Last night, Jay Leno returned as host of The Tonight Show after NBC’s experiment to move him to an earlier time slot failed miserably. Leno’s reclaiming his old job and, the network hopes, his ratings. But his return was nothing short of anticlimactic.
Leno looked like a lost puppy, uncomfortable on the very stage where he ruled late night for 17 years. His jokes weren’t funny and his opening monologue was clumsy, filled with awkward pot shots towards NBC, the network that has bent over backwards to appease him. It appears the former king of late night has simply lost his touch after being exiled to an earlier time slot that found his ratings in the gutter.
My bet is that’s where they’ll stay.
Leno looked like a lost puppy, uncomfortable on the very stage where he ruled late night for 17 years. His jokes weren’t funny and his opening monologue was clumsy, filled with awkward pot shots towards NBC, the network that has bent over backwards to appease him. It appears the former king of late night has simply lost his touch after being exiled to an earlier time slot that found his ratings in the gutter.
My bet is that’s where they’ll stay.
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