variety.com - 7/21/2008
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Host steps in for Leno on June 1, 2009 Jay Leno will seamlessly hand The Tonight Show baton to Conan O'Brien next summer. After that, it's still anyone's guess whether Leno will decide to stay at the Peacock. NBC execs told reporters Monday as well as Leno, disguised as a TV critic that they're not ready to lose him to ABC. We can't force him to do something, said NBC ...
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... UNHOSTILE TAKEOVER: June 1st, 2009 -- The first day we will hear the words "Masturbating" and "Bear" mentioned in one sentence in the 11:30 tv hour. Besides that one really bizarre Ralph Nader Leno appearance. (Variety) ...
TCA: Jay Leno plays reporter
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I'm guessing Jay Leno enjoyed dressing up as a "reporter" for the executive session with the Peacock's Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff at TCA on Monday, as Variety's Michael Schneider reports . I gotta admit, he looks like an amalgam of several TCA regulars. Tcaleno1 Tcaleno2
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