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  • 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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NBC Ends Jay Leno Show Early "For Good Behavior"

Jay Leno signed off his self-titled talk show for the last time Tuesday, joking that NBC was allowing him to end the network's failed prime-time experiment after only five months "for good behavior."

"We were on the air five months," he said in his final Jay Leno Show monologue. "It seems like just yesterday I was telling NBC...read more

Leno Ends Prime-Time Show; Will You Watch Him at 11:35?

NBC's brief, disastrous experiment with bringing Jay Leno to prime time ends tonight at 10/9c ...read more

VIDEO: Scoop: Leno's last primetime show

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Scoop: Leno's last primetime show
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Posted: 2/9/2010

Msnbc.com's Courtney Hazlett reports that even as Jay Leno bids adieu to primetime, people are still talking about his Super Bowl appearance alongside Oprah and Letterman. watch

Jay Leno had to cancel two of his shows last week after being hospitalized with a 103 degree fever -- but the only thing sick about the "Tonight Show" host last night was his car.
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Posted: 4/27/2009
Season 1, Episode 75: More Footage of Jay addressing Cancellation Rumors
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Length: 00:30
Posted: 1/8/2010
Season 1, Episode 75: Jay takes staffers home for dinner.
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Length: 03:51
Posted: 1/8/2010
Season 1, Episode 68: Jay gives a behind-the-scenes look his office holiday party.
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Length: 04:19
Posted: 12/19/2009
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Year Title Description
2009 Jay Leno Show TV Show Series, Host
2008 Igor Movie, Actor - King Malbert
2007 The Astronaut Farmer Movie, Actor - Himself
2006 Al Franken Movie, Actor
2006 Tales Of The Rat Fink Movie, Actor - Flamethrower

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Late Show Executive Producer: We Wanted Conan for Super Bowl Promo, Too

The Letterman-Leno-Oprah Super Bowl promo had everyone buzzing during the big game, but, according to Late Show executive producer Rob Burnett, the threesome might have been a foursome — with Conan O'Brien.

Super Bowl: Doritos dominates; Saints win

"There was an initial thought of having ... read more

Super Bowl: Doritos Dominates; Saints Win

The Who rocked a laser light show, Letterman played nice with Leno, and the New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV, 31-17.

In between all the action, there was a surprising appearance by Jay Leno and David Letterman in a Late Show promo in which the two... read more

Kimmel: Leno's the Sucker-Puncher, Not Me

Jimmy Kimmel says there's no way he "sucker punched" Jay Leno, despite what Leno told Oprah Winfrey.

Leno on Oprah: "I was devastated" to lose The Tonight Show

In an interview with Winfrey on Thursday, Leno said he felt "sucker-punched" when Kimmel appeared during ... read more

Ratings: 10.3 Million Tune In for O'Brien's Final Tonight Show

Amid intense speculation over his next career move and Jay Leno's widely criticized return to late night, Conan O'Brien stepped down as host of The Tonight Show to his biggest audience ever.

The final episode netted... read more

Leno on Oprah: "I Was Devastated" to Lose The Tonight Show

Jay Leno said he was "devastated" when NBC executives first told him in 2004 that they were giving The Tonight Show to Conan O'Brien.

Oprah Winfrey to Interview Jay Leno; Possibly Conan O'Brien

Leno appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show Thursday to tell his side of the story of the recent late-night war that erupted when NBC decided to cancel Leno's prime-time show and bump O'Brien's Tonight Show to 12:05.

Although Leno reacted fairly positively to stepping aside for Conan in 2004, he said it was a tough pill to swallow. "It broke my heart. It really did; I was devastated," he told Winfrey. "This was the job that I had always wanted and this was the only job that ever mattered in show business — to me. It's the job every comic aspires to. It was just like, why?"

Leno said he... read more

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