When Jay Leno moves to prime-time next week, he's not simply taking "The
Tonight Show" to an earlier time-slot.
"This'll be looser," Leno explained recently. "A lot more comedy, a lot less interviewing."
In fact, most nights, Leno will have just one big name celebrity
guest, but no couch in sight.
Guests will be active.
"We're doing this thing called the green car challenge where we have
celebrities in green cars race and we see who the fastest green celebrity is," Leno said, setting up his punch line. "And if some crash and burn, YES!"
Leno's also looking for laughs from a bigger team of correspondents, which includes "Tonight Show" holdover Ross the Intern.
"We hope to make some stars on this show," Leno said. "That's the idea. It's already got my name on it. I don't need any more publicity, so it'll be fun if we can discover new talent."
NBC News anchor Brian Williams will also do some moonlighting.
"He's going to be stories that weren't quite good enough for the NBC Nightly News," Leno said. "The stupid criminals, that type of thing."
But it's still Leno doing the heavy lifting.
His monologue opens the show, and his signature comedy bits like "Headlines" and "Jaywalking" will wrap it up.
"We'll have more comedy throughout," Leno explained, "So we have strong lead-ins for local news."
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