musical guest. Related thread:Rush Limbaugh to take Jay Leno's 'Green Car Challenge'

VIDEO: In case you missed it, here is Jay Leno's interview with Rush Limbaugh, last night, September 24th. As usual, Rush is witty, insightful, articulate, and persuasive. After discussing Rush's amazing weight loss of over 80 pounds, Jay and Rush discussed President Obama and issues such as: nationalized healthcare, the bailouts, the government takeover of the auto companies, capitalism, wall street, executive pay and more.

Just how far has NBC fallen? The Jay Leno show scored roughly one-third the audience of ABC's or CBS's, but trails even Fox News. Not just Fox, which permits its affiliates to broadcast local programming during the 10 o'clock hour, but Fox News Channel. ABC: Grey's Anatomy (16.5 million) CBS: The Mentalist (14.3 million) Fox News: The O'Reilly Report (5.2 million*) NBC: The Jay Leno Show (5 million) *includes two airings, because Fox News Channel broadcasts simultaneously in all time zones. Now, if Fox News would only put Glenn Beck in Prime Time...

From Lorie Byrd: [VIDEO AT SITE] Not like "the Chin" didn't get a Rush free market 101 lesson earlier this year: [VIDEO AT SITE] Lorie writes in her post: Tonight driving my nine-year-old daughter to a school event, we passed a new community center that has not opened yet. We started talking about whether or not it might have a pool, or a gym or what else might be hidden behind the cool modern glass facade. My daughter asked if it would cost a lot to go to it. I told her since it is a community center (it is...

Here is video of Rush Limbaugh being interviewed last night on the Jay Leno show. Rush said he has lost 82 pounds! Leno tried to hew the liberal line in questioning Rush, but he never missed a beat. Rush Limbaugh defended capitalism and said it is not "Barack Obama's business how much money someone makes." He said Capitalism is about "opportunity" and "freedom." Leno had tried to argue it's not right how much people on Wall Street make. NOTE: Watch Rush drive an obstacle course in an electric car and "hit" Al Gore! . . . (WATCH INTERVIEW)

Taking the “Green Car Challenge” on Thursday night’s Jay Leno Show, a svelte Rush Limbaugh -- declining to don a helmet -- hopped into the electric Ford Focus on Leno’s track behind his NBC studio in Burbank, but instead of driving around the hanging cut outs of Al Gore and Ed Begley Jr., Limbaugh ran right into them. Then, to Leno’s cries of “Oh, c’mon!”, a delighted Limbaugh accepted the penalty against his time score and stopped, backed up and smashed into them again. Limbaugh’s maneuvering ensured a lower score (greater time) than the three previous contestants since Leno’s show...

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Rush Limbaugh appeared tonight on Jay Leno's new program on NBC. Rush and Jay had a lively discussion on politics, the economy and Rush took the Ford Focus Challenge. The challenge involved Rush driving a Ford Focus automobile around a race track with the object to get the fastest time with penalities for hitting objects that invade the track (cardboard cutouts of Al Gore and Ed Begley Jr.) Rush took the opportunity to hit the Gore cutout, back up, and hit Gore again. The funniest part of the interview was Jay asking Rush if he could appoint a new president,...

Rush and Leno are a lot of fun! Barack and Asshat, not so much.

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Pivoting off of Christopher Anderson's new book, 'Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage,' Jay Leno delivered this monologue joke, with MSNBC's Chris Matthews as the punch line, on Wednesday night's prime time Jay Leno Show on NBC: There's a new book out about Barack and Michelle Obama's marriage and in it they say Michelle Obama was very upset by all these drooling blondes who would push up to her husband and rub themselves up against him. They said this one blonde was especially suggestive and kept rubbing up against the President. Finally, Michelle said, “Look, Chris Matthews, get...

High ratings drama Monday night with a deluge of broadcast network premieres: >> Fox won the opening night of the fall season for the first time in the network's history. The network aired the two-hour return of "House" (16.5 million viewers, 6.5 preliminary adults 18-49 rating), the medical drama climbing 14% from last year while most of its competitors declined. >> CBS placed second in the key adult demo with its comedy block and "CSI: Miami" (13.7 million, 4.3). "Miami" was down 17%, though still beat ABC and NBC at 10 p.m. combined. "Big Bang Theory" (12.8 million, 4.6), however,...

America, are you ready for Rush Limbaugh in an electric car? The conservative talk show host has agreed to take Jay Leno's "Green Car Challenge." In the segment airing next Thursday on NBC's "Jay Leno Show," Limbaugh will race an electric Ford Focus around a custom-built track beside Leno's studio, the show's representative confirmed. The "Green Car Challenge" segment makes its debut on the primetime show tomorrow night. Celebrities who participate drive two times around the twisty track, which takes a little less than a minute to complete. By the time Rush gets behind the wheel of the zero-emission vehicle,...

Here is video from Jay Leno last night where he made fun of ACORN with a spoof commercial that featured various people saying, "Thank you, ACORN." The tag line of the commercial: "ACORN. We'll help you get away with stuff." (VIDEO)

Enjoy, don't know how long before it gets pulled. Click link above.

