"The Jay Leno Show" may be a huge hit for NBC, but that doesn't mean it won't suck. Help us keep score!
By Heather Havrilesky Sep 14, 2009
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The radio host helps make the new late-night show almost funny
By Alex Koppelman
September 25, 2009
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"Dollhouse" lives, "Earl" dies, and Leno joins the living dead! The networks announce their puzzling fall lineups.
By Heather Havrilesky
May 24, 2009
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A new book argues that Colbert, Jon Stewart and Bill Maher are good for democracy. But is it taking late-night comedy too seriously?
By Louis Bayard
April 5, 2008
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9/11 gave America amnesia about the real Rudy Giuliani. He's an authoritarian narcissist -- and we don't need another one of those in the White House.
By Cintra Wilson
December 5, 2006
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In his "Tonight Show" appearance, the president tried to make fun of his poor bowling -- and ended up joking about the disabled.
By Alex Koppelman
March 20, 2009
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Huckabee's "understanding" is that he won't be crossing a picket line to appear on "The Tonight Show."
By Tim Grieve
January 2, 2008
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"Avenue Q" writer takes Jay Leno to task.
By Lynn Harris
April 26, 2006
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From groping the breasts of TV hosts to making crudely sexist comments, Arnold Schwarzenegger has given machismo a bad name.
By Tim Grieve
August 30, 2003
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I haven't decided to vote for Howard Dean, but after 10 days watching his campaign, I promise never to say he's unelectable again.
By Joan Walsh
August 11, 2003
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Bravo the new boy station? Michael Caine to hang with Will and Grace, and the new Harry Potter director says Bush is like Voldemort. Plus: Arnold says he won't run.
July 28, 2003
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From Jimmy Kimmel to Colin Quinn to Ellen DeGeneres, there are too many untested talents joining the talk-show fray. J. Keith van Straaten may be the most experienced host of them all. So why isn't he on the air yet?
By Heather Havrilesky
July 19, 2003
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Watch as bastions of alterna-Jays and wannabe-Daves try to out-snark each other! Thrill as Tom Green battles the late-night TV glut, armed only with a pair of googly eyes and a mile-wide sociopathic streak!
By Heather Havrilesky
July 19, 2003
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Jay Leno and Katie Couric pull a switcheroo, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein sell it all, and Tony and Carmela are immortalized by Furio. Plus: Do you know who won all the marbles?
By Karen Croft
April 18, 2003
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Aaron Sorkin makes up with NBC news anchor; Grammy host Jon Stewart: I'm not interested in music. Plus: Jay Leno in deep doo-doo over dog-eating joke.
By Amy Reiter
February 28, 2002
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Mr. Scary Guy gets scared; Drew Barrymore says wartime is unsafe. Plus: Leno -- autograph my hog!
By Amy Reiter
October 10, 2001
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Foot-in-mouth police snag a Backstreet Boy; scads of terror-themed entertainment pushed back; Bob Hope feeling healthier, sadder.
By Amy Reiter
September 24, 2001
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By Joyce Millman
March 20, 2000
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Aaron Spelling shares special moments with starlets; is Kevin Costner Catherine Zeta-Jonesing or just following her around? And Neve vs. Jamie Lee ... she who screams last?
By Amy Reiter
February 11, 2000
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Salon's TV picks for Holiday Week, Dec. 24-Dec. 31, 1999
By Joyce Millman
December 24, 1999
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Is Jim possessed by Andy? Can a direct hit by a T-shirt cause $25,000 in damage? Is Hollywood evil? Will the Lady P end lines to the loo? Get all the answers here! Plus: Finally, you can buy a piece of Gilligan's Island!
By Amy Reiter
December 7, 1999
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A key figure in the careers of John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Lorne Michaels talks about being a Jew in Nashville, the girl who got away and bad-mouthing Michael Ovitz.
By Jon B. Rhine
December 1, 1999
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Janeane cops feels; Rodney's pop heals; and at the Gary Coleman auction, collector plates a steal!
By Amy Reiter
November 17, 1999
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Michael Jackson IS Poe; MTV rocks vote, kids vote rock; and artist Mark Kostabi mortified over -- oops! -- premature communication. Plus: This is Newt on a budget.
By Amy Reiter
November 11, 1999
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No "cheesy, sleazy, one-night stand behavior" for Sharon Stone; PR from the Unabomber: I may be a killer, but I'm no kook!
By Douglas Cruickshank
October 16, 1999
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