Jay Leno
On Monday night, Jay Leno received a hefty welcome from his audience -- giving him a huge jump in the late night ratings for the new "Tonight Show."
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It's been six months since Jay Leno and David Letterman have gone head-to-head in the late night arena, but the two comics will meet again with tonight's premiere of the new "Tonight Show."
He's been off the air for over a month, now Conan O'Brien is ready to start working again.
O'Brien, who said goodbye to "The Tonight Show" on Jan. 22, posted his first tweet on Wednesday afternoon.
David Letterman won't give "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno a head start in the ratings -- he's canceled his vacation next week so the "Late Show" can air new programs.
Leno will return to the "Tonight Show" on March 1st with a star-studded lineup, but Letterman refuses to give him the upper-hand in their long-running feud for ratings.
This is how these things get started. Apparently, there were some police cars parked in front of Jay Leno's house yesterday, so TMZ went in to investigate, to see if everything was okay, and they got a glib response from the talk show host.
"The cops were at my house? When? Earlier today... oh... because of the murder!" said Leno.
There was filming in the area, so that's probably the real reason the police cars were there.
Or perhaps Jay's collecting squad cars now.
"The Jay Leno Show" ended Tuesday night after five months on the air, and Jay Leno got the axe from "The Apprentice" host, Donald Trump.
The show's guests included Ashton Kutcher, Gabourey Sidibe and Trump -- who appeared via satellite from New York to give Leno his infamous boardroom goodbye, "You're fired!"
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In his final monologue, Leno said, "It seems like just yesterday I was telling NBC this was not going to work. This show was supposed to be on for two years, but we got five months for good behavior."
After the Winter Olympics, Leno will return to NBC in 11:35 PM spot.
All it took was a brief Super Bowl ad to end a late-night TV war!
On Monday night's "The Jay Leno Show," Jay Leno said, "Whatever happened in the last 18 years disappeared" when he sat down with David Letterman to film their surprise Super Bowl ad last week.
"He was very gracious," Leno said Monday. "We talked about the old days. We told some jokes. It was really good to see him."
"No matter what animosity there is between comedians, a good joke is a good joke," Leno said.
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Letterman also joked in his "Late Show" monologue about the Super Bowl spot. "People really thought this was big-time stuff, so I just want to take a second here now to thank the actors who played Oprah and also Jay Leno," he said. "They did a tremendous job."
Last week, Leno took a day off from his show to fly to New York to make the 15-second commercial. Leno was driven to Letterman's studio in an SUV and even wore a disguise.
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