tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post6510080444041397216..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: The Jay Leno Show: How is this night different from all other 'Tonight Show's?Alan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-14531169780538550362009-09-17T01:12:28.952-04:002009-09-17T01:12:28.952-04:00Uh, hello ... why is Jay even bothering with that ...Uh, hello ... why is Jay even bothering with that waste of talent Kanye when RHIANNA is there??<br /><br />Doesn't anybody care what she has to say??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-46096574088877438272009-09-16T10:52:32.611-04:002009-09-16T10:52:32.611-04:00I tuned in on Monday night. I used to watch Jay o...I tuned in on Monday night. I used to watch Jay on the Tonight Show. He was amusing, Headlines were funny, and Letterman has just gotten boring over the years. But I discovered that what was funny as I was going to sleep after the news is NOT funny when I am wide awake. And since my preferred newscast is now on opposite Leno (WGN at 9), I'll probably only watch Jay when there's nothing else on and the news is pre-empted for basketball games.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516927613757605393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-87980081954474683192009-09-16T08:28:03.106-04:002009-09-16T08:28:03.106-04:00Not sure if this is occurring everywhere, but Cona...Not sure if this is occurring everywhere, but Conan is no longer available on Star (The Canadian E Network) at 10 PM. Is this coincidence, or were NBC afraid that Conan would provide competition for their precious Leno? Gotta love how Leno and NBC keep finding ways to stick it to Conan and his viewers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-19711423050648928412009-09-15T17:43:35.400-04:002009-09-15T17:43:35.400-04:00Kanye showed the world what a idiot he truly is. ...Kanye showed the world what a idiot he truly is. A no talent hack. Leno's questions were spot on to him and he as usual fumbled (like the guy on the Bills)<br /><br />Leno's show was fine, if a bit awkwards at times. Ratings in most markets were thru the roof, even in cities were NBC is weak, like Atlanta & San Fran.Don Drapernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-70873189633850378592009-09-15T17:23:27.648-04:002009-09-15T17:23:27.648-04:00Taylor was in another dress because she was about ...Taylor was in another dress because she was about to perform when Beyonce called her back to the stage. Many artists do a costume change under those circumstances. Kanye's an ass. End of story. And his awkward interview with Jay didn't help his cause or Jay's.<br /><br />Leno's segments were always amusing for me, but I have no interest in watching this watered down version of The Tonight Show, especially after trying to get thru last night's debut. Can we just talk about how awkward it seemed for Jay not to have a desk in front of him? He seemed so uncomfortable and unsure as to what to do with his hands. Just made it even harder for me to watch.<br /><br />I'll stick with the scripted TV on other networks that I've enjoyed for far longer.rspadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-39281368129913456772009-09-15T17:11:47.440-04:002009-09-15T17:11:47.440-04:00Anonymous wrote: "Invoking Kanye's mother...Anonymous wrote: <i>"Invoking Kanye's mother seemed inappropriate."</i><br /><br />It's what Taylor Swift's mom asked him backstage. Given the fact that Kanye's mom was the only person in the world that he respected or listened to, I'd say it's the best question Jay could have asked, regardless how uncomfortable the moment was.<br /><br />But as for Jay's show itself, I'm amazed such an unfunny guy is still around. Guess it shows how bland you have to be to appeal to the largest possible demographic of old people.Bjooksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-24070377838470960112009-09-15T15:32:34.691-04:002009-09-15T15:32:34.691-04:00J (not Jay) wins. Best comment.J (not Jay) wins. Best comment.Hatfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184680741873873714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-86485161092589494882009-09-15T14:47:09.344-04:002009-09-15T14:47:09.344-04:00As an Israeli, I'm pissed off. Till now, we...As an Israeli, I'm pissed off. Till now, we've had Conan at 8 PM and Jimmy Fallon at 8:45, just two days after they're on in the States. Now that Jay Leno has a new show, they're bumping Conan to 8:45, and airing Leno at 8, while Jimmy Fallon will no longer be broadcast in Israel. Too bad. With all his faults, I still like Jimmy more than I like Jay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-44076027207047989592009-09-15T14:35:30.071-04:002009-09-15T14:35:30.071-04:00Debut ratings were huge
