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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

★ 5.3 11K votes 1992–2014 22 seasons · 4641 episodes Ended NBC
Talk & panelTalk, panel and interview formats.This show: 10/10Long-runnerA show whose sheer longevity shapes how it's watched.This show: 10/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 9/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 9/10
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Starring
Robert Covarrubias
Starring
Robert Covarrubias

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About

"Comfort-food late night for the mainstream masses"

Jay Leno hosts NBC's flagship late-night franchise, opening each night with topical monologues before comedy bits, celebrity interviews and musical guests. It's broad, easygoing, formula-driven entertainment aimed at a mainstream audience rather than edgy comedy nerds. Leno leans on gentle, non-partisan jokes about the day's news, man-on-the-street segments, and a steady parade of A-list guests. The pace is comfortable and repetitive night after night, comforting background TV rather than must-see appointment viewing, built for winding down before bed instead of chasing laugh-out-loud tension.

Watch it for

the gentle, reliable monologue-and-guest format that defined mainstream late night for decades.

Maybe skip if

you want edgier, more topical comedy than Leno's crowd-pleasing, safe style offers.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 11992
7.830135135h
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Season 21993
9.629231231h
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Season 31994
9.416391391h
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Season 41996
8.854303303h
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Season 51996
3.466227227h
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Season 61997
3.362230230h
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Season 71998
4.899228228h
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Season 81999
2.120220220h
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Season 92000
3.3212226226h
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Season 102002
4.4154216216h
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Season 112002
4.3337222222h
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Season 122003
4.8321218218h
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Season 132004
4.4720226226h
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Season 142005
4.0735224224h
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Season 152006
4.6225202202h
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Season 162007
6.3170213213h
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Season 172008
5.9889494h
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Season 182010
4.5154121121h
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Season 192011
3.7257214214h
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Season 202012
3.9292205205h
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Season 212013
2.1171218218h
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Season 22
7.7707777h

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jay Leno Self - Host, Self, From New York
Kevin Eubanks Self - Musical Director, Self - Music Director, Self
Edd Hall Self - Announcer, Announcer, Self - Annoncer
John Melendez Self - Announcer, Self, Announcer
Wally Wingert Self - Announcer, Self -
Rickey Minor Self - Bandleader
Branford Marsalis Quartet Themselves - Show Band, Self, Themselves - Musical Guest
Branford Marsalis Self - Musical Director, Self
Robert Covarrubias Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, NBC Correspondent Robert Covarrubias
Adam Smith Self - Audience Liaison, Self - Assistant to Producers, Self - Poetry Scout

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