News Source: Dallas Observer
| 2 months ago
The great experiment in prime-time programming, launched under the simple, subdued title of The Jay Leno Show , starts tonight.Perhaps no other new show has enjoyed such a blitzkrieg of promotion and coverage. From the center of that storm, Leno's...
News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| 2 months ago
Somehow, in spite of the explosive, 24/7 competition of everything from streaming videos on the Internet to hit shows on basic cable and a $30 billion video-game industry, broadcast television networks manage to hold onto one of the last vestiges of...
News Source: Reuters
| 2 months ago
After only a handful of fall premieres, broadcasters already have two reasons to celebrate: Fox's "Glee" and the CW's "The Vampire Diaries" debuted to strong numbers last week, suggesting that perhaps the coming weeks won't be a repeat of last fall's...
News Source: Macleans
| 2 months ago
Late-night grad Jay Leno's move to prime time is the most talked-about twist on the fall TV schedule. And that goes double for members of television's creative community. For them, feelings run deep about the impact of five weeknight hours of NBC's...
News Source: Salon
| 2 months ago
Let's suspend our disbelief and tell ourselves that "The Jay Leno Show" (premieres at 10 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14) might wind up pleasantly surprising us with its hilarity and originality. Let's pretend, for the moment, that Leno might thrive in a brand-...
News Source: Los Angeles Times
| 2 months ago
The former late-night king returns with a relatively low-cost alternative to scripted prime-time fare -- and that has some job-jittery industry folks hoping the network's programming experiment fails. Jay Leno knows how to cope with pressure. Which...