Jay Leno’s life has been filled with comedy milestones, heated celebrity feuds and one major career U-turn. As luck would have it, Leno had his big career break on The Tonight Show 15 years before he ...

There's major trouble behind the scenes of NBC's Tonight Show. Around two dozen people are being laid off, senior staff members are taking huge pay cuts and the show's operating budget is being peeled ...

Jay Leno, as affably efficient backstage as he is in front of the camera, avoids waxing poetic about his 22-year "Tonight Show" run that draws to a close Thursday. Instead, he relies on numbers to ...

Jay Leno set the stage for his Tonight Show takeover years before he eavesdropped on NBC executives from a closet. His ascension to King of Late Night started when he refused to team up with other ...

Jay Leno's not the bad guy in the 'Tonight Show' fiasco: blame the execs. Jan. 14, 2009 — -- Forget about Team Conan vs. Team Leno: the real war is Team Talent vs. Team Executives. Jay Leno has ...

Former late-night television host Jay Leno asked why comedians only “shoot for half an audience” in a recent interview, saying he doesn’t believe “anybody wants to hear a lecture.” Leno hosted NBC’s ...

“It was my mistake,” Jay Leno said of the very public moment that ignited a years-long feud. The story of exactly how the comedian landed in Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show chair, despite David ...

Jay Leno opened up about his decision to keep politics out of his standup routine. The former talk show host said that since ...

Jay Leno has opened up about his wife, Mavis Leno's severe dementia, including her diagnosis, her day-to-day challenges of ...

As luck would have it, Leno had his big career break on The Tonight Show 15 years before he started hosting it. He performed standup comedy on a 1977 Tonight Show episode and soon became a staple in ...