If Jay Leno Wants Better Reviews He Can Start By Removing the Lapel Flag by John Nolte Critics love David Letterman. They love him because he’s mean and liberal and does everything they demand: further the leftist agenda through the brutal use of humiliation to target any public figure (or their child) who might derail Leftist causes. And contrary to conventional wisdom, Letterman’s not edgy. In fact, he’s just the opposite. Doing exactly what those who can criticize you want you to do is not edgy. Kissing the big Manhattan/Los Angeles bi-coastal ass of the elite is not edgy. He’s...

Everybody expects Jay Leno's new primetime comedy show to drop significantly this week following its highly rated premiere. The question is how fast, how far. For its second episode, "The Jay Leno Show" drew a metered-market household rating of 8.0 and 13 share -- down 34% from his Monday debut. The episode featured an interview with Michael Moore

If Jay Leno Wants Better Reviews He Can Start By Removing the Lapel Flag Posted By John Nolte On September 15, 2009 @ 4:57 pm In Entertainment, Featured Story, Politics Critics love David Letterman. They love him because he’s mean and liberal and does everything they demand: further the leftist agenda through the brutal use of humiliation to target any public figure (or their child) who might derail Leftist causes. And contrary to conventional wisdom, Letterman’s not edgy. In fact, he’s just the opposite. Doing exactly what those who can criticize you want you to do is not edgy. Kissing...

They said "The Jay Leno Show" wouldn't feel like going to bed really early, that it would feel new. But it's like going to bed really early. It feels old. For a lot of people, "The Jay Leno Show," which premiered Monday in its game-changing 10 o'clock weeknight format, it might feel perfectly comfy. There was an uncomfy moment with a chastened Kanye West, who 24 hours earlier acted like a jerk by interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards. "What would your mom have said about this?" Leno asked the rapper, who sat frozen at...

Anybody else watch this? Hey, if so I forgive you for refusing to admit it! Forty minutes in to it, and I haven't even chuckled once! The Obama interview skit was a joke, and not even a real one! Seinfeld is about as washed up as five year old socks... Now, Kanye that yayhoo is trying to make everybody feel sorry for himself... And I'm missing sterling entertainment like Coast to Coast for this crap???

IN one of the best scenes in “The Hucksters,” one of the best movies about advertising, Sydney Greenstreet, as the demanding client who makes Beautee soap, tells Clark Gable, as a Don Draper-ish adman named Victor Norman, how to peddle his product — or anything else. “Beautee soap, Beautee soap, Beautee soap,” Greenstreet intones. “Repeat it until it comes out of their ears. Repeat it until they say it in their sleep. Irritate them, Mr. Norman. Irritate, irritate, irritate them.” Jay Leno is no soap. And he is certainly no Beautee. But by Monday night, when “The Jay Leno Show”...

Conan O’Brien, while still dominating among the younger viewers that attract the most advertising dollars, added about 300,000 more viewers for new episodes of NBC’s “Tonight” show last week; the bad news was it came against repeats for his main competitor, David Letterman on CBS – and, yes, even in repeats Mr. Letterman still had more people watching. Barely. The two entertainment hosts essentially tied among total viewers for the week with Mr. Letterman averaging 2.947 million and Mr. O’Brien averaging 2.940 million. That was up significantly for Mr. O’Brien from his previous week, when he attracted 2.6 million. But...

We first saw Jay Leno's EcoJet mid-engine turbine coupe at the 2006 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Leno, with General Motors' Design Chief, Ed Welburn, and Frank Saucedo, who heads the automaker's west coast studio, penned the design concept. Leno has both a motorcycle and a pickup truck powered by "jet" turbine engines, so the plan was to create an automobile that would run on a similar powerplant fueled by biodiesel. The EcoJet was initially a static exhibit, but one thing about Jay's Garage is that everything runs. So Jim Hall, Bernard Juchli and the other wizards in the Burbank...

I guess I'm just trying to be devil's advocate or something, there have been hundreds of jokes. "Gov. Palin announced over the weekend that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant. And you thought John Edwards was in trouble before! Now he has really done it." -- "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," 9/2/08

Which is worse? Network execs too scared to change a successful formula. Or network execs too willing to turn everything on its head. It's clear that Conan's version of NBC's cash cow The Tonight Show is just more of the same old/same old. And that's how O'Brien's longtime exec producer Jeff Ross and boss Jeff Zucker want it. But while they were golfing together this weekend in a foursome at Riviera Country Club (Ross, who just moved out here, is the better player, while Zucker has a 14 handicap and can barely keep up), they both worried how to prevent...

I knew my fellow Americans had taste after all..... According to a story on Drudge, Conan's 'TONIGHT' ratings drop with every episode... There is hope for our country.... ...... Conan O'Brien's first week behind NBC's "Tonight Show" desk resulted in a strong overall ratings performance that dominated competitors and left critics generally pleased. But after debuting to record-setting numbers Monday, “The Tonight Show” audience has shrunk with each successive episode......

Jay Leno Bids Farewell to "Tonight Show" By REUTERS May 29, 2009 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jay Leno bid farewell to "The Tonight Show" on Friday, ending his 17-year run as host with a finale that stayed true to the style that made him the top-rated performer on U.S. late-night television. The main difference was a long ovation that Leno struggled to quiet as he took the stage for an opening monologue that poked fun, as usual, at politicians, celebrities and current events. He thanked the likes of pop star Michael Jackson and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, whose...

A rare moment in American television history – the passing of the baton in The Tonight Show - will come tonight as Jay Leno steps down as the king of late night talk. Leno took over as host of the NBC show 17 years ago from another veteran, Johnny Carson. The latter famously hosted the chat and variety show for 30 years. The five night a week show is one of the most enduring fixtures of American television, having started in 1954 with Steve Allen as host. Leno, a notorious workaholic, cancelled the show only twice - when he checked...

After 100 days, television comics are still trying to get a grip on Barack Obama. It's not that Obama's opening days have been free of the criticism or embarrassment that feed David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jon Stewart, Conan O'Brien, "Saturday Night Live" and the rest of TV's powerful comedy machine. When many of his appointees seemed to consider it optional to pay their taxes, Leno cracked that the IRS was going to start paying Obama a finder's fee. When bailout money went to some of the executives who had dug the hole, Letterman joked that "the Big Three CEOs have...

US talkshow host Jey Leno has paid tribute to Susan Boyle by putting on a wig and performing as the Britain's Got Talent hopeful on his own show. Leno, 58, looked strikingly similar to the Scottish singer in his black wig and dress. The "king" of American chat shows attributed the resemblance to the pair's shared heritage and hinted they could even be related. "My mother came from the same part of Scotland. I think we’re related," he joked after his performance. Boyle, 48, has found fans all over the world, as clips of her singing on the talent show...

(CNN) — Did John McCain snub Sarah Palin during an appearance Mcnday on NBC's The Tonight Show? That's what some pro-Palin bloggers and other political observers claim after the former GOP presidential candidate left out his former running mate when naming five governors who he thought were in position to lead the Republican Party. "We have, I'm happy to say, a lot of voices out there," McCain told host Jay Leno before listing Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Utah Gov. Jim Huntsman, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. "There are a lot of...

New York, NY (LifeNews.com) -- Late-night NBC talk show host Jay Leno is coming under fire for plans to host a fundraising event later this month for a prominent pro-abortion organization. A pro-life group is taking Leno to task for announcing that he will host a dinner for the Feminist Majority Foundation.

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Jay Leno is on fire! Watch the video clip: http://www.butasforme.com/2009/03/25/leno-on-stimulus-and-communism/

Video Here: http://www.butasforme.com/2009/03/24/busy-simon-cowell-tells-jay-leno-he-turned-down-obamas-invitation/Busy Simon Cowell Tells Jay Leno He Turned Down Obama’s Invitation to Have Dinner in LA — Says Washington Finally Getting Smarter for Criticizing Obama the Simon Cowell Way

President Barack Obama’s performance on “The Tonight Show” last week prompted various friends and colleagues to discuss the question of leadership. No one came up with a definition suitable for nailing to the wall or turning into a message to scroll across the computer screen. I suggested it may be one of those things we know when we don’t see it. Kinda the reverse of former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart’s description of hard-core pornography. He knew it when he saw it. And that’s the curious, if not tortured, parallel between lack of leadership and porn: with both, someone’s gonna...

John-John Fenster, two-time Special Olympic fencing gold medalist and team co-captain, continues to apologize for comparing his dismal leadership ability during last year's games with those of President Barack Obama's first days in office. Fenster said he was a terrible team captain and his leadership skills "were like I was Obama, or something," during the live Special Tonight Show. The statement drew laughter from the studio audience, but fell under the hot media spotlight. "You know, it's just something I said, a joke, you know, that I wasn't much of a captain," said Fenster. "And then it's all this, you...

Has a ‘Katrina Moment’ Arrived? By FRANK RICH March 21, 2009 A CHARMING visit with Jay Leno won’t fix it. A 90 percent tax on bankers’ bonuses won’t fix it. Firing Timothy Geithner won’t fix it. Unless and until Barack Obama addresses the full depth of Americans’ anger with his full arsenal of policy smarts and political gifts, his presidency and, worse, our economy will be paralyzed. It would be foolish to dismiss as hyperbole the stark warning delivered by Paulette Altmaier of Cupertino, Calif., in a letter to the editor published by The Times last week: “President Obama may...

Obama, last night on Leno: When you buy a toaster, if it explodes in your face there's a law that says your toasters need to be safe. But when you get a credit card, or you get a mortgage, there's no law on the books that says if that explodes in your face financially, somehow you're going to be protected.

It was all going so well as the President chatted to Jay Leno. Then he made a crack about the Special Olympics ... It was billed as the first time that a sitting President of the United States had appeared as a guest on a late-night talk show. After Barack Obama’s performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, there’s also a good chance that it was the last. Granted, the President, as always, was charming. Granted, he lit up the studio with that Hollywood-grade smile. Yes, he explained the AIG crisis in clear, measured terms, and wisely backed away...