• About

"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" features a nightly monologue (the longest in late night), news-making guests, and ongoing comedy segments, including "Headlines," "Jaywalking" and "Battle of Jaywalking All-Stars." The result is a unique and humorous look at the daily happenings in the news and in pop culture.

The program is also a proven barometer of political clout. In 2009, the show made history by being the first late-night show to host a sitting president when Jay Leno welcomed President Barack Obama as a guest.

"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" is from Big Dog Productions in association with Universal Television. Debbie Vickers is the executive producer.

  • Cast

  • Credits

Day and time

Weeknights (11:35-12:35 p.m. ET) on NBC

Host

Jay Leno

Executive producer

Debbie Vickers

Supervising producer

Larry Goitia

Directed by

Liz Plonka

Producer

Jack Coen

Co-producers

Michael Alexander, Tracie Fiss, Ross Mark, Bob Read, Steve Ridgeway, Michele Tasoff

Coordinating producer

Walter Lewis

Music producer

Barbera Libis

Associate producer

Wendy Stark

Production designer

Brandt Daniels

Writing supervised by

Jay Leno

Monologue-writing supervised by

Jack Coen

Writers

Anthony Caleca, Brian Hartt, Larry Jacobson, Michael Jann, John A. Kennedy, Mike Loprete, Jon Macks, Andy McElfresh, John Melendez, Steve Ridgeway, John Romeo, Dave Rygalski, Jeffrey Spear, Troy Thomas, Jim Wise, Rob Young

The Tonight Show Band

Rickey Minor, Teddy Campbell, David Delhomme, Miguel Gandelman, Dorian Holley, Paul Jackson Jr., J. Wayne Linsey, Kevin Richard, Ray Monterio

Origination

Produced at The Burbank Studios, A Worthe Real Estate Group Property

Produced by

Big Dog Productions in association with Universal Television