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John Oliver said he will not be taking comedy advice from Jay Leno, who suggested late-night comedians are alienating half of ...
Jay Leno reflected on why he always kept his jokes politically balanced while hosting "The Tonight Show" for over two decades. The 75-year-old comedian recently sat down for an interview with David ...
Jay Leno isn't a name that you hear very much these days, but he's still around -- and making comments that people can't help ...
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Culture / The former Tonight Show host thinks a dose of bothsidesism will punch up the late-night scene Ben Schwartz Why is it every time a great late night host loses a job, Jay Leno appears? Back in ...
He's hardly alone in his bewilderment. Samantha Bee — her own late show, "Full Frontal," a victim of viewer and network ...
John Oliver and Jay Leno have differing opinions when it comes to political comedy on late-night TV.
Jay Leno is wrong about late-night — it’s always been political The former "Tonight Show" host says his peers fail to appeal to the "whole audience." What world does he live in?
In a surprise move, CBS is sunsetting The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Colbert’s show debuted following the retirement of David Letterman, who hosted Late Night on the network from ...
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Jay Leno is happy standing in the middle of the aisle as far as political humor goes. During a recent conversation with David Trulio for The Ronald Reagan ...
The Clinton-Lewinsky scandal was heavily scrutinized by comedians. Find out which comedian apologized for their controversial jokes ...
As a millennial, I grew up in an era when late-night television transitioned from being funny to being political. This transition made late-night TV unfunny. Jay Leno and David Letterman were ...
The 'Last Week Tonight' host also sounds off on Stephen Colbert's "horrible, horrible" news and the future of the format.