In the first year since the Jay Leno at 10pm debacle, NBC has unveiled the star-studded Fall line-up for the former home of The Jay Leno Show.

And in a twist of ill-fated timeslot irony, the news was broken by a reporter who snuck into the upfront rehearsal yesterday.

After 95 episodes, the epic failure known as The Jay Leno Show airs its final episode tonight. Of course, Leno himself will be back after the Olympics, comfortably at 11:35pm all over again. Which was pretty much the problem to begin with – the 10pm offering started as a similar product to the Tonight Show, and only became more like the old format as time went on.

Again, just to be clear: Jay Leno would like you to know that this is not his fault. Here’s what Leno would like you to know: He doesn’t have an agent or a manager — a handshake is all right by him. His version of the Tonight Show was #1 when NBC asked him to [...]

Most of the defense we’ve seen in the press in NBC’s late night chaos during the past two weeks is from Team Conan, and as the Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno fate is sealed (likely today), we’re hearing from Team Leno today.

So Team Leno wants to convey it’s not Jay’s fault – but is it our fault?

Jimmy Kimmel’s evisceration of Jay Leno last night was incredible – as much of the Internet has noted – but not just for the reasons people are giving.

Throughout the recent sturm and drang surrounding the NBC late night drama, the one consistent takeaway is that this is all the fault of NBC Chief Jeff Zucker. And while that may or may not be true, the idea of moving Jay Leno to the 10pm time slot wasn’t always seen as the disastrous move that is now. In fact, many television critics hailed Zucker for “the coup” of keeping Leno when this move was announced. Let’s take a look at what critics said at the time, and compare it to their thoughts now. Fun! Right?

Jerry Seinfeld was in Los Angeles with many other NBC power players for the network’s Television Critics Association event, promoting the upcoming show he is executive producing, The Marriage Ref.

Inevitably, the audience Q&A turned to Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien. And Seinfeld didn’t hold back.

Jay Leno will be exiting the primetime 10 pmET slot starting February 12th to go back to a late night show, NBC Universal TV chairman Jeff Gaspin confirmed to reporters at the Television Critics Association meetings. Inside, check out a reaction from Mediaite editor-at-large Rachel Sklar, along with more details on the switch.

The new hot late night TV rumors involve The Jay Leno Show being moved back to Leno’s former 11:30 time slot, rather than scrapped entirely. For some reason, however, this didn’t stop Leno from still talking last night like cancellation was still in the cards. And NBC seems entirely to blame. Video inside!

Who: Jimmy Fallon interviewed by Bill Carter What: The New York Times’ Arts & Leisure Weekend Where: The Times Center When: January 8, 2009 Thumbs: At our palms, applauding

How many of Jay Leno‘s five million or so viewers are also part of the two million or so viewers who watch MTV’s Jersey Shore? Any?

Probably not a lot – but last night the two shows converged for an especially jaw-dropping edition of Jersey Shore Jaywalk All-Stars.

Who: Dick Wolf, Rene Balcer, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston (Law & Order), moderated by Pat Mitchell What: The Inside Media series’ “Law & Order: Twenty Years and Counting” Where: The Paley Center for Media When: November 16, 2009 Thumbs: Up

When the 10pm Jay Leno Show premiered in September, we wrote that “all the parts are the same, just in a different place” from The Tonight Show version.

As ratings continue to reach new lows, it’s looking like the show will become even more like the old show than before.

Jay Leno‘s 10pm show premiered in in mid-September, and he’s taken heat as ratings continue to drop and affiliates have started speaking out about the move.

Now Broadcasting & Cable’s Ben Grossman interviews the late night host on a wide range of topics – and whether Leno has been personally affected by all the bad press.

You know how people will say to you, “This is terrible. Taste it!” Well, that’s what I’m doing here with this terrible, excruciatingly banal set by comedian Jim Norton on The Jay Leno Show. Seriously? Making jokes about how tweets are boring because you don’t care what someone had for lunch? I watched this the [...]

With Jay Leno on the air at 10pm for NBC just one month, the ratings have dropped significantly over the weeks, to 5.6 million viewers during the first four days of last week.

And in a bad sign for NBC, some of the local affiliate networks are speaking out against the move, as their 11pm newscast ratings have seen a hit.

The Jay Leno Show has dropped in the ratings since it premiered September 14, and the storylines have largely hinged on the fact that its very similar to his version of The Tonight Show.

But now that we’re into October, it was time for the host to shake things up. How about Twitter? And old people? Let’s see how it went.

Conservative radio titan Rush Limbaugh made a rare TV appearance last night, in a lengthy interview on The Jay Leno Show (#1 meets #3). As he does on his own radio show, he completely dominated the program.

But this wasn’t his show, it was Leno’s. And the host could barely get a word in.

One term thrown around often in the months leading up to The Jay Leno Show premiere is “shake up.” There’s a “shake up” of format, a “shake up” of the landscape, a “shake up” of all of late night.

After the first viewing, the “shake up” is more like how you shake up a snow globe – when everything settles, all the parts are the same, just in a different place.

This past Sunday I was forced to sit through numerous horror-movie previews before my showing of District 9 — but only one made me laugh. It was the one starring Jay Leno. Wait, what?