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'''Jay Leno''' is currently the host of the ''[[Tonight Show]]'' on NBC, but will reportedly be replaced in 2014. In 2009 through early 2010, he was briefly replaced by [[Conan O'Brien,]] and hosted his own prime-time comedy talk show taped in the [[Los Angeles]] area called, "The Jay Leno Show" on NBC. After O'Brien left over a time slot dispute, Leno resumed hosting the Tonight Show.
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'''Jay Leno''' hosted the ''[[Tonight Show]]'' on NBC for a total of 22 years. In 1992, Leno replaced the longtime comedian [[Johnny Carson]] on that show, and hosted it until 2009. Leno then left to host ''The Jay Leno Show'', but returned in 2010 and remained the host until 2014 when he was replaced by Jimmy Fallon.
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As opposed to his late-night counterpart [[David Letterman]], Leno avoids partisan rants and will poke fun at both political parties equally.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2008/12/19/leno-shoe-throwing-iraqi-offered-show-msnbc-letterman-offered-show-fn Leno: Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Offered Show on MSNBC, Letterman: Offered Show on FNC]</ref>  But Leno became a promoter of [[same-sex marriage]] and rarely has a real [[conservative]] on his show.
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[[Conan O'Brien]] was the ''Tonight Show'' host in 2009 to 2010, when O'Brien left over a time slot dispute and Leno returned.
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As opposed to his late-night counterpart [[David Letterman]], Leno avoided partisan rants and poked fun at both political parties equally.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2008/12/19/leno-shoe-throwing-iraqi-offered-show-msnbc-letterman-offered-show-fn Leno: Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Offered Show on MSNBC, Letterman: Offered Show on FNC]</ref>  But Leno became a promoter of [[same-sex marriage]] and rarely has a real [[conservative]] on his show.
    
During the 2007 [[Writer's Guild of America]] strike, Leno passed out doughnuts to the strikers.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2007/11/05/sot.leno.ktla.cnn?iref=videosearch Leno]</ref>  
 
During the 2007 [[Writer's Guild of America]] strike, Leno passed out doughnuts to the strikers.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2007/11/05/sot.leno.ktla.cnn?iref=videosearch Leno]</ref>  
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