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6 unusual facts about The Jay Leno Show


Abel Maldonado

On the November 23, 2009, episode of The Jay Leno Show, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he was nominating Maldonado as Lieutenant Governor.

Christmas Scandal

Commentators said NBC may have been received a boost in the ratings due to the lack of competition from repeats on ABC on December 10; NBC shows The Office, Community, 30 Rock and The Jay Leno Show also saw rating jumps that night.

Mikey Day

Also, Day hosted a recurring segment called "JMZ" on The Jay Leno Show.

Sunbeam Television

On April 2, 2009, WHDH in Boston announced that it would not join other NBC affiliates in airing a new hour-long program fronted by outgoing Tonight Show host Jay Leno.

WCHS-TV

This was due to lower lead-in numbers originated by The Jay Leno Show and WSAZ has since regained its first place ratings.

WSAZ-TV

The station also came in a close second to WCHS for a short period in late 2009-early 2010 due to lower lead-in numbers originated by The Jay Leno Show.


Last Call with Carson Daly

On January 8, 2010, it was reported by multiple media outlets that The Jay Leno Show was moving to 11:35 p.m., the Conan O'Brien-hosted Tonight Show to 12:05 a.m., and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to 1:05, which would have resulted in Last Call losing its time slot (as NBC did not include plans to move Poker After Dark, at the time the show which followed Last Call in some markets, to a later slot).


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