Jay Leno's final "Tonight Show" telecast registered the show's highest Friday ratings in Leno's 17-year run as host. The telecast averaged an 8.8 rating/20 share, according to preliminary numbers from Nielsen Media Research. ...more

June 1, 2009

Although some "just-say-no" Republicans, Special Olympics families and venerators of presidential image disagreed, most observers generally thought it was a good idea for President Barack Obama to go on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno." ...more

April 1, 2009

Although some "just-say-no" Republicans, Special Olympics families and venerators of presidential image disagreed, most observers generally thought it was a good idea for President Barack Obama to go on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno." ...more

April 1, 2009

President Barack Obama is hoping to use comedian Jay Leno's late-night show to add a light touch to his work getting the economy on track. But news photographers who cover the White House aren't laughing. ...more

March 19, 2009

President Barack Obama said today he still supports "comprehensive immigration reform," even though he rarely mentions it anymore. ...more

March 18, 2009

and confidence in a full recovery. ...more

March 17, 2009

Among the outtakes we're left to ponder after the presidential election is this one: candidate appearances on late-night talk shows reached a new high. For the record, there were a total of 110 candidate-appearances on the late-night comedy shows, according to the Center for Media and Public Affairs. Accounting for nearly three quarters of such on-set appearances were "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," the "Late Show With David Letterman" and "The Colbert Report" with Stephen Colbert. In contrast, there were 25 such appearances in 2004 (an election year with an incumbent). ...more

January 5, 2009

Fifteen years ago, I had a stupid idea. I was the co-executive producer on TV's long-running comedy "Cheers." NBC, the network on which "Cheers" appeared, was faltering: Ratings were sliding, money was tight, management was nervous and the then-king of late-night television, Johnny Carson, legendary host of the "Tonight Show," was retiring, and no one knew how his replacement, Jay Leno, would do. ...more

December 29, 2008

22 Number of candidate appearances on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" 21 Number of candidate appearances on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart ...more

December 29, 2008

Two days after the "American Idol" finale, the two Davids are still talking about music. ...more

May 24, 2008