Jay Leno show plans

Jay Leno is giving a heads up of what he wants his show to be like when he kicks off with his prime time gig on Sept 14 -- he pretty much wants to make unknown comedians get jobs.

I hope people become famous and get offered shows. If someday I hear, 'Jay, we're replacing you with the guy you discovered,' that would be great.

He's still planning on kicking off his show with a monologue, but he wants to mix it up a bit and have other comedians to some stand-up and appear in different segments. He said it seems like within the last decade or so, standup has lost its "snap" on talk shows.

I'm a HUGE Leno fan, so I'm real excited to see what he has up his sleeve and how his first show will come off. By the way, slated for his first episode of The Jay Leno Show is Jerry Seinfeld, with a performance by Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Kanye. STELLAROCITY.

Joan Rivers trashes celebs

Joan Rivers is getting in the spirit for her Comedy Central Roast (airs Aug 9) a little early by trashing a few celebrities for pretty much random reasons. Check out what she had to say about Jon Gosselin, Brooke Shields, and Jay Leno below.

On Jon Gosselin: "I'm disgusted by him. Here's a guy with eight kids who runs off to 'find himself' -- well, he should have found himself a condom."

On Brooke Shields: "I'd love to roast Brooke Shields. Michael's dearest friend. She hasn't seen him since 1993! ... It's called face time." (Referring to Brooke's eulogy at Michael Jackson's memorial service.)

On Jay Leno: "I think it's brilliant that Leno is at 10 p.m. because America can get bored more easily and go to sleep earlier ... It will be nice for the Midwest because their crops will be greener."

Hahahaha I love this old crazy broad.

Howard Stern trashes Jay Leno on David Letterman

Howard Stern has never been private about his dislike for Jay Leno, and he didn't hold back last night when he was a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman. Howard slammed Jay's final goodbye from a couple of weeks ago when he signed off of The Tonight Show and passed the torch onto Conan O'Brien.

I haven't been here in a long time especially in light of everything going on in late night television. We've got to beat this Conan. How are you feeling that Jay left late night television and now you've got this new guy to compete with? I've got to say something about loyalty Dave put me on national television many many years ago before I was known, and I have stuck with Dave. I never liked Jay. I can't stand Jay. I've never seen anybody who behaves like a robot like this guy. I watched his final show, saying goodbye to the Tonight Show, reading it off a teleprompter. HERE'S (talking about David) the host that we want to watch.

Call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure Jay wasn't reading from a teleprompter, and if he was, he did a pretty good job of making it sound like it was coming off the top of his head. Howard's just pissed because his radio show sucks and his ratings are tanking.

Jay Leno gets a premiere date

Jay Leno's new prime time show has finally gotten a new date and falls in a big week for TV. His brand new show will premiere on Monday, Sept 14 at 10pm -- the same week that the America's Got Talent finale will air, the Biggest Loser premiere airs, and possibly NBC's Thursday night comedy block.

Only 3 1/2 months of sh*tty TV to go!

Jay Leno's final goodbye

I really wanted to post this yesterday, but because of circumstances beyond my control (I drank my balls off all day on Sunday and was miserably hungover yesterday) I didn't. So here you go -- it's Jay Leno saying goodbye to The Tonight Show on Friday night. He'll be back on NBC in a few months with a 10pm show.

Conan O'Brien will be Jay Leno's final guest

Jay Leno's final guest on The Tonight Show will be his replacement, Conan O'Brien. Conan has been off air for weeks in preparation of taking over for Jay, with Jimmy Fallon taking over as Conan's replacement about a month ago (and some say he's failing miserably at it.) Jay also said that James Taylor will be performing, which makes it an all-Boston panel. Jay had nothing but good things to say about Conan and is happy about his replacement.

I'm glad that it's going to Conan, it couldn't go to a better person. He's the guy, we're friends, and it's a really smooth transition.

Of course, Jay will still set the table for Conan once he moves to the prime time slot of 10pm with a brand new show in the coming weeks. Either way, I really think this reeks of awesomeness, because as far as The Tonight Show goes, it's totally Jay passing the torch to Conan. Jay's really a classy, stand-up guy. With a huge chin.

