I don't usually watch Jay Leno's show, unless he has a particularly interesting guest on, and I'll watch "Headlines" every Monday night (it really says something about your show when the funniest, most entertaining thing about it is something like "Headlines"), but he made a joke the other night that made Deadline Hollywood columnist Nikki Finke think that he might be hinting at having another show on another network when he leaves NBC.Leno was talking about former Law & Order star Fred Thompson running for President, and how he's already popular with voters, getting better "ratings" than Law & Order has been getting lately. To quote Jay:
"He leaves NBC and his ratings automatically go up. I hope that works for me."
Of course, this could be just a general joke that means nothing, but it could be a hint that Leno will have (or at least expects to have) another show on another network at that time. Maybe FOX will grab him and try another late night talk show.
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6-07-2007 @ 3:32PM
John Repetti said...
I'd go with general joke. Slow news day, huh.
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6-07-2007 @ 3:36PM
Jeff said...
Hmm... that doesn't seem to be what he's saying at all. After all, he's not saying that Fred Thompson moved to a different show and his ratings went up. He's saying that Fred Thompson left TV and his ratings went up.
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6-07-2007 @ 6:22PM
Maven said...
Bill Carter's New York Times had previously noted that Leno didn't start making NBC jokes until after it was announced that Conan was taking over.
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6-07-2007 @ 6:41PM
mikecanada said...
I could see him doing some sort of show about Cars once he leaves the Tonight Show
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6-07-2007 @ 9:27PM
David said...
I hate him.
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6-08-2007 @ 8:43AM
Jim said...
His hopes will be realized: As soon as he leaves, my rating of NBC will go up.
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