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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show intertitle.
Format	Talk show Variety show
Starring	Jay Leno John Melendez (2004—present) Kevin Eubanks (1995—present) Edd Hall (1992–2004) Branford Marsalis (1992–1995)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	3,640 (as of October 14, 2008)
Production
Location(s)	NBC Studios Burbank, California
Running time	62 min. (with commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Picture format	480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV)
Original run	May 25, 1992 – present
Chronology
Preceded by	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
Followed by	The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (scheduled to start ; June 1, 2009) The Jay Leno Show (Prime Time Spin-off; September 2009)
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show currently hosted by Jay Leno, on NBC. It made its debut on May 25, 1992, following Johnny Carson's retirement as host of The Tonight Show. The nightly broadcast originates from NBC's studios, in Burbank, California.

On April 26, 1999, the show began broadcasting in 1080i HDTV, becoming the first American nightly talk show to be shot in high definition. The show is shot in 16:9 aspect ratio with a 4:3 center-cut for standard definition television sets.

Leno's incarnation of The Tonight Show has followed the same basic format as that of his predecessors: an opening monologue followed by comedy routines, interviews and performances. Unlike Jack Paar or Johnny Carson, however, as of 2007, Leno has rarely utlilized guest hosts, preferring to host the series by himself. There has only been one occasion in which a substitute host has appeared, on May 12, 2003, when Leno traded places with Katie Couric and hosted the The Today Show as part of a publicity stunt.^[1]

NBC announced in 2004 that Leno would leave The Tonight Show at the end of May 2009, handing the reins to Conan O'Brien. However, following rumors of Leno being interested in moving elsewhere to launch a competing program, NBC signed Leno to a new deal for a nightly talk show in the 10:00 p.m. ET timeslot. The primetime series, tentatively titled The Jay Leno Show, will debut in fall 2009, following a similar format to the Leno incarnation of Tonight.^[2][3][4]

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