I agree you can't tel...<i>Debut ratings were huge</i><br /><br />I agree you can't tell what the night-to-night ratings are going to be like, but all along I've had a sinking feeling that this is going to work out for NBC. I don't think they're going to take down CSI or anything, but whether you like his humor or not (and I don't) Jay is popular. Yes, it's baffling, but so is America's fascination with reality TV and break-dancing cats. I don't see him going anywhere soon.filmcrickethttp://filmcricket.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-35747653809170188122009-09-15T12:43:44.380-04:002009-09-15T12:43:44.380-04:00...(Taylor Swift) was in another dress when she ca...<i>...(Taylor Swift) was in another dress when she came back out...</i><br /><br />As a photo editor who has to look through too many photos from these events, I can tell you that there's often three dresses a female performer will wear (red carpet, performance, post-performance/press room) - five if you're Lady Gaga - so don't look to wardrobe changes to give you any cues (except that they're moving to another part of their evening).<br /><br />I'm about as cynical as you get, and really the only staging I can detect was maybe security being told to give Kanye "enough rope." Kanye is essentially just doing his own ego-driven/manic version of yelling back at the movie screen. Only in his world, he can step into the movie and yell it back to the audience as well.<br /><br />Perhaps some of this "Kanye planned it" wave is a subconscious reaction from folks feeling burned by the Sacha Baron Cohen/Eminem staged brouhaha.Shawn Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703481653646144923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-24923213459422448672009-09-15T12:39:12.733-04:002009-09-15T12:39:12.733-04:00Did Jay bring Kevin & the band with him to 10 ...Did Jay bring Kevin & the band with him to 10 pm?Paul Outlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14223551781533342142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-47443567033987719782009-09-15T12:34:54.343-04:002009-09-15T12:34:54.343-04:00It was the same as any other show hosted by Jay Le...It was the same as any other show hosted by Jay Leno, a ghastly horror of a talker thinking it's hysterically funny when it's quite the opposite, drawn down by Jay Leno's awkwardness and incredibly poor interviewing skills. Now that I know it's going to be just as bad as his previous Tonight Show, I will never have the "pleasure" of viewing it again. I feel sorry for Conan most of all, who's far superior show deserves better then being viewed as second rate to this trash.Simon H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-69384783792947072722009-09-15T12:30:59.968-04:002009-09-15T12:30:59.968-04:00BREAKDANCING CAT I AM COMING FOR YOU! MUCH RESPEC...BREAKDANCING CAT I AM COMING FOR YOU! MUCH RESPECT AND ALL BUT KANYE IS THE GREATEST VIDEO VIRAL ARTIST OF THIS GENERATION! I APOLOGIZE FOR MY RECENT FOR REAL EMOTIONAL OUTBURSTS AND TO TAYLOR SWIFT WHO I'D LIKE TO HAVE COFFEE WITH. BUT BREAKDANCING CAT? ENJOY YOUR MOMENT AND WATCH YOUR BACK!Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02438138745372633266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-77445271723939273652009-09-15T12:10:37.402-04:002009-09-15T12:10:37.402-04:00zero interest in a 10pm late night talk show...can...zero interest in a 10pm late night talk show...can't imagine tivo-ing this either...but I'm sure lots of elderly people will tune in many evenings<br /><br />really, nothing's changed except NBC is scaling back their operation...and we've got plenty of other cable networks providing dramas to replace itMike Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-59877794891092997682009-09-15T12:10:06.673-04:002009-09-15T12:10:06.673-04:00I don't think Jay's usual audience would e...<i>I don't think Jay's usual audience would even watch the MTV awards so much of the Kanye interview probably went over their heads.</i><br /><br />They don't have to have watched the awards show. The incident was on the news and all over the internet. You couldn't miss it.Mark Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-63151802316529737502009-09-15T11:53:03.113-04:002009-09-15T11:53:03.113-04:00The car wash skit was utterly unwatchable, and tha...The car wash skit was utterly unwatchable, and that Kanye interview was awkward and embarrassing. <br /><br />I, too, thought the VMA thing was staged w/o Taylor Swift's knowledge. Ill-conceived and gone horribly awry, but staged.LAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04868479477550590056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-55422315179413547352009-09-15T11:42:05.638-04:002009-09-15T11:42:05.638-04:00Debut ratings were huge: 17.7 million viewers, big...Debut ratings were huge: 17.7 million viewers, big in the young adult demos, etc. But we figured the show would open big. Let's see how big the audience remains in a few weeks and/or months, minus the rubbernecking factor, and plus original competition.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-56453988757975585792009-09-15T11:38:41.151-04:002009-09-15T11:38:41.151-04:00The Dan Band was high-larious!The Dan Band was high-larious!Wecknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-65631556974402860262009-09-15T11:09:43.705-04:002009-09-15T11:09:43.705-04:00I agree that it doesn't look like anyone told ...I agree that it doesn't look like anyone told Miss Swift, but she was in another dress when she came back out. It seems like SOMEONE on her staff was prepared.Byron Hauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781238264572019596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-20358216065310377412009-09-15T10:49:51.844-04:002009-09-15T10:49:51.844-04:00(unless there's a new breakdancing cat video I...<i>(unless there's a new breakdancing cat video I don't know about). </i><br /><br />Did you see the water-loving cat video I posted last night? That is way more entertaining than Jay interviewing Kanye.<br /><br />Also, if the Kanye thing was planned, they sure didn't tell Taylor Swift, who looked like someone kicked her puppy and then stole it. I don't think it was, though. Kanye really is that egotistical and selfish, it seems.deznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-69592525935841472852009-09-15T10:44:23.013-04:002009-09-15T10:44:23.013-04:00@Michael and @Sirfuller:
Not to take shots at you...@Michael and @Sirfuller:<br /><br />Not to take shots at you, but I just don't understand. It's not that I prefer a different type of humor (for instance, more dark vs slapstick), it's just that there isn't any humor with Jay. He's not funny AT ALL. There's nothing to laugh at. But different strokes, I guess.That guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-38674587066352229062009-09-15T10:43:26.281-04:002009-09-15T10:43:26.281-04:00I dvr'd it for the Kanye interview, watched th...I dvr'd it for the Kanye interview, watched that and then decided to start from the beginning and see how it was. I made it through about 45 seconds of the opening monologue before giving up. Dreadful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-14143271949212659002009-09-15T10:40:20.833-04:002009-09-15T10:40:20.833-04:00I was very much hoping the Cheaters payoff was goi...I was very much hoping the Cheaters payoff was going to be Jay confronting Conan. Sadly, no dice.<br /><br />Within the first two minutes it was clear that this *was* the Tonight Show, just at a different time.Ricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-52030867433722107892009-09-15T10:17:36.543-04:002009-09-15T10:17:36.543-04:00It was just painful to watch, start to finish. No...It was just painful to watch, start to finish. No other word for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-57537794183973023002009-09-15T10:14:59.291-04:002009-09-15T10:14:59.291-04:00Back in the Hill Street Blue's & St Elsewh...Back in the Hill Street Blue's & St Elsewhere days, there was 66 hours of network prime time. FOX & CW bump it up to 93. Now cable networks like HBO, Showtime, TNT, USA, FX, A&E, TBS, USA, etc, all do their own dramas and comedies these days. There is still plenty of room for quality shows.<br /><br />I have heard alot of people on this blog defend Bill Lawrence for bringing back According to Scrubs for its 20th season by saying he is saving his writers and crews jobs. The same arguement can be made for Jay, who has a huge crew and an army of writers. Frankly I think the arguement is crap in both instances. If they are good at their craft they will find work in Hollywood. But still if the arguement is good for one, it should work for the other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com