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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno-Logo.jpg
Premiere May 25, 1992
Finale February 6, 2014
Host Jay Leno
Network/Provider NBC
Style 62-minute late-night talk show
Company Big Dog Productions,
NBC Studios (1992-2004),
NBC Universal Television (2004-2007),
Universal Media Studios (2007-2009, 2010-2011),
Universal Television (2011-2014)
Episodes 3,900+
Origin USA

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is a late-night talk show that aired on NBC. The series began on May 1992 as the successor to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and briefly ended in May 2009 when Conan O'Brien from Late Night with Conan O'Brien became the host of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien and Leno moved to a primetime series, The Jay Leno Show.

In January 2010, NBC announced that it would be removing O'Brien from his position as host of The Tonight Show and reinstating Leno due to the poor reception of Leno's primetime show and the complexity of his contract. Had NBC released Leno from his contract, they would have been subject to paying a reported $150 million penalty. As a result, The Jay Leno Show was cancelled and Leno resumed hosting duties at The Tonight Show on March 1, 2010.

Contents

Crew

Member   Duration
Bandleader
Branford Marsalis 1992-1995
Kevin Eubanks 1995-2010
Rickey Minor 2010-2014
Announcer
Edd Hall 1992-2004
John Melendez 2004-2009
Wally Wingert 2010-2014

Seasons

Season  Premiere Finale #
NBC
Season One May 25, 1992 June 4, 1993 259
Season Two June 7, 1993 June 24, 1994 256
Season Three July 4, 1994 August 31, 1995 263
Season Four September 4, 1995 September 13, 1996 217
Season Five September 16, 1996 September 11, 1997 213
Season Six September 16, 1997 August 28, 1998 202
Season Seven September 8, 1998 September 17, 1999 232
Season Eight September 20, 1999 October 6, 2000 249
Season Nine October 9, 2000 September 21, 2001 217
Season Ten September 24, 2001 September 20, 2002 215
Season Eleven September 23, 2002 August 15, 2003 208
Season Twelve September 2, 2003 September 17, 2004 235
Season Thirteen September 20, 2004 September 16, 2005 223
Season Fourteen September 19, 2005 September 15, 2006 211
Season Fifteen September 18, 2006 September 14, 2007 223
Season Sixteen September 17, 2007 September 12, 2008 171
Season Seventeen September 15, 2008 May 29, 2009 157
Season Eighteen March 1, 2010 December 23, 2010 183
Season Nineteen January 3, 2011 December 23, 2011 215
Season Twenty January 3, 2012 December 21, 2012 205
Season Twenty-One January 2, 2013 September 20, 2013 155
Season Twenty-Two September 23, 2013 February 6, 2014 77

In-Depth

DVD Releases

There are no DVD releases for this show.

External Sites