Jay Leno's final week of guests

Jay Leno still has a couple weeks left as host of The Tonight Show, but some of the guests that will be appearing in his final week have been announced. Mel Gibson will kick the week off on Monday the 25th, the "Governator" Arnold Schwarzenegger is slotted for Tuesday the 26th, Wanda Sykes is scheduled for Wednesday the 27th, and Billy Crystal is on Jay's second-to-last show on Thursday the 28th.

I'd think this would be a bigger deal if Jay wasn't just hosting another show right before his normal time slot. And here's what I don't bet about it (and don't get me wrong because I'm a HUGE Jay Leno fan), but if you're going to retire from hosting one show, just to pick up another show and host that one on the same network but an hour-and-a-half earlier than normal, what's the point of retiring from your original show in the first place?

Update on Jay Leno

Jay Leno is feeling much better after checking himself into the hospital earlier yesterday afternoon. He wasn't feeling well and cancelled the taping of The Tonight Show, but is doing "just fine" according to an NBC rep. Jay was kidding around with the everyone and running his monologue jokes by the doctors and nurses.

Glad to hear Jay is doing well. They said he'll be back to work on Monday for sure!

Jay Leno hospitalized

Funnyman Jay Leno checked himself into the hospital yesterday after starting to feel very ill. He cancelled last night's taping of The Tonight Show, and today's taping is expected to be cancelled as well. No word on what's wrong with him or his condition yet, but he's believed to be back to taping up shows on Monday, and I'm sure we'll hear all about it in his monologue. Jay turns 59 on Tuesday.

Hopefully it's nothing serious and just a little gas or something.

Jay Leno officially airing in Boston

After learning that Jay Leno would be making the move to prime time after Conan O'Brien takes over for him with The Tonight Show, Boston's NBC affiliate WHDH decided that it wouldn't run Jay's new show, but instead would run local news. Well, they happen to be changing their tune now, saying that Jay's show will DEFINITELY be airing in Boston at 10pm. WHDH owner Ed Ansin said it's because Jay's a local guy (from Andover, Mass) and that he finds his stuff funny -- but we know better. NBC threatened to cut off all affiliation ties with WHDH if they didn't air Jay's new show.

I would've been uber pissed if they didn't air Jay's show, as would have a ton other Bostonians. Way to NOT support a hometown product, you douchebag.

Forget Raymond...everybody loves Jay Leno!

Jay Leno landed the number one spot in the Harris Poll, which determines who American's favorite TV personality is. He topped the list of greats including Oprah, Ellen, and David Letterman. Check out the other 9 who rounded out the top 10!

2. Hugh Laurie
3. Ellen DeGeneres
4. Oprah Winfrey
5. David Letterman
6. Jon Stewart
7. Charlie Sheen
8. Steve Carrell
9. Stephen Colbert
10. Mark Harmon

Jay Leno staying with NBC

Ever since Jay Leno announced he was leaving his post on The Tonight Show in 2009, it was unknown where he would go next. But Jay decided to shine some light on his future plans to Access Hollywood by telling about his decision to stay with NBC. While Conan O'Brien will take over the reigns as host of The Tonight Show, Jay is planning on signing onto a 10pm show that will air five nights a week and be similar to the one he hosts now.

If he's going to be hosting pretty much the same show but an hour-and-a-half earlier on the same station, what's the point of even leaving The Tonight Show in the first place?!

Jay Leno getting sued

Jay Leno is being sued by the estate of a Macy's department store heir over an antique car that he bought during an auction in 2005. Leno's 1931 Model J Duesenberg was garaged with a Rolls Royce in the Windsor Garage in Manhattan for 50 by John Strauss, who owned the cars. In 2005, they were auctioned off without John knowing due to him owing $29,000 in parking fees.

The estate is calling BS and said that story was just made up to justify the sale of the cars, and they want both cars returned. I would totally expect a few bits about this on Jay's show, unless he decides to keep it underwraps for legal reasons.

Final Jay Leno show announced

Our hometown boy Jay Leno (he's from Andover, MA, USA) will host his final episode of The Tonight Show on May 29. Current Late Night host Conan O'Brien will be taking over for Leno, Jimmy Fallon will take over for Conan on Late Night, and Leno could possibly jump shit from NBC to ABC and get a night show to go against Conan.

I'm pulling for Jay and his big ass chin to rule the late night talk show world.