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Jay Leno plays it safe in "Tonight Show" return Jay Leno plays it safe in "Tonight Show" return But wait -- no, that wasn't Monday's big NBC late-night story after all. Instead, the spotlight once again swung in Jay Leno's direction, with his much-ballyhooed return to the spot he occupied from 1992 to just last May. You remember those strange eight months in which industry writers fumed at losing a key primetime slot,Heavy duty tarps audiences vanished in droves and a tall red-headed kid from New York tried valiantly to play king of late-night?

Well, it turns out it was all just a fever dream, as Leno himself pointed out at the start of his return to "The Tonight Show," which led off with a sepia-toned "Wizard of Oz" homage. "There's no place like home,Grow light," #xmuttered Leno. Roll credits -- and poof: There he was, striding into a crowd of fervent, bowing well-wishers, Heavy duty tarpswith a fresh haircut and admittedly "a little nervous."

But quickly it became evident that 11:35 p.m. is home for Jay Leno. He is that unchallenging, traditional presence the nation wants before committing to either stay up way past bedtime, or call it a night. And after just touching briefly on the strange turn of events that upended his show only to place him back in his old slot, Leno plowