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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ()


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Jay Leno takes over the Tonight Show with interview, sketches, and plenty of laughs.

Awards:
  • Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 43 nominations.
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  Self - Host / ... (4,613 episodes, 1992-2014)
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  Self - Musical Director / ... (3,219 episodes, 1992-2013)
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  Self - Announcer / ... (2,679 episodes, 1992-2009)
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  Self - Announcer / ... (1,166 episodes, 2004-2014)
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  Self - Bandleader (770 episodes, 2010-2014)
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  Themselves - Show Band / ... (329 episodes, 1992-2013)
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  Self - Musical Director / ... (322 episodes, 1992-2007)
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Adam Smith ...
  Self - Audience Liaison / ... (75 episodes, 2011-2014)
Shannon Ratigan ...
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Julie Scardina ...
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  Self - Guest (64 episodes, 2007)
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  Self / ... (62 episodes, 2006-2013)
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  Self - 'Shoulda' / ... (50 episodes, 2004-2014)
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  Self / ... (48 episodes, 1993-2014)
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  Various Characters / ... (45 episodes, 1998-2009)
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  Self - Guest (42 episodes, 2001-2014)
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  Actor / ... (36 episodes, 2000-2008)
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  Unknown Character / ... (35 episodes, 2008-2014)
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  Self / ... (34 episodes, 1994-2013)
Wayne Linsey ...
  Self - The Tonight Show Band: Keyboards (34 episodes, 2010-2013)
Dorian Holley ...
  Self - The Tonight Show Band: Vocalist / ... (33 episodes, 2010-2014)
Bryan Branly ...
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Rove McManus ...
  Self - 'Meal or No Meal' Judge / ... (32 episodes, 2007-2013)
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  Self / ... (32 episodes, 1994-2010)
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  Self - Voice of Photo Booth / ... (32 episodes, 2005-2014)
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  Self / ... (31 episodes, 1992-2014)
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  Self - Guest / ... (31 episodes, 1992-2014)
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Joan Embery ...
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  Self - Guest / ... (30 episodes, 1993-2014)
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  Self - Guest / ... (30 episodes, 1996-2014)
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  Self - Staff Writer / ... (29 episodes, 2010-2014)
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  Various Characters (28 episodes, 1997-2005)
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  Self - Correspondent: Testing New Products / ... (27 episodes, 2010-2014)
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  Self / ... (29 episodes, 2000-2013)
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  Self - Guest (32 episodes, 1993-2013)
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  Self - Guest (27 episodes, 1992-2013)
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  Self - Guest / ... (26 episodes, 1998-2014)
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  Self - Guest / ... (25 episodes, 1995-2013)
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  Self / ... (25 episodes, 1996-2011)
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  Self / ... (25 episodes, 1993-2006)

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Plot Summary

After Johnny Carson 's retirement from the show, Jay Leno stepped in as his permanent replacement. The format of the show has remained largely unchanged, consisting primarily of an opening humorous monologue, followed by several celebrity interviews, comedy sketches and musical numbers. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher

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Also Known As
  • Ночное шоу с Джейем Лено (Russia)
  • ザ・トゥナイト・ショー・ウィズ・ジェイ・レノ (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Veče sa Džejem Lenoom (Serbia)
  • The tonight show med Jay Leno (Denmark)
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Runtime
  • 62 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia On September 27, 2004, the 50th anniversary of The Tonight Show's debut, NBC announced that Conan O'Brien would take over the show in 2009. Leno was still leading the late-night ratings, but O'Brien was promised the show, so that he would not leave NBC. NBC did not want to lose Leno either, and created The Jay Leno Show (2009), the first nightly network primetime talk show. In 2010, due to poor ratings for both O'Brien and Leno's shows, NBC wanted to move Leno's show into O'Brien's timeslot, with O'Brien's "Tonight Show" airing at 12:05 a.m. O'Brien publicly announced that he would rather leave the show than allow that to happen. NBC and O'Brien reached a settlement to allow him to leave the show seven months into his tenure. Leno returned to "The Tonight Show" in March 2010. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Playboy: The Best of Pamela Anderson (1995). See more »
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Quotes [about Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers]
Jay Leno: She called Bush "the most brilliant man I ever met." This is a woman we're hiring for her *judgment*?
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