A Date's Been Set!
Filed under: TV News
The NBC suits announced on Monday that Jay Leno's last appearance on the Tonight Show is scheduled for May 29, 2009.
Conan O'Brien will step in on June 1, 2009.
The suits also countered the reports that Leno is totally done with NBC-Universal — they're apparently trying to find some way to work with the funny man.
Uhmmm, Jay was the one who said he's done with y'all.
Idiots!
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Posted: July 21, 2008 at 5:00 pm




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TOO BAD IT'S NOT SOONER!! I CANT STAND HIM!!!! SOOOOO NOT FUNNY.
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who cares about him.
What a yawner day for celebrity news.
No, No! I can't believe Jay's not going to be on The Tonight Show. Conan is a poor choice as a replacement.
Love Jay, two reasons for watching NBC, one just died (Tim Russert) and one's leaving. Saturday Night Live (when it's live) is good otherwise can't think of anything else to watch NBC for!
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NBC wouldn't know a good thing if it bit them in the ass! Leno rules! O'Brien sucks big hairy donkey dongs!
NBC wouldn't know a good thing if it bit them in the ass. Leno rules and O'Brien sucks big hairy donkey dongs!
My Favorite show of all time will never be watched again after June 1 2009. the suits at NBc are insanely dumb people. May the ratings fall just like we all know it will do. Stupid… isn't even the word. Conan bites and is ugly.
jay sucks. conan is way funnier and down to earth. jays just an annoying mouth all spewing shit.
More time for his porn addiction. Good riddance and welcome Conan.
I think you meant to say that Jimmy Fallon sucks big hairy *@*^@. Jay is solid! Conan…HILARIOUS…Dave…classic! Jimmy? Gone after season 1. Thank Jesus!
how about some NEW FACES! How about a latin talk show host! Noooo, only white folks for the evening talk shows!! So one-sided!
It's good Jay's leaving. Why this soon I don't know, but if he goes to another network he's going to be making MADDD mula! If he goes to ABC I wonder how they're going to work around Kimmel. FOX seems like the obvious choice.
I love Jay, but…
CONAN RULES!
ALL HAIL the GREAT CONESIE!!!
He's brilliant, cute & hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
XOXO Conesie… can't wait to see you in L.A….
And even Conan knows that
BUSH SUCKS!
IMPEACH HIM TODAY!
SEND HIM TO IRAQ!
Send our brave soldiers home in time to see Conan's debut.
Thank you
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FUCKOFFF! TRANNIES!
NBC screwed the pooch. Leno is King of late night and they throw him under the bus for a guy who couldn't get booked in Vegas. Mean ass Letterman is laughing his ass off. Watch Leno go to FOX and kick NBC's ass and get twice the dough. Do it Jay.
Re: Truth – FUCK YOU!
JAY LENO SHOULD HAVE BEEN OFF YEARS AGO! HE IS ARROGANT AND STRANGE, BUT NOT FUNNY! LENO SHOULD BE THANKFUL THAT SOMEONE WITH NO TALENT HAS GOTTEN SO FAR!
Good.
We love Jay Leno-good sting he did on the execujerks on NBC. Never would know it was him!
Hope he'll come back to another channel-he deserves better! Maybe at 10:30 pm somewhere - anywhere!
I can't watch a full Conehead show-boring and he is so sarcastic, it's not
fun to watch.
GO Jay-YOU ROCK!
Hope Rupert is smart enough to sign him. Wow, I bet NBC will be regretting this for a long, long time. LOL.
it could happen sooner if he dies from ugliness(did the photographer ask him to make
his UGLIEST FACE? talk about mission accomplished!!!!!!)
omg perez you have to put up a separated at birth picture of jennifer aniston and this picture of jay leno!!!! its histerical!!!!!!!!
The only people that like Conan O'Brien are mental midgets that dropped out of school in the 4th grade.
Jay Leno Is Rumer "Leno" Willis' daddy!!!! When is he going to admit it?
why does anyone watch this guy anyway? There's nothing funny about him, and he broke the line in the strike.
Even Johnny Carson knew that his "heir" should have been David Letterman and not Jay Leno.
Besides, Craig Ferguson is WAAAAAY funnier than Leno ever thought he is/was.
Noo he cant quit he is the only funny man there ever and they cand put in conan he is really not funny the only thing thats funny about him is his stupid hair
conan o brien is so gross ugly fire crotch get rid of both of them… Chelsea Handler is the best late night
Thank you NBC! I will count the days until I can watch Conan at an earlier hour! Jay just isnt funny anymore - the Jaywalking is lame, the gas station bit is painful to watch. and dont even get me started on the awkward "skits".
Ok I Like Jay Leno, but telling Us He's retiring a year from now just isn't important!!
