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No late night comic has been tougher on President Barack Obama than Jay Leno. It’s not even a close call. So will Leno shred Obama and his failing presidency when the Commander in Chief visits The Tonight Show Aug. 6?

Will the fabled Tonight Show, once home to legendary host Johnny Carson, become a vehicle for Democrat-approved politicians? Future Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon, who famously allowed President Barack Obama to push his agenda via a “slow jam” news segment,

The left thinks it may have found a way to stop Jay Leno from mocking President Barack Obama on a nightly basis from his Tonight Show perch. Thursday night’s Tonight Show episode found Leno cracking wise about the Big Brother-style

(AP) LOS ANGELES–The geek-flavored G4 channel will become the Esquire Network in September. NBC Universal on Wednesday announced the rebranded channel’s Sept. 23 launch date. The channel is the namesake of Esquire magazine and is aiming to draw a similar

NEW YORK, May 8 (UPI)–NBC will renovate a New York studio to house “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” for $5 million instead of building a new one for $25 million. The show is moving from Burbank, Calif., to Manhattan

(AP) LOS ANGELES–NBC is keeping Carson Daly’s show in its late-night lineup. The network announced Wednesday that it’s renewing “Last Call with Carson Daly” for the show’s 13th season. NBC lauded Daly for creating what the network called “a unique

(AP) NEW YORK–Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon poked fun at the late-night rumors swirling around them in a music video that aired between their back-to-back NBC shows Monday night. In a spoof of the romantic ballad “Tonight” from “West Side

Jay Leno is taking it to The Man, and he’s getting a nice ratings boost as a result. The worst kept secret in Hollywood is NBC plotting to replace Leno with Jimmy Fallon as host of The Tonight Show. Leno

Big Journalism regularly criticizes media writer Howard Kurtz, but he’s 100% correct on this one. It’s the way that television critics despise Leno, and how that colors the coverage of the late-night wars. When The New York Times’ Bill Carter

ALBANY, N.Y., March 24 (UPI)–A New York state lawmaker is balking at a $5 million tax credit to lure NBC’s “Tonight Show” to New York City while developmental disabilities funds are cut. Republican Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, of the Schenectady area,

Despite solid ratings and wide appeal to middle America, NBC is poised to replace Jay Leno as the host of the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon as Leno’s contract nears its end. Leno was off the show for six months

Jimmy Fallon won’t officially take over as host of NBC’s The Tonight Show for some time, but New York legislators are already rolling out the red carpet for him. Make that a “green” carpet. Not only is NBC planning to ditch

It’s not wise to fire someone in slow motion who has a nationwide bully pulpit. And so NBC is learning the hard way now that we know it plans to replace Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon as host of the

The only late night talker who sees fit to mock the president is being shown the exit door. All the rumors regarding NBC’s decision to replace Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show appear to be true, according

The Tonight Show host Jay Leno is under fire from NBC executives for making jokes about the network’s recent slide in the ratings. Reports suggest that Robert Greenblatt, NBC’s Chairman of Entertainment, fired off a series of emails slamming the late

Michelle Malkin’s parody: the evolution of liberal dance mocks First Lady Michelle Obama and Jimmy Fallon’s “evolution of mom dancing.”

First Lady Michelle Obama says she’s thinking of getting out of politics and into entertainment. She joked with NBC’s Jimmy Fallon that she’s putting her “hat in the ring” for the “Tonight Show” job after Jay Leno retires.

We’ve already seen Jimmy Fallon shamelessly turn over his “Late Night” spotlight to President Barack Obama to put the administration’s spin before the public. Now, Brian Williams of NBC News is getting into the act. Williams, repeating a bit dubbed

The election night concession phoner is a sacred thing, like two Little League teams shaking hands after a hard-fought game. It’s a time when candidates drop their warrior pose and offer congratulations and a “no hard feelings” sentiment – even

In Michael Bloomberg’s Manhattan, just as in Barack Obama’s Washington, D.C., the political and media elite seem to think that talking about something, holding a press conference or televising a party amounts to doing something to solve a problem. The

By SANDY COHENAP Entertainment Writer David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon are doing their shows without audiences. Jimmy Kimmel, visiting from his home base in sunny Hollywood, canceled a taping in Brooklyn. “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” are taking

Bette Midler cast aside freedom of speech earlier this week by saying the filmmaker responsible for the anti-Muslim movie in the news should be charged with murder. Midler isn’t alone in shoving aside the First Amendment. Both hip hop mogul

President Barack Obama’s approval ratings have plummeted largely because Democrats and independents who fell for his “hope and change” rhetoric in 2008 have now abandoned him and his false promises. But the mainstream media is not covering this, once again

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday evening’s edition of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Even with the gaffes offered by the comedy entitlement that is Joe Biden, late night hosts are having a difficult time tapping into the wealth. The Vice Presidency has always been a topic ripe for humor. Since political satire is

President Barack Obama has been everywhere the last three-plus years, from court side at NCAA games to the set of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” The screenwriter behind the upcoming film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden says Obama

Jimmy Fallon, the late night talker who allowed President Barack Obama to use his show to advance his administration’s talking points back in April, may have a pretty prestigious gig to kick off 2013. Comedian Jimmy Fallon is in talks to host the

(AP) Cosby star: New show about ‘positive black family’ By STACEY PLAISANCE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS Actress Tempestt Bledsoe says she’s thrilled to be returning to network television on a show that portrays “a positive black family” similar to the

Well here’s something new: The Congressional Black Caucus has now declared the word “cool” to be a racist term. They’re also accusing conservatives of using it that way. It’s not surprising. “Cool” has always been a term associated with African

Jimmy Fallon on “Today” with Matt Lauer discussed Obama’s recent appearance on his show: “That’s the craziest thing to ever happen to us. We keep going to each other on set, ‘That didn’t really happen, right?…The President booked himself on

In a career low light for both President Obama and Jimmy Fallon, the President appeared on Fallon’s late night show last month to “slow-jam” a little of the ole’ big government propaganda. This morning on the “Today Show,” the spectacle