Leno spokesman: ‘Tonight’ host doing well, illness not serious; due back at work Monday

October 13th, 2009 Is Jay Leno living on the edge?NEW YORK — If it was measured in traditional TV terms, "The Jay Leno Show" wouldn't be long for this world. NBC's bold experiment faltered in the third week of television's new season.

October 6th, 2009 Letterman's apologies bring big night in ratingsNEW YORK — David Letterman's apologies to his wife and staff for having sex with co-workers meant another big night in the ratings for the late-night talk-show host. The Nielsen Co.'s overnight measurement of the nation's 56 biggest markets netted Letterman's "Late Show" on CBS a 4.2 rating — higher than anything rival NBC had in prime-time.

October 5th, 2009 Jokes, apologies from David Letterman on his showNEW YORK — David Letterman acknowledges in his on-air apologies to his wife and staff for having sex with co-workers that he has his work cut out for him. As Letterman mixed wisecracks with contrition, he said his wife, Regina Lasko, had been "horribly hurt by my behavior" and stated flat-out that those affairs "are in the past." The CBS late-night host vowed during Monday's show to repair his relationship with his wife, whom he married in March after a years-long courtship.

June 24th, 2009 Conan O'Brien, 'Tonight' pay tribute to Ed McMahonLOS ANGELES — "The Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien paid tribute to Ed McMahon as a "truly funny man" whose partnership with Johnny Carson on the late-night show was an indelible part of TV history. "It is impossible, I think, for anyone to imagine 'The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson' without Ed McMahon," O'Brien said Tuesday during the NBC show.

April 28th, 2009 Leno back on the stage, joking about his illnessLOS ANGELES — Jay Leno bounced back from an illness, returning to "Tonight" with jokes about swine flu, the 103-degree fever that sent him to the hospital and the armed guard he said kept him company. NBC posted security outside his hospital room after a man apparently pretending to be a Jesuit priest tried to enter, Leno said during the taping of Monday's show.

April 27th, 2009 Ohio city hands out tickets for free Leno showWILMINGTON, Ohio — Western Ohio residents hoping laughter is the best medicine for down times will have two chances to seek treatment from funnyman Jay Leno when he visits in May. A representative of the production company distributing tickets for a free show in Wilmington says all 4,000 tickets have been handed out and the comedian has scheduled a second performance.

April 27th, 2009 LONDON - American talk show host Jay Leno has returned home after he was hospitalised for 24 hours, from suspected dehydration. Leno, 58, had to cancel a taping of the Tonight Show on April 23, and a scheduled interview with actor Ryan Reynolds as he was not feeling well, and later checked into a Los Angles hospital for suspected food poisoning.

April 24th, 2009 'Tonight' host Jay Leno taken ill; taping canceledBURBANK, Calif. — Jay Leno, who's soon to leave the "Tonight" show, became ill Thursday, and the taping of his show was canceled.

April 24th, 2009 Leno hospitalized with illness, cancels tapingUNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — Jay Leno checked into a hospital with an undisclosed illness Thursday and canceled the taping of the "Tonight" show, but was doing well and planned to return next week, his publicist and NBC said.

April 24th, 2009 Leno released from hospital after overnight stayLOS ANGELES — NBC and a spokesman for Jay Leno say the "Tonight" host is out of the hospital after an overnight stay. Leno had checked himself into the hospital Thursday after feeling sick.

April 21st, 2009 Jay Leno to give free show in hard-hit Ohio cityWILMINGTON, Ohio — Jay Leno is planning another free "Comedy Stimulus" show for people hurt by layoffs — this time in an Ohio community losing thousands of DHL shipping jobs. The NBC "Tonight" show host says he'll perform May 10 in Wilmington, about 30 miles southeast of Dayton.

April 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Jamie Foxx may have apologised for mocking Miley Cyrus, but the teen sensation's dad doesn't think the comedian's jokes were funny. Billy Ray Cyrus has said that Foxx's insults to his daughter were hurtful and hardly funny.he 41-year-old funnyman had launched a crude attack on the teen sensation in an episode of his weekly radio show 'The Foxxhole'.

April 15th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Jamie Foxx has made an on-camera apology to Miley Cyrus for his recent derogatory remarks about the teen starlet on his satellite radio show. The comedian appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and claimed that he went a little too far in mocking the 'Hannah Montana' star.

April 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Actor Vin Diesel must be regretting his appearing on Jay Leno's show, for he was left red-faced after the talk show host grilled him on his marriage plans. The Hollywood hardman appeared on 'The Tonight Show' with Leno on March 30, and the witty anchor made him answer the most personal questions on his relationship with girlfriend Paloma Jimenez.

March 25th, 2009 LONDON - Music mogul Simon Cowell had turned down US President Barack Obama's dinner invite - because he "wasn't available". In an interview to US chat show host Jay Leno, the X-Factor judge revealed that he rejected a dinner invite Obama because he was too busy.