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  1. rivalries
    Conan O’Brien Parodies Jay Leno’s Good-bye, Hinting at Continued Tonight Show TensionUnless we’re mistaken, three incidents in a short time span definitely indicates a trend.
    By Mark Graham
  2. party chat
    Jeff Zucker: NBC Not Blocking Leno’s GuestsZucker on Nikki Finke: “I don’t know who that is.”
    By Yelena Shuster
  3. debuts
    Conan Beats Letterman, Loses to Leno in the RatingsHis first-night results are in.
    By Mark Graham
  4. Letterman One-ups Conan With Superior Jay Leno ImpressionAs expected, Letterman addressed this week’s ‘Tonight Show’ handoff in his monologue.
    By Lane Brown
  5. beef
    Conan O’Brien Manages to Work a Jay Leno Impression Into His First Night As Host of the Tonight ShowIs it just us, or was it a little bit tense?
    By Mark Graham
  6. conan
    Conan O’Brien’s First Tonight Show: Good!Conan’s first night gave practically no indication of what a regular episode might be like. Mostly it just made us want to move to Los Angeles.
    By Lane Brown
  7. How Should Jay Leno End His New Show?He’s no longer allowed to waste the last few minutes of his show on a dull band or a boring comedian. So what should he do?
    By Lane Brown
  8. torch-passing
    How Excited Should You Be for Tonight’s Tonight Show Handoff?Can you feel the excitement? No?
    By Lane Brown
  9. beef
    Prince Is on Team LenoEveryone is entitled to his opinion (we suppose).
    By Mark Graham
  10. programming
    America, You Have No Idea How Close We Came to Seeing Jay Leno Every Night at 8 P.M.Too close!
    By Mark Graham
  11. the late shift
    Jay Leno’s Final Tonight Show Guest Revealed!Awkward!
    By Lane Brown
  12. depositions
    Paris Hilton’s Preference of Late-Night-Talk-Show Hosts Is Now a Matter of Public RecordWe’ve heard more probing questions coming from the Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer.
    By Mark Graham
  13. cost savings
    The Jay Leno Show Promises 98 Percent Fewer Murders in the 10 p.m. Time SlotBen Silverman says “down with crimetime”!
    By Mark Graham
  14. we got it 4 cheap
    Late-Night Television’s Freelance Joke Writers: Underpaid Heroes or Scourge of the WGA?You make the call!
    By Mark Graham
  15. beef
    Sumner Redstone Doesn’t Fear Jay Leno, Not One BitSumner may be ancient, but he’s still as feisty as a 70-year-old.
    By Mark Graham
  16. Jay Leno Returns to Work, Feud With ConanApparently Conan tried to suffocate him with a pillow.
    By Lane Brown
  17. sick days
    Tonight Show Canceled As Jay Leno Checks Himself Into the HospitalDrat, we know someone who would’ve made a perfect guest host.
    By Mark Graham
  18. halfhearted apologies
    Spineless Jamie Foxx Tries to Have It Both WaysOn last night’s episode of the ‘Tonight Show,’ he issued an apology to Miley Cyrus. We didn’t buy it.
    By Mark Graham
  19. rivalries
    After All These Years, David Letterman Still Hates Jay Leno’s GutsBut according to Leno, he’s not entirely opposed to using their famed rivalry for ratings gains.
    By Mark Graham
  20. quote machine
    If It Ain’t Broke, Jay Leno Has No Plans to Fix ItPlus: Twitter puts Fred Durst in touch with Neil Diamond, world cringes in embarrassment.
    By Emma Pearse
  21. beef
    What Would You Rather Watch: Leno or Local News?Boston affiliate WHDH is engaged in a hilarious standoff with NBC over Jay Leno’s upcoming prime-time debut.
    By Lane Brown
  22. politics
    Obama Works Blue on LenoPresident Obama used his appearance on ‘Leno’ last night as an excuse to test some of his edgier material.
    By Lane Brown
  23. a rose by any other name
    Ticket Scalping Gets Fancy New Ticketmaster-Approved Name: Dynamic PricingAnd in a barely related story, Jay Leno is not happy that tickets to his free show in Detroit have landed on eBay.
    By Mark Graham
  24. do unto others
    Jay Leno Set to Give Free Performance for Detroit’s UnemployedRegretfully, we can’t bring ourselves to rip on Jay Leno; this news is too heartwarming.
    By Mark Graham
  25. tube junkie
    As Conan O’Brien Packs His U-Haul, Visions of Colonel Kurtz Dance Through His HeadIt wasn’t supposed to go down like this.
    By Mark Graham
  26. decisions decisions decisions
    Will NBC Continue to String Carson Daly Along?It depends on how willing he is to work on the cheap.
