The Jay Leno Show -- Premieres 9/14/09 -- 5 nights a week/46 weeks a year - Page 5

Count Dooku · 09-19-09, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by calhoun07

Leno used to do segments of something similar to "Headlines" back in the day when he was just a stand up comic making the rounds, including on his appearances on the NBC Late Night with David Letterman. In the 80s.

And I would dare say Leno's take on it is a helluva lot more funny that Letterman's.

Leno used to go on Letterman and do What's Your Beef?. He would have a periodical --usually TV Guide, and he go off on (what we now call) a rant about an item's stupidity.

Headlines consists of showing unfortunately worded headlines and advertisements, headlines and ads with typos, weird classifieds.

Letterman's Small Town News and Dumb Ads consisted of showing unfortunately worded headlines and advertisements, headlines and ads with typos, weird classifieds.

The only difference is the emphasis Leno places on scatological jokes and sexual innuendo --apparently that's the "take" to which you are responding so favorably.

whotony · 09-19-09, 04:48 PM

yeh really, all Leno does is read news headlines and that's the joke, the guest could do it and it wouldn't be less funny.

whotony · 09-19-09, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Giantrobo

I've always thought they were 'inside jokes" between him and the audience based on pre-show stuff he does with them.

But I could be wrong.

I think that might be part of it.
My wife and I were lucky to be in the third row a few years ago right on the isle and he speaks to the people up there and goes back to what they talked about during the show.

calhoun07 · 09-20-09, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Count Dooku

Leno used to go on Letterman and do What's Your Beef?. He would have a periodical --usually TV Guide, and he go off on (what we now call) a rant about an item's stupidity.

Headlines consists of showing unfortunately worded headlines and advertisements, headlines and ads with typos, weird classifieds.

Letterman's Small Town News and Dumb Ads consisted of showing unfortunately worded headlines and advertisements, headlines and ads with typos, weird classifieds.

The only difference is the emphasis Leno places on scatological jokes and sexual innuendo --apparently that's the "take" to which you are responding so favorably.

Actually, not all of the headlines have sexual innuendo. The "take" I am responding to is he injects some humor in the reading of them and often has funny comments to add. Letterman makes some odd guttural noise or repeats a word or two like ten times and Paul cackles some kind of mock laughter.

FRwL · 09-20-09, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by snoogins

Or you get Mel Gibson who tries to be funny, but misses badly

I liked his goofyness, he was waaay better than the other snooze inducing 10/10 guests.

Eric D. · 09-20-09, 07:34 PM

The whole 10 @ 10 thing is painful to watch. Not only are the questions stupid, but Jay keeps cutting off the guests when they want to add to an answer.

chris_sc77 · 09-21-09, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD

I have yet to watch CBS since they canceled Moonlight. Nothing this season is changing my mind either.

Well well well. FInally we can agree on something. Moonlightling may be the only good show ever on CBS,

whotony · 09-21-09, 07:31 PM

moonlighting isn't moonlight

Rockmjd23 · 09-21-09, 07:35 PM

and Moonlighting wasn't on CBS.

chris_sc77 · 09-22-09, 05:53 PM

OH well i guess we cant agree on even that then and CBS never seems to air anything i care for

Charlie Goose · 09-22-09, 11:42 PM

I surfed by Leno and saw Pee Wee Herman. WTF.

Hokeyboy · 09-22-09, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Charlie Goose

I surfed by Leno and saw Pee Wee Herman. WTF.

So?

outcastja · 09-23-09, 02:00 AM

With real competition last night, it got a beat down in the ratings.

From Ratings thread
10 p.m.

CBS: "CSI: Miami" season premiere (13.8 million, 8.7/14)
ABC: "Castle" season premiere (9.4 million, 6.2/10)
NBC: "The Jay Leno Show" (5.7 million, 3.8/6)

However, according to this article.

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With just a 1.5 rating, "The Jay Leno Show" could make $300 million a year for NBC -- and probably spark other networks to follow suit.

stingermck · 09-23-09, 03:29 PM

A little higher last night against series premieres:

CBS: "The Good Wife" series premiere (13.7 million, 9.2/16)
ABC: "The Forgotten" series premiere (9.5 million, 6.3/11)
NBC: "The Jay Leno Show" (6.8 million, 4.5/8)

spamurai · 09-23-09, 03:43 PM

Paul Reubens hasn't aged a day since the last time I saw him...

