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A Little Hasty in Writing Off Jay Leno
Published 1/4/2008 by Lisa de Moraes at washingtonpost.com - Television
NBC hit pay dirt yesterday when the Writers Guild of America publicly spanked Jay Leno for having written the opening monologue for his return to "The Tonight Show."
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