Conan is sooooo boring. Everyone should try the Conan drinking game. Everytime Conan says 'yeah' after a joke, drink a shot. You will be loaded before the end of his monologue. You would think, after all these years, his monologue would be 'polished'.
Jay blows. Good riddance to the douche bag. Conan is waaay funnier, anyway.
Oh, and for all of you out there that love Jay and think he's so funny - listen to Howard Stern, that's where he's stolen all his bits from anyway ….
Re: trann – Truth is speaking his/her opinion and isn't this land supposed to be the land of the free? Case in point. In my OPINION, Bush does suck, he does need his ass impeached (you were probably all for impeachment when clinton was for getting his dick sucked), and our troops do need to come home. For you Trann, get off the presidents dick. Because of people like you, we all have to deal with high gas and food prices. Just sit back, shut your trap and let people speak their minds, like I just did. DOUCHE!!! By the way, Conan sucks ass and Jay will be eternally the king of late night. XOXOXO Jay.
Thats the best picture of Rumer that you have ever posted!!!
Gotta think that whoever the moron was who cut the deal with Conan and let Jay go will NEVER NEVER NEVER get another job in Hollywood. This has to rate right up there with creating "New" Coke. Who was that Idiot anyway? Anyone know?
I think you're confused. NBC has been trying to get rid of him for quite some time. His ratings are down, he's stinking up the network with some of the worst opening monologues of all time, and HE was trying to fight NBC to stay. Now that his fits haven't worked, he's trying to appear to be the bigger man and make NBC look bad. Watch ten minutes of his show and you'll know who looks bad. ALSO, this is relatively unrelated, but NBC-Universal is making its best effort to go green (green is Universal, anyone? anyone?). Well, with however many dozens of cars Jay insists on driving around… lets just say he's doing about the same thing to the environment as he does to entertainment.
thats my b-day…sad
I know Jay for 24 years and not only is he kind, and generous but SMART—he loves cats and I can assure you he will land on his feel just like one:-)
Re: Name – Not true, you should get your facts straight–NBC has NOT been trying to get rid of Jay nor are his ratings down–that is FAXT!
Facts vs. some of the posts from this, and the previous, Leno/NBC item:
-Leno has a green garage. He refurbishes old cars, and drives them sparingly. He is serious about having a very environmentally-sound operation.
-He is NOT in cahoots with the far right. If someone can post a link (**not** from a blog or chat forum) showing quotes or donation histories from him that prove his affiliations– do so. In fact– if one wants to deal in rumor alone– I'd always heard the opposite. His wife is a feminist, and very sweet.
There's something about Jay I've always liked, even if his material can tend toward lowbrow. He would do well with smarter writers. He would be an awesome replacement for Larry King; he's fairly good with people. Conan's great, but seems the perfect late-late-night performer. His bits are better than his interviews, often. Letterman: I've tried to like him so much over the years, but find his smartass schtick more annoying than the other two, for some reason– the least comfortable host to watch. One always senses he'd rather not be there at all.
One more comment: Leno often looks so unhappy in paparazzi shots. Hope he finds what he's missing.
Sophi– I have a relative in "the biz" and hear the same things from him all the time: Leno is one of the truly nicest people around. People keep bringing up the Letterman incident, but in H'wood that's just playing the game, everyone does it. Leno does it hardly ever, which is why he still gets crap for that– kind of like when the nice girl in school swears. Anyway my relative says Leno has a very honorable reputation and is known for his generosity. Picket line was crossed to save the jobs of the less-well-paid, non-famous-union folks– the writers needed to do what they had to do, but the gaffers and grips suffered for it. Leno made a tough choice. Relative says people admire Leno for his privacy and marriage– but just as many don't "get it," the ones who think privacy and longterm commitments are Middle American values.
Agreed! Love Jay…Conan isn't funny at all to me. Just too damn weird if you ask me…..
I like Jay and I think NBC is really screwing him over. It's a bad decision by NBC for too many reasons to go into here. Really? Jimmy Fallon? Never mind. The best late night talk show host BY FAR is Craig Ferguson.
I like Jay and I think NBC is really screwing him over. It's a bad decision by NBC for too many reasons to go into here. Really? Jimmy Fallon? Never mind. The best late night talk show host BY FAR is Craig Ferguson.
Fuck Perez! … and you call Rumer Willis POTATO HEAD!… Why is (super-fugly) Jay Leno so fucken rich and so NOT fucken funny???? FUCK Life is unfair..
Re: mardi – Thanks for the note–he is truly what you see is what you get and gives, gives for every cause—I know everyone is entitled to their opinion but my gloves come off for Jay (and my hat too) as he does so much for so many and most of it is never in his name–one class act!