| − | '''Jay Leno''' is the host of ''[[The Tonight Show]]'', a late-night comedy talk show taped in the [[Los Angeles]] area. As opposed to 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> | + | '''Jay Leno''' formerly host of ''[[The Tonight Show]]'', on NBC, is currently host of a prime-time comedy talk show taped in the [[Los Angeles]] area called, "The Jay Leno Show," on NBC. 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> |
| − | During the 2007 [[Writer's Guild of America]] strike, Leno passed out doughnuts to the strikers.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2007/11/05/sot.leno.ktla.cnn?iref=videosearch Leno]</ref> His last "Tonight Show" took place on May 29, 2009. He will host a similar show on NBC next fall. | |