RichC2 · 09-23-09, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by outcastja

With real competition last night, it got a beat down in the ratings.

From Ratings thread
10 p.m.

CBS: "CSI: Miami" season premiere (13.8 million, 8.7/14)
ABC: "Castle" season premiere (9.4 million, 6.2/10)
NBC: "The Jay Leno Show" (5.7 million, 3.8/6)

However, according to this article.

This is a show that needs a lead-in. The big thing on monday was that its lead-in, Heroes, only had 5.8m viewers from 9 - 10, and you can rest assured that cost them a boatload more than Leno's show.

My question is what effect this has on Conan, Fallon, and Carson in terms of ratings. 3.5 hours of Talk TV is a shitload (and I actually like Carson's show now that it has a focus on music and isn't tied to a studio.)

TallGuyMe · 09-23-09, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by spamurai

Paul Reubens hasn't aged a day since the last time I saw him...

but to be fair, it was the back of his head in a darkened theatre

Charlie Goose · 09-24-09, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Hokeyboy

So?

SO, why is a dead and best forgotten character from 20 years ago being resurrected on a show on which NBC is putting its prime time hopes?

spamurai · 09-24-09, 01:21 AM

Alan Thicke FTW!

Daytripper · 09-24-09, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Charlie Goose

SO, why is a dead and best forgotten character from 20 years ago being resurrected on a show on which NBC is putting its prime time hopes?

I didn't see the show, but Pee Wee Herman is back. Reubens is doing a live PWH show in L.A. for a few weeks sometime soon.

arminius · 09-24-09, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Daytripper

I didn't see the show, but Pee Wee Herman is back. Reubens is doing a live PWH show in L.A. for a few weeks sometime soon.

I actually like Pee Wee, but his bit on this show was a trainwreck. The whole show seems like its collapsing.

ANDREMIKE · 09-25-09, 10:05 AM

How did Leno do in ratings against Grey's Anatomy

Quatermass · 09-25-09, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by arminius

I actually like Pee Wee, but his bit on this show was a trainwreck. The whole show seems like its collapsing.

Especially the salad bar thing. Was PeeWee promoting vegetarian cookies or something? It was very awkward and I felt embarrassed for him.

Last night (Thursday), Leno showed funny internet video clips...Really? I mean they were funny but that's the type of thing you'd see in syndication on a Saturday afternoon. My other nitpicky criticism is that black stripe in his hair. I find it really distracting.

It's only the second week, so hopefully they'll work out the bugs.

Bill Needle · 09-25-09, 11:41 AM

Haven't gotten around to checking this out yet, so I thought I'd see what others were thinking. Looks like it's a repackaged Tonight Show, but at 10/9 central. Problem is, one of the reasons I think late night shows work is because they are on late, when there really isn't anything else on anyway. I think it's a much harder sell in prime time. That being said, isn't it mostly interchangeable law and hospital dramas on during this hour (neither of which I can stand to watch)? So maybe it will find it's audience.

wm lopez · 09-25-09, 11:51 AM

Rush Limbaugh came off great on Thursday's show.
Made a lot of sense.

09-19-09, 04:48 PM	#102
whotony DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: earth ..."that's were i keep all my stuff" Posts: 6,769	Re: The Jay Leno Show -- Premieres 9/14/09 -- 5 nights a week/46 weeks a year yeh really, all Leno does is read news headlines and that's the joke, the guest could do it and it wouldn't be less funny. __________________ "When he hits that ball in the middle of the bat there on that sweet spot, there 's no park in the league that can hold his balls in." Gary Matthews "What's going to happen is that you jerk off the ball. You almost want to let this guy, here jam you and if it comes comes, it comes comes." http://www.prestonandsteve.com/audio/1342.mp3 My Countdown Counting down to: 9 years hard to believe.

