NBC's The Jay Leno show, first look VIDEOS

NBC has fired over some promos for the upcoming "The Jay Leno Show." Jay Leno - Leno told Monsters and Critics in a recent conference call,

Jay Leno - Leno told Monsters and Critics in a recent conference call, "The thing is there’s plenty of drama on television. I hear people saying 'oh Jay Leno is taking work away from dramatic writers.' But you know something? When you look at FX and USA cable and all the others, 'The Closer' and all these other shows, there’s more drama now than there’s ever been. And if people want to go there they can go there." © Jay Kravetz / PR PhotosThis September, NBC has Jay Leno hosting a new show five nights a week in the 10 p.m. slot normally reserved for drama. Leno was optimistic that the genre switch would be welcomed by people ready for lighter fare and less visceral angst before bedtime. Leno told Monsters and Critics in a recent conference call, "The thing is there’s plenty of drama on television. I hear people saying 'oh Jay Leno is taking work away from dramatic writers.' But you know something? When you look at FX and USA cable and all the others, 'The Closer' and all these other shows, there’s more drama now than there’s ever been. And if people want to go there they can go there."Leno elaborated, "What we hopefully will be providing at 10 o’clock is comedy, there’s no laughs at 10 o’clock. Every time I turn on a show at 10 o’clock, 'okay, we’re taking off the cerebral cortex now'... And all right, that’s fine. But before I go to bed I’d like to see something...to me 10 o’clock is like the new 11:30. I hear more and more people - even young people go 'I can’t stay up past 11:00. I’ve got to carpool, I got to get up at 6:00, I’ve got to get up at 5:30,' so that’s what we’re doing."
The Jay Leno Show. This fall 10/9c.