    By Mark Graham
  27. the late shift
    Will Jimmy Kimmel Be the Late-Show Host Who Finally Kills Nightline?ABC is reportedly in talks to move Jimmy Kimmel Live! to 11:35 p.m.
    By Lane Brown
  28. beef
    Jimmy Fallon vs. Jay Leno: Actual Beef or Elaborate Inside Joke?We’re leaning toward “elaborate inside joke.”
    By Mark Graham
  29. beef
    Les Moonves Has Got David Caruso’s BackCan Leno at 10 p.m. top CSI? Ain’t no way!
    By Mark Graham
  30. drama
    So What’s Jay Leno’s New Show Gonna Be Like, Anyway?In a word? Very profitable! (Okay, that was two words.)
    By Mark Graham
  31. jay leno
    Leno at 10: Late Night ReactsSo, what happened on ‘Conan’ last night? How did Letterman respond?
    By Lane Brown
  32. jay leno
    Jay Leno to Stay at NBC in All-New Time Slot — Right Before Conan!Leno will remain with NBC on his own nightly 10 p.m. talk show when he cedes his 11:30 slot and the ‘Tonight Show’ to O’Brien next summer.
    By Lane Brown
  33. countdown
    ‘The Rosie Smile-Time Variety Hour’ Coming to NBC?Will such a glorious hour of dancing Kooshes and loudmouthed rants come to fruition?
  34. apropos of nothing
    Jay Leno Goes Undercover, Grills Poor Ben SilvermanLeno turned up at an NBC press conference yesterday, wearing a disguise, to ask the tough questions.
  35. apropos of nothing
    Jay Leno ‘Definitely Done’ With NBC, Even If They Buy Him a PonyEven though NBC says discussions are ongoing, Leno says he’s done with the network.
  36. quote machine
    Val Kilmer’s Non-Funny Hair Makes Him All Wrong to Play David Lee RothPlus: Michael Ian Black on his work in ‘Kids in the Hall.’
  37. chat room
    Audrey Tautou on Playing Wicked in ‘Priceless’The French gamine who launched a thousand indie-boy dreams on her vampy new role and its boob-baring wardrobe.
  38. apropos of nothing
    Jay Leno Is About to Get PaidVulture looks into its crystal ball.
  39. apropos of nothing
    A Comprehensive List of the Ways Jay Leno’s First Post-Writers’-Strike Monologue Differed From His Last Writerless MonologueNow he’s got writers to blame!
  40. apropos of nothing
    Recorded for Posterity: Jay Leno’s Final Writerless MonologueWe give Jay’s writers a head start on the first day at work.
  41. strike zone
    Writerless Late Shows Officially Out of GuestsWith most good film and TV stars unwilling to cross WGA picket lines to appear on writerless late-night shows, the Tonight Show and Jimmy Kimmel Live are finding it increasingly difficult to book decent guests
  42. strike zone
    Jay Leno: Scabby Scab or the Scabbiest Scab?Though the newly returned Tonight Show is not allowed to use writers during the ongoing strike, WGA member Jay Leno has been telling monologue jokes he claims to have written himself for the past two nights — but the Writers Guild, like many of us, isn’t laughing.
  43. strike zone
    So, How Important Are Writers, Anyway?Not very!
  44. strike zone
    Late Night Returns! Letterman Books Robin Williams, Leno Settles for Mike HuckabeeAfter a two-month absence thanks to the prolonged writers’ strike, the network late shows return tonight, Letterman and Ferguson with their full writing staffs and Leno, Conan, and Kimmel with only their wits and/or Kevin Eubanks.
  45. strike zone
    Letterman Returns With Scribes, Finally Answering the Question: Do Writers Actually Matter?Can Letterman make up his long-standing ratings deficit when he can offer monologues and Top Ten lists while his competitor, presumably, can only offer an hour of Jaywalking?
  46. strike zone
    Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien to Return, Sans WritersIt’s true!
  47. strike zone
    Late-Night Shows to Return? Letterman to Shave?With the increasing likelihood that the writers’ strike will last forever, the late-night hosts may be secretly plotting their return.
  48. strike zone
    Jimmy Kimmel Pays Staff, Shuts Up About ItPlus: Jay Leno pays his staff, then holds a press conference and hires a skywriter to tell the world!
  49. strike zone
    Late-Night Shows Get Ratings Boost From Writers’ StrikeEven though the writers’ strike means every late-night talk show is in reruns, Nielsen Media Research is reporting that ratings for the shows, as well as ABC’s competing news program Nightline, have actually improved since the picketing began last week.
  50. strike zone
    Writers’ Strike Starting to Get Kind of DepressingRemember back the Writers Guild strike was fresh and exciting, and it seemed like a big fun party for all the picketers? It’s not like that anymore.
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