09-20-09, 07:34 PM	#106
Eric D. DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,432	Re: The Jay Leno Show -- Premieres 9/14/09 -- 5 nights a week/46 weeks a year The whole 10 @ 10 thing is painful to watch. Not only are the questions stupid, but Jay keeps cutting off the guests when they want to add to an answer. __________________ Xbox Live Gamertag: Doctor West

09-21-09, 07:31 PM	#108
whotony DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: earth ..."that's were i keep all my stuff" Posts: 6,769	Re: The Jay Leno Show -- Premieres 9/14/09 -- 5 nights a week/46 weeks a year moonlighting isn't moonlight __________________ "When he hits that ball in the middle of the bat there on that sweet spot, there 's no park in the league that can hold his balls in." Gary Matthews "What's going to happen is that you jerk off the ball. You almost want to let this guy, here jam you and if it comes comes, it comes comes." http://www.prestonandsteve.com/audio/1342.mp3 My Countdown Counting down to: 9 years hard to believe.

09-21-09, 07:35 PM	#109
Rockmjd23 DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MA Posts: 14,352	Re: The Jay Leno Show -- Premieres 9/14/09 -- 5 nights a week/46 weeks a year and Moonlighting wasn't on CBS.

09-22-09, 05:53 PM	#110
chris_sc77 Suspended Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bellefontaine, Ohio Posts: 5,628	Re: The Jay Leno Show -- Premieres 9/14/09 -- 5 nights a week/46 weeks a year OH well i guess we cant agree on even that then and CBS never seems to air anything i care for

09-22-09, 11:42 PM	#111
Charlie Goose DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Sesame Street (the apt. next to Bob's) Posts: 15,718	Re: The Jay Leno Show -- Premieres 9/14/09 -- 5 nights a week/46 weeks a year I surfed by Leno and saw Pee Wee Herman. WTF. __________________ Ohwa Tagu Siam

09-23-09, 03:29 PM	#114
stingermck DVD Talk Ultimate Edition Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 4,939	Re: The Jay Leno Show -- Premieres 9/14/09 -- 5 nights a week/46 weeks a year A little higher last night against series premieres: CBS: "The Good Wife" series premiere (13.7 million, 9.2/16) ABC: "The Forgotten" series premiere (9.5 million, 6.3/11) NBC: "The Jay Leno Show" (6.8 million, 4.5/8) __________________ "We wouldn't have to "regress" so much if it wasn't for that weird period in comics history when EVERYTHING in comics had to be awful and bleak. Characters died, became killers, were crippled and had lots of pouches and belts on their costumes, and we, this generation of creators, represent the undoing of that." - Ethan Van Sciver

09-23-09, 03:43 PM	#115
spamurai Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 82	Re: The Jay Leno Show -- Premieres 9/14/09 -- 5 nights a week/46 weeks a year Paul Reubens hasn't aged a day since the last time I saw him...

09-24-09, 01:21 AM	#119
spamurai Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 82	Re: The Jay Leno Show -- Premieres 9/14/09 -- 5 nights a week/46 weeks a year Alan Thicke FTW!

09-25-09, 10:05 AM	#122
ANDREMIKE DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,868	Re: The Jay Leno Show -- Premieres 9/14/09 -- 5 nights a week/46 weeks a year How did Leno do in ratings against Grey's Anatomy __________________ Mike

09-25-09, 11:41 AM	#124
Bill Needle DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Twin Cities, US of A Posts: 3,641	Re: The Jay Leno Show -- Premieres 9/14/09 -- 5 nights a week/46 weeks a year Haven't gotten around to checking this out yet, so I thought I'd see what others were thinking. Looks like it's a repackaged Tonight Show, but at 10/9 central. Problem is, one of the reasons I think late night shows work is because they are on late, when there really isn't anything else on anyway. I think it's a much harder sell in prime time. That being said, isn't it mostly interchangeable law and hospital dramas on during this hour (neither of which I can stand to watch)? So maybe it will find it's audience.

09-25-09, 11:51 AM	#125
wm lopez DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5,210	Re: The Jay Leno Show -- Premieres 9/14/09 -- 5 nights a week/46 weeks a year Rush Limbaugh came off great on Thursday's show. Made a lot of sense.