James Douglas Muir Leno is an American television host,comedian,and writer. After doing stand-up comedy for years,he became the host of NBC's The Tonight Show from 1992 until 2009 when Conan O'Brien took over as host. Beginning in September 2009,Leno started a primetime talk show,The Jay Leno Show,which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ET,also on NBC. O'Brien turned down NBC's offer to have Leno host a half hour monologue show before The Tonight Show to boost ratings amid reported viewership diminishing,which sparked the 2010 Tonight Show conflict that resulted in Leno's returning to hosting the show on March 1,2010. He hosted his last episode of his second tenure on February 6,2014. That year,he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. From 2014 to 2022,he hosted Jay Leno's Garage, and from 2021 to 2023,hosted the revival of You Bet Your Life.
Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS,the first iteration of the Late Show franchise. The show debuted on August 30,1993,and was produced by Letterman's production company,Worldwide Pants,and CBS Television Studios. The show's music director and leader of the house band,the CBS Orchestra,was Paul Shaffer. The head writer was Matt Roberts and the announcer was originally Bill Wendell,then Alan Kalter. In most U.S. markets the show aired from 11:35 p.m. to 12:37 a.m. Eastern and Pacific Time,and recorded Monday to Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m.,and Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The second Thursday episode usually aired on Friday of that week.
The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has been broadcast on NBC since 1954. The program has been hosted by six comedians:Steve Allen (1954–1957),Jack Paar (1957–1962),Johnny Carson (1962–1992),Jay Leno,Conan O'Brien (2009–2010),and Jimmy Fallon (2014–present). Besides the main hosts,a number of regular "guest hosts" have been used,notably Ernie Kovacs,who hosted two nights per week during 1956–1957,and a number of guests used by Carson,who curtailed his own hosting duties back to three nights per week by the 1980s. Among Carson's regular guest hosts were Joey Bishop,McLean Stevenson,David Letterman,David Brenner,Joan Rivers,and Jay Leno,although the practice has been mostly abandoned since hosts currently prefer reruns to showcasing potential rivals.
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the second installment of the Late Night. Hosted by Conan O'Brien,it aired from September 13,1993 to February 20,2009,replacing Late Night with David Letterman and was replaced by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The show featured varied comedic material,celebrity interviews,and musical and comedy performances. Late Night aired weeknights at 12:37 am Eastern/11:37 pm Central and 12:37 am Mountain in the United States. From 1993 until 2000,Andy Richter served as O'Brien's sidekick;following his departure,O'Brien was the show's sole featured performer. The show's house musical act was The Max Weinberg 7 and led by E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the fourth and sixth installment of The Tonight Show. Hosted by Jay Leno,it aired from May 25,1992 to May 29,2009,replacing The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and was replaced by The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. The show returned from March 1,2010 to February 6,2014,replacing The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien and was replaced by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Last Call with Carson Daly is an American late-night television series that was broadcast by NBC from 2002 to 2019. Hosted by former MTV personality Carson Daly,the series was initially formatted as a late-night talk show in line with The Tonight Show and Late Night. In 2009,Last Call abandoned its studio-based format,and was retooled as an entertainment program featuring interviews and performances filmed on-location with Daly.
Broadcast programming is the practice of organizing or ordering (scheduling) of broadcast media shows,typically radio and television,in a daily,weekly,monthly,quarterly,or season-long schedule.
Conan Christopher O'Brien is an American television host,comedian,writer,and producer. He is best known for having hosted late-night talk shows,beginning with Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2009) and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–2010) on the NBC television network,and Conan (2010–2021) on the cable channel TBS. Before his hosting career,O'Brien was a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1988 to 1991,and the Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons from 1991 to 1993. He has also been host of the podcast series Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend since 2018 and starred in the 2024 travel show Conan O'Brien Must Go on Max.
The Jay Leno Show is an American prime time talk show hosted by Jay Leno that was broadcast by NBC from September 14,2009 to February 9,2010. The series was a spiritual successor to his previous late-night talk show The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,and used a similar format consisting of a comedic monologue,followed by celebrity interviews and other comedy segments.
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the fifth installment of The Tonight Show. Hosted by Conan O'Brien. It aired from June 1,2009,to January 22,2010,replacing The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and was replaced by The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the third installment of the Late Night. Hosted by Jimmy Fallon,it aired from March 2,2009 to February 7,2014,replacing Late Night with Conan O'Brien and was replaced by Late Night with Seth Meyers. The show aired weeknights at 12:35 am Eastern/11:35 pm Central,on NBC.
Late Night is an American late-night talk and variety show airing on NBC since 1982. Four men have hosted Late Night:David Letterman (1982–1993),Conan O'Brien (1993–2009),Jimmy Fallon (2009–2014),and Seth Meyers (2014–present). Each iteration of the show was built around its host,and maintained distinct identities aside from the title,time slot,and network. The longest-serving host to date was O'Brien,who hosted Late Night with Conan O'Brien for almost 16 years,from September 1993 to February 2009.
A late-night talk show is a genre of talk show,originating in the United States. It is generally structured around humorous monologues about the day's news,guest interviews,comedy sketches and music performances. It is characterized by spontaneous conversation,and for an effect of immediacy and intimacy as if the host were speaking directly to each member of the watching audience. Late-night talk shows are also fundamentally shaped by the personality of the host.
The 2010 Tonight Show conflict was a media and public relations conflict involving the American television network NBC and two of its late-night talk show hosts,Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno,over the timeslot and hosting duties of the long-running franchise The Tonight Show.
"Khonani" is the eighteenth episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock,and the 76th overall episode of the series. It was written by co-producer Vali Chandrasekaran and directed by Beth McCarthy Miller. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on April 22,2010,following shortly after the episode "Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter" on the same night. Guest stars in this episode include Kapil Bawa and Subhas Ramsaywack.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by actor and comedian Jimmy Fallon that airs on NBC. The show premiered on February 17,2014,and is produced by Broadway Video and Universal Television. It is the seventh incarnation of NBC's long-running Tonight Show franchise,with Fallon serving as the sixth host. The show also stars sidekick and announcer Steve Higgins and house band The Roots. The Tonight Show is produced by Katie Hockmeyer and executive-produced by Lorne Michaels. The show records from Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center,New York City,which is the same studio in which Tonight Starring Jack Paar and then The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson were produced from 1957 until 1972.
