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Tag: The Tonight Show

Matthew Weiner’s made-up stand-up connection to the Mad Men season 6 premiere?
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Matthew Weiner’s made-up stand-up connection to the Mad Men season 6 premiere?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 8, 20133

Spoiler alert. One of the subplots to the season six premiere of Mad Men — timed to the Christmas and New Year’s holidays at the …

Here is one video to dispel all of the rumors that NBC is going to screw up the Leno-Fallon “Tonight” transition, in song
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Here is one video to dispel all of the rumors that NBC is going to screw up the Leno-Fallon “Tonight” transition, in song

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 2, 2013April 3, 2013

The calendar may have read April 1 when Jay Leno opened his Tonight Show monologue with an April Fool’s crack about his relationship with his …

What do you think Jimmy Kimmel thinks about NBC replacing Leno with Fallon?
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What do you think Jimmy Kimmel thinks about NBC replacing Leno with Fallon?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 22, 2013

Of course, Jimmy Kimmel has opinions about the latest chapter that is the ongoing saga of NBC screwing around with The Tonight Show with Jay …

The new normal narrative has Jimmy Fallon and NYC replacing The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2014
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The new normal narrative has Jimmy Fallon and NYC replacing The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2014

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 21, 2013

Twenty-one years ago, NBC announced an orderly transition for The Tonight Show, handing over the hosting reins from icon Johnny Carson to his permanent guest …

What’s old is new again: Lost classic Johnny Carson reel is found; movie in works; TCM to air clips
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What’s old is new again: Lost classic Johnny Carson reel is found; movie in works; TCM to air clips

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 20, 2012November 20, 20121

On Oct. 1, 2012 — the 50th anniversary of Johnny Carson‘s debut on The Tonight Show on NBC — a military base in California turned …

Watch Conan O’Brien sit down for Late Show with David Letterman
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Watch Conan O’Brien sit down for Late Show with David Letterman

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 17, 2012May 18, 2012

For the first time in 13 years, Conan O’Brien paid a visit to David Letterman’s TV talk show. O’Brien took over NBC’s Late Night show …

Watch “Johnny Carson: King of Late Night”
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Watch “Johnny Carson: King of Late Night”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 15, 2012May 22, 20121

When you have a couple of hours to spare, please spare yourself the time to learn (or re-learn) your history of television. Who knows? It …

Outtakes from “Johnny Carson: King of Late Night” doc on PBS
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Outtakes from “Johnny Carson: King of Late Night” doc on PBS

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 14, 2012May 14, 2012

A great new documentary, Johnny Carson: King of Late Night, debuts tonight on PBS. Check your local listings for times and repeat airings. Before you …

Jim Norton, “Despicable”
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Jim Norton, “Despicable”

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 30, 2011December 30, 2011

Can you separate the Jim Norton you hear on Opie & Anthony’s radio show from the Jim Norton you see on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show …

On Leno, Kathleen Madigan talks politics, drugs, guns
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On Leno, Kathleen Madigan talks politics, drugs, guns

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 27, 2011October 28, 2011

Kathleen Madigan was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno this week. Not the same episode as President Barack Obama. But close. Very close. So …

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