Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

By Frank Macek Finally, the time has come. Jay's new show has the potential to re-define the last hour of prime time and has far ranging implications - if successful - for all the big 3 networks. The days of expensive dramas at 10 p.m. may be nearing an end. Your blogger would like to share some of my own thoughts about the premiere of the "Jay Leno Show" that debuted Monday Night on Channel 3 at 10 p.m. that we wrote as the show aired live tonight: Instantly, I felt the old "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" had just moved to 10 p.m. The open didn't "wow" me, but the monologue was fresh and faster paced. The monologue was always among Jay's strongest features of the old "Tonight Show" - so it only makes sense to take advantage of his brand of unique comedy, the cute skits and the always entertaining Kevin Eubanks with the new "Primetime Band." The "Cheaters" sketch worked well in the monologue, which was among th...

Seems that the Jay Leno is already hitting the airwaves. Starting this week, NBC began airing a nightly promo for Jay's brand new show at exactly 10 p.m. This leads into the hour's regularly scheduled programming. The new promos have started simple and will get more involved the Director's Cut Blog has learned as the summer moves along - including mini-monologues to get the prime time audiences of NBC familar with Jay and his comedy. All this leads up to his scheduled debut on Monday, September 14th on NBC and WKYC. Be watching weeknights at 10 p.m. for the new promos!