The Tonight Show with Jay Leno has never been known known for having particularly “edgy” humor. That’s probably why it’s the only comedy show on NBC that most of America will actually watch (You don’t listen to the mean regular people, Community. We still love you!). Take for example a recent barb thrown Mitt Romney’s way; a joke whose vicious premise seems to be that, hey, that Romney guy is kind of rich, huh? It wasn’t exactly the most biting of satire. However, something went wrong along the way and the joke has somehow created an international incident with India’s Sikh community.

Appearing on Wednesday night’s Tonight Show, The Tonight Show, MSNBC contributor Meghan McCain compared herself to US President Ronald Reagan, saying if he had ran today “he would be called a dirty moderate like me, unfortunately.”

President Obama stopped by the Tonight Show today, his fourth time chatting with Jay Leno (second while actually in the White House). There he discussed his reaction to Muammar Gaddafi’s death as well as the race amongst GOP contenders On the latter, Obama said he wouldn’t start paying much attention until some more of them are “voted off the island.”

Um, Mr. President, that’s the wrong network. On NBC, you have to see which Republican candidate loses the most weight.

Louis C.K. is one of the funniest comedians working today and his FX show Louie is one of the best comedies on air. I’m not even gonna put a “Columnist” tag on this post since that’s not opinion, that’s fact (ok, fine, it’s my opinion, but it’s pretty darn close to a fact). That doesn’t mean he’s perfect though. He can make mistakes and he’ll admit them. One such mistake? Getting drunk on a plane and Tweeting graphic insults about Sarah Palin just days before going on The Tonight Show and guesting alongside Bristol Palin. In an interview with GQ, C.K. describes why he regrets saying what he did.

Though Conan’s new show got all the attention last night, there were also a few interesting things happening over at the redhead’s old network. Specifically, Conan’s nemesis Jay Leno had a big-name guest: Arnold Schwarzenegger, who gave a relaxed, funny interview about everything from his thoughts on the Tea Party to his family’s dinner rules.

Maybe it was the buildup to Election Day, or hype about the Rally To Restore Sanity, or the simple fact that neither David Letterman nor Jay Leno runs a very youth-friendly show. In any case, the ratings for October are in—and for the first time ever, The Daily Show ranks #1 among viewers between the ages of 18 and 49, beating every one of its network competitors.

By now you likely know that Mediaite’s White House correspondent Tommy Christopher made news for live-tweeting his own heart attack, a rather unique decision he recently expanded upon for Mediaite. And his notoriety shot up another level tonight when none other than Jay Leno joked about his situation for a Tonight Show monologue.

Meghan McCain continued her book tour last night on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (she previously appeared semi-regularly on Leno’s former 10pm show).

She talked candidly about Sarah Palin, being told she had “stripper hair” and she called Leno a jerk.

“When it comes to going downhill, nobody is faster (than Lindsey Vonn), except NBC.”

(Jay Leno – 3/1/10)

“Welcome to The Late Show. My name is Dave Letterman. Same time, same host.”

(David Letterman – 3/1/10)

Negotiations between Conan O’Brien and NBC recently hit a snag over Tonight Show staff compensation, as the $40 million or so NBC is reportedly paying Conan not to do The Tonight Show apparently has the network a bit reluctant to shell out anything more. However, even if and when the two sides work that issue out, another complication, referenced by O’Brien on last night’s show, looms – intellectual property.

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.

Is NBC ready to take a full mulligan?

TMZ is reporting Jay Leno has struck a deal to host The Tonight Show again at 11:35, for a full hour, as he had before.

But GossipCop is hearing no deal is set.

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?