Jay Leno: Biography, Latest News & Videos

  • Birth Name: James Douglas Muir Leno
  • Birth Place: New Rochelle, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/28/1950, Taurus
  • Profession: Talk-show host; comedian; author
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VIDEO: Seth Meyers Chooses His First Guest for Late Night

Seth Meyers may have just been named the new host of Late Night, but he's already got his pick for the first guest on his couch.

"Amy Poehler," Meyers told TVGuide.com at the NBC upfront red carpet Monday. "If that can't happen then we'll have real trouble getting guests!"

Seth Meyers to replace Jimmy Fallon on Late Night

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Seth Meyers to Replace Jimmy Fallon on Late Night

Seth Meyers will replace Jimmy Fallon on Late Night when Fallon takes over The Tonight Show from Jay Leno in 2014, NBC announced Sunday.

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NBC Ponders Expanded Tonight Show and Revamped Late Night

As NBC plans next year's Tonight Show handoff from Jay Leno to Jimmy Fallon, the network is taking a hard look at all of its late night options. That includes a potentially extreme makeover of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon once Fallon departs. The network has also given serious consideration to expanding The Tonight Show back to 90 minutes under Fallon, insiders confirm. Such an expansion might have led to a much smaller, 30 minute Late Night. But sources say the 90-minute Tonight Show idea has now been tabled.

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Jay Leno: Videos

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Igor (2008)
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Year Title Description
2012 New Year's Eve With Carson Daly TV Show Series, Appearing
2012 Blake Shelton's Not-So-Family Christmas TV Show Series, Appearing
2012 Betty White's 90th Birthday TV Show Series, Appearing
2010 25 Biggest TV Blunders TV Show Series, Subject (person only)
2010 White House Correspondents' Dinner TV Show Series, Speaker

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Exclusive: Stephen Colbert on the Late Night Wars

Stephen Colbert's alter egomaniac on The Colbert Report may be a hawk, but the real Colbert is a peace-loving guy, at least when it comes to the late-night battlefield. We caught up with the Comedy Central cutup — in a rare interview out of character — at the opening-night gala for the Montclair Film Festival in his adopted home state of New Jersey (his wife Evelyn is one of the fest's organizers).

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NBC Renews Last Call with Carson Daly

Better luck next time, Alec Baldwin!

NBC has renewed Last Call with Carson Daly for a 13th season, just a day after The New York Times reported that the 30 Rock star was in talks with to host a late-night show that would air during Last Call's timeslot.

Fall TV Scorecard: Which shows are returning? Which aren't?

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Report: NBC Eyes Alec Baldwin for Late-Night Talk Show

NBC is reportedly in talks with Alec Baldwin to join the late-night lineup, according to The New York Times.

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The Biz: What is Jay Leno's Next Move?

NBC announced on April 3 that Jay Leno will once again hand over the reins of NBC's Tonight Show — which he began hosting in 1992 — this time to Late Night's Jimmy Fallon. Leno says that after he signs off in February 2014, you'll find him in his garage. But it's more likely the car enthusiast will be back in front of a camera than under the hood of a classic Chevy.

One industry insider who knows Leno says two cable networks have already approached the comic about launching a new show after he leaves NBC. By that time, Leno will be 64 — considered over the hill for the 18- to 49-year-old viewers advertisers seek in late night. But in the wider TV landscape, where octogenarians such as Barbara Walters and Regis Philbin still hold jobs, he's practically a youngster.

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Top Moments: Conan and Chelsea Are Naked, Everyone on Walking Dead Is, Well, Dead

Our top moments of the week:

14. The First (Hair)Cut Is the Deepest: On The Mindy Project, our fearless heroine develops a crush on a cool pastor who unfortunately finds her to be a little self-absorbed. To show him how altruistic she is, she volunteers to treat the inmates at a women's prison, but when she gives one woman candy and a pashmina, it incites a riot, during which Mindy loses a giant chunk of her hair.

13. Most Heartbreaking Finale: We know we're supposed to root for Raylan on Justified, but it's Boyd and Ava's unhappy ending that hits home on the season finale. After forces conspire to separate Boyd and Ava as they're stealing Delroy's body from the funeral home (no body, no murder charges!), Ava ends up getting arrested. With his fiancée being carted off to jail, Boyd breaks into the couple's dream home and stares longingly at the backyard — and the... read more

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