The Resume

(May 25, 1992-February 6, 2014)
Hosted by Jay Leno
Bandleaders: Branford Marsalis (1992-1995), Kevin Eubanks (1995-2009) and Rickey Minor (2010-2014)
Announcers: Edd Hall (1992-2004), 'Stuttering' John Melendez (2004-2009) and Wally Wingert (2010-2013)
Frequent gags include: ‘Headlines,’ ‘Jaywalking,’ ‘Don’t Try this at Home,’ ‘Ask the Fruitcake Lady,’ ‘The Audience Wants to Know,’ and ’99 Cents Shopping Spree’
Correspondents include: Mo Rocca, Ross ‘The Intern’ Matthews, Chris Isaak, Matt Mitchell, Kris McGaha, Angela Ramos, Tom Green, Howie Mandel, Steve Schirripa, Mitch Fatel, Tom Papa, Chelsea Handler, Kevin Smith, Chris Laskowski, Kim Stasiewicz, Harland Williams, and Steve Bridges

Why The Tonight Show with Jay Leno might be annoying:

After handing the Tonight Show to Leno, Johnny Carson never appeared on Leno’s show, but did appear on rival, David Letterman’s show.
His most frequent guests are Snoop Dogg, Dennis Miller, and the guys from American Chopper.
Jay Leno and Kevin Eubanks wrestled in a WCW event against Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff.
Jay makes too many jokes about Kevin Eubanks being bald and a pothead.
A lot Leno’s comedy bits rely solely on stupid people they find on the streets, rather than comedy writers.

Why The Tonight Show with Jay Leno might not be annoying:

Jay went a full decade before ever needing a guest host.
Jay auctioned motorcycles, autographed by various celebrities, and given all of the money to disaster relief funds.
Jay announced he would retire from The Tonight Show in 2009, during its 50th anniversary, and be replaced by Conan O'Brien. The decision was announced five years in advance, so that NBC could keep Conan on their network, until Leno retired.
Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy for Governor of California on The Tonight Show.
Jay is considered one of the nicest guys in show business.
While he was on the Michael Jackson Trial, Jay was not allowed to tell Jackson-related jokes, but he was allowed to write them. Because of this, Leno would have a guest comedian come out to tell his Jacko jokes.

Credit: Rocky

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 2012 - 100 Most Annoying (Ranked: 36)
• Bird Names
• David Letterman Doesn't Like Me
• Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best TV Series [1983-2008] (Ranked: 58)
• Golden Girls References
• Hollywood Reporter's Top 10 Biggest TV Biz Blunders of the Decade [2000-2009] (Ranked: 6)
• Howard Stern's Enemy List
• I Appeared in Jay Leno’s 'So Long, Farewell’ Tonight Show Medley [2014]
• Jay Leno's Top 10 Joke Targets
• Kanye West Doesn't Like Me
• Kathy Griffin Doesn't Like Me
• Late Night TV/Talk
• Look at Me, I'm with Jay Leno
• NBC TV Series
• Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series Emmy (Ranked: 1995)
• Profiles 16001-16250 (Ranked: 16086)
• Rocky's Profiles [Series 1]
• Satirists and Wits
• Satirized on South Park
• Talk Shows
• TV Land's 100 Most Memorable TV Moments 51-100 [December 2004] (Ranked: 87)
• TV Series That Lasted Ten or More Seasons
• TV Series That Lasted Twenty or More Seasons
• TV Shows/Series

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 40 Votes: 32.50% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 153 Votes: 46.41% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 100 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 335 Votes: 65.37% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 280 Votes: 66.79% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 1809 Votes: 81.65% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 48 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 2855 Votes: 68.16% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 71 Votes: 45.07% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 102 Votes: 46.08% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 637 Votes: 75.98% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 217 Votes: 57.60% Annoying