3.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Jay Leno Show (2009)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 3.8
Overview
The Jay Leno Show is an American comedy show created by and starring Jay Leno, that aired at 10 p.m. from September 14, 2009 to February 9, 2010 on NBC, after Leno's initial retirement from hosting The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In January 2010, NBC announced that due to affiliate concerns about its effect on their newscasts, The Jay Leno Show would be shortened to 30 minutes and moved from primetime to 11:35 p.m., the timeslot that had been occupied by The Tonight Show for nearly 60 years. The Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien released a public statement saying that he would not participate in moving Tonight to 12:05 a.m., asserting that it would damage the highly respected franchise. Despite much support for O'Brien from both the public and media professionals alike NBC maintained its plan to move Leno to 11:35. On January 21, 2010, NBC reached a $45 million settlement with O'Brien in order to end his contract. Leno resumed his duties as host of Tonight on March 1, 2010. Leno ended on February 9, 2010 after being on the air for only four months, with Entertainment Weekly calling the program television's "Biggest Bomb of All Time."
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Christianity: Negative
Overview
The Jay Leno Show is an American comedy show created by and starring Jay Leno, that aired at 10 p.m. from September 14, 2009 to February 9, 2010 on NBC, after Leno's initial retirement from hosting The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In January 2010, NBC announced that due to affiliate concerns about its effect on their newscasts, The Jay Leno Show would be shortened to 30 minutes and moved from primetime to 11:35 p.m., the timeslot that had been occupied by The Tonight Show for nearly 60 years. The Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien released a public statement saying that he would not participate in moving Tonight to 12:05 a.m., asserting that it would damage the highly respected franchise. Despite much support for O'Brien from both the public and media professionals alike NBC maintained its plan to move Leno to 11:35. On January 21, 2010, NBC reached a $45 million settlement with O'Brien in order to end his contract. Leno resumed his duties as host of Tonight on March 1, 2010. Leno ended on February 9, 2010 after being on the air for only four months, with Entertainment Weekly calling the program television's "Biggest Bomb of All Time."
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The Jay Leno Show maintained a largely neutral political stance, prioritizing broad entertainment and observational humor over explicit ideological advocacy. Its content often touched on current events and politics but typically avoided deep partisan critiques, aiming for widespread appeal.
The program features a traditional host and a mainstream talk show format. Its content focuses on entertainment and current events without engaging in critical portrayals of traditional identities or explicit DEI-driven narratives.
Secondary
The Jay Leno Show, as a late-night talk program, likely featured incidental discussions or appearances related to LGBTQ+ individuals and themes over its run. Due to its episodic and varied content, it did not present a consistent narrative or character arcs that would strongly affirm or denigrate LGBTQ+ identities. The overall portrayal is best characterized as neutral, as any positive or negative elements were likely minor and canceled each other out.
The show's comedic monologues and sketches frequently targeted perceived hypocrisies of Christian figures or cultural aspects of Christian holidays, presenting them for laughs without offering a counterbalancing positive narrative. This aligns with portraying adherents as 'hypocritical' or practices as 'foolish' for comedic effect.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Jay Leno Show is a late-night talk and variety show featuring original sketches and celebrity interviews. It does not adapt pre-existing fictional narratives or feature legacy characters from a prior canon whose gender could be swapped.
The Jay Leno Show is a late-night talk show featuring the host, guests, and original sketch characters. It is not an adaptation, biopic, or reboot of existing narrative material with established characters, thus the concept of a 'race swap' does not apply.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
3.6
3.6
Critic Ratings
3.1
4.8
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