Posted: Tuesday 6th July 2010 at 11:09pm by Paul
NBC Nightly News will return to CNBC Europe schedules later this month.
Nightly News was axed from CNBC Europe earlier this year, and this allowed The Tonight Show With Jay Leno to air uncut in a 45-minute timeslot 11pm-11.45pm.
It’s now thought The Tonight Show will return to its original cutback 30-minute timeslot 11pm-11.30pm when Nightly News returns to allow the news to air live at 11.30pm. Weekend airings of The Tonight Show should remain unaffected.
TVNewser – “‘Nightly News,’ ‘Meet the Press’ Return to CNBC Europe”
Posted: Tuesday 6th July 2010 at 10:40pm by Paul
Ratings for The Tonight Show With Jay Leno have fallen to their lowest they’ve been since 1992.
Variety reports “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno won the 11:30 hour in the 18-49 demo and total audience, but auds dropped from 5 million in 2009 to 4 million total viewers, which is the lowest since 1992. A major reason for the decline was large viewership a year ago for a highly publicized Tonight Show episodes, including Leno’s final night, Conan O’Brien’s first night and an interview with President Obama”.
Fox News reports “Apparently Leno is not only getting equal-to-fewer viewers than the freakishly tall redhead, his show costs NBC $10-15 million more a year than O’Brien’s show did… Leno’s higher salary — $30 million per year, compared to O’Brien’s $15 million — plus the cost of his bigger production staff could even be pushing the show into the red, according to insiders”.
Variety – “‘Kimmel,’ ‘Nightline’ show demo increase”
Fox News – “Jay Leno’s Ratings Dip Below Conan O’Brien’s on ‘Tonight Show’”
MediaPost – “Conan Beats Leno In Late-Night Ratings”
Posted: Sunday 23rd May 2010 at 3:36pm by Paul
Conan O’Brien has put forward his version of The Tonight Show for this year’s Emmy nominations. This means The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien will go head-to-head with The Tonight Show With Jay Leno for the award of Best Variety Show.
Gawker – “Conan O’Brien Makes Tonight Show Run Against Itself In the Emmys”
Los Angeles Times – “Emmy battle of the ‘Tonight Shows’: Conan vs. Jay…”
Posted: Saturday 24th April 2010 at 5:38pm by Paul
CNBC are now airing full one-hour episodes of The Tonight Show With Jay Leno instead of the 30-minute cutdown versions they usually air. The one-hour episodes are shown Monday-Friday at 11pm-12am UK time. The NBC Nightly News is no longer broadcast on CNBC – it used to air in the 11.30pm timeslot.
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno is still shown on a one-show delay from the US, and the normal 45-minute weekend episodes are still broadcast Saturdays and Sundays at 8pm and 8.45pm.
An update from CNBC regarding NBC Nightly News:
“NBC Nightly News will no longer be carried by CNBC in Europe. This is because of international distribution changes made by NBC Universal in the USA”
Late Show UK – Where To Watch page
CNBC – “CNBC TV Pan European Schedule”
CNBC – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on CNBC Europe”
Posted: Friday 16th April 2010 at 6:53pm by Paul
Kevin Eubanks will leave The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in May. His last show as band leader will be on the 28th May.
CBS News report Kevin said to Leno “after 18 years of playing America into commercials, I’m gonna go somewhere where I can finish a song… you’ve been a great friend and really supportive. When those jokes die, I got to look to you, man” and when interviewed afterwards he told reporters he’s “keeping everything open” with no specific plans.
American Idol music director Rickey Minor will replace Kevin Eubanks on The Tonight Show – Rickey’s debut appearance should be on the 7th June show.
CBS News – “Kevin Eubanks to Leave “Tonight Show”"
AZ Central – “Rickey Minor replacing Kevin Eubanks on ‘Tonight Show’”
Posted: Wednesday 10th March 2010 at 9:15pm by Paul
Jay Leno’s second tenure on The Tonight Show started last week amid much controversy over the ousting of former host Conan O’Brien.
The first show on Monday 1st March gained a huge amount of viewers for NBC who have been struggling of late – not just in late night but across the board. He said “It’s good to be home. I’m Jay Leno, your host… at least for a while… I’ll admit I’m a little bit nervous, not because it’s my first night back, but because I know Dave [Letterman] and Oprah [Winfrey] are watching”.
However, since that first show The Tonight Show has been falling behind and the Late Show With David Letterman is now leading the ratings war.
TV By The Numbers report ““The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” (3.2/8 in metered-market households) trailed CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman” (3.5/9) while topping ABC’s “Nightline (2.7/) and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (1.3/4) in Nielsen’s 56 metered markets” and “◦In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” (1.1/5) ranked #1 among the major networks in the time period over “Late Show” (1.0/5), “Nightline” (1.1/4) and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (0.9/4)”.
However, certain guests like Sarah Palin have helped boost ratings for certain shows.
Will The Tonight Show With Jay Leno stand the test of time? I guess we’ll wait and see.
Digital Spy – “Leno: ‘It’s good to be back on Tonight’”
Examiner – “TV Ratings News: Leno’s ‘Tonight Show’ now trailing Letterman…”
TV By The Numbers – “Early Tuesday Results Indicate Split Decision…”
Posted: Monday 1st March 2010 at 9:52am by Paul
The official NBC website for The Tonight Show With Jay Leno has launched. Visit www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show for all the latest videos, photos, news, blog posts and more.
