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Bristol Palin Takes First Swipe At Levi In Jay Leno Interview

2010/09/04
By Frances Martel
Bristol Palin Takes First Swipe At Levi In Jay Leno Interview

Celebrity mom Bristol Palin is beginning the media tour for her upcoming appearance on Dancing with the Stars, and last night it landed her on the couch of Jay Leno's Tonight Show. Leno went easy the younger Palin, giving her space to dance, laugh, and take a few jabs at her ex Levi...
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Piers Morgan Tells Leno He “Can’t Possibly Comment On” CNN Job Speculation

2010/07/28
By Steve Krakauer
Piers Morgan Tells Leno He “Can’t Possibly Comment On” CNN Job Speculation

America's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan was a guest on the Tonight Show last night, and Jay Leno waited until segment two to begin the questioning about whether he would take over for CNN's Larry King.While Morgan said he couldn't "actually talk about that at the moment" it didn't stop some form...
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Joe Biden’s Visit To Leno’s Couch Stops Traffic At LAX

2010/07/11
By Glynnis MacNicol
Joe Biden’s Visit To Leno’s Couch Stops Traffic At LAX

Vice President Joe Biden, a favorite of the media for (among other things) his reliable ability to produce a headline-friendly gaffe, was less popular with a planeloads of passengers stranded at LAX on Friday including the Wrap's Sharon Waxman who penned a fuming piece on the incident.
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Vice President Joe Biden Drops By The Tonight Show

2010/07/10
By Frances Martel
Vice President Joe Biden Drops By The Tonight Show

Vice President Joe Biden is on Team Leno, picks the Netherlands to win the World Cup and was hoping the US could trade that sexy Russian spy for Rush Limbaugh. As a special guest on the Tonight Show last night, Biden, who provides so much material for late-night hosts already, really delivered on...
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Conan’s Tonight Show Scores Four Emmy Noms, Leno’s Tonight Show Gets None

2010/07/08
By Steve Krakauer
Conan’s Tonight Show Scores Four Emmy Noms, Leno’s Tonight Show Gets None

The TBS-supported Emmy campaign by Conan O'Brien regarding his former show, NBC's The Tonight Show, worked brilliantly: O'Brien's version of the show got four nominations this morning.NBC entered The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - which got zero nominations. This could get awkward when the Emmys air...
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Nightline Beats Out Letterman For First Time In 10 Years During Second Quarter

2010/07/01
By Meenal Vamburkar
Nightline Beats Out Letterman For First Time In 10 Years During Second Quarter

For the first time in 10 years, ABC News "Nightline" beat out CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" for total viewers, as well as in the A25-54 demographic, in the second quarter. The last time Nightline outperformed Letterman was in 2000.The late-night news program also had its most second quarter viewers in six...
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Which Media Personalities Made The Forbes 100 Most Powerful Celebrities List?

2010/06/29
By Steven Jessop
Which Media Personalities Made The Forbes 100 Most Powerful Celebrities List?

Forbes released its annual list of the 100 most powerful celebrities today, and look! Some of your favorite media moguls, TV hosts, and radio personalities made the cut. Here at Mediaite, we rank these folks against each other on the regular with our trusty Power Grid. Granted, the numbers on the two lists...
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Jay Leno: BP Spill Perfect Example Of What Will Happen If Tea Partiers Rule

2010/05/25
By Glynnis MacNicol
Jay Leno: BP Spill Perfect Example Of What Will Happen If Tea Partiers Rule

Rand Paul's decision to cancel his appearance on Meet the Press this weekend (only the third person ever) may not have backfired exactly but it's certainly taken on a bit of a life of its own. David Gregory spent the first ten minutes of Sunday's show looking back at all the missteps...
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