Jay Leno

Jay Leno Learns About Twitter

Peter Kafka in Media on November 2, 2010 at 3:58 am PT

It’s very distracting! And so are computers.

Meet the Prankster Brothers Behind "Jenny," the Whiteboard-Using, Farmville-Exposing, HPOA Girl

Peter Kafka in Media on August 10, 2010 at 2:00 pm PT

John and Leo Resig fooled the media in 2007 with a made-up story about Donald Trump. Now they’re making headlines again.

Conan O'Brien to Host Late-Night Show on TBS

Sam Schechner and Lauren A. E. Schuker, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 12, 2010 at 10:37 am PT

Conan O’Brien will host a new late-night TV show on cable network TBS this fall, giving him a new platform on cable television less than a year after he left NBC in an acrimonious blowup. Mr. O’Brien’s yet-to-be titled show will debut in November, and run four nights a week at 11 p.m. Eastern time.

Tiger Woods Apology Boosts His Standing Online

Andrew LaVallee, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 19, 2010 at 2:32 pm PT

Tiger Woods may have more atoning to do with Elin Nordegren, but a preliminary pulse-taking online suggests that at least some of his fans are coming around. The golf star apologized Friday for his infidelity and the ensuing sex scandal, and according to Zeta Interactive, a New York digital-marketing firm that measures online reputations, that helped boost his ratings.

Conan Who? NBC Disappears “The Tonight Show” From the Web.

Peter Kafka in Media on February 6, 2010 at 10:01 am PT

Remember the whole Conan O’Brien/Jay Leno imbroglio from last month? Perhaps NBC wishes you didn’t. It has removed every episode of the show’s seven-month run from its NBC.com site, as well as Hulu. YouTube is pretty barren, too.

NBC Droops, but Doesn’t Blame Its Woes on Jay or Conan

Peter Kafka in Media on January 22, 2010 at 8:35 am PT

NBC knows its problems are larger than its late-night talk-show lineup. That said, if you haven’t seen Conan O’Brien’s latest insult of his soon-to-be-former employers, you really should.

Viral Video: The Long NBC Late-Night Nightmare Continues! (Well, for NBC, Not for Us!)

Kara Swisher in News on January 15, 2010 at 1:22 am PT

Oh, it goes from bad to worse and to much, much funnier. Here are a few new online videos about NBC’s best drama in years: The wrestling over its late-night lineup. It looks like “The Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien will be gone soon, chin-checked out by Jay Leno, whose 10 pm show on the broadcast television network bit. But O’Brien is biting back harder.

Viral Video: Top 10 Reasons the NBC Late-Night Disaster Is Great for Letterman

Kara Swisher in News on January 13, 2010 at 12:02 am PT

The mess that NBC has created around its late-night talk shows continues to benefit comic online videos. While Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien have been using their fight for joke fodder over at NBC, I think the best stuff has been coming from David Letterman of “The Late Show.” Yay.

Is NBC’s Jay Leno Disaster Good News for Time Warner?

Peter Kafka in Media on January 12, 2010 at 8:11 am PT

Here’s a take I hadn’t considered on NBC’s Jay Leno/Conan O’Brien debacle: Good news for Time Warner! A more realistic one: There’s a big opportunity here for people who figure out how to make good TV without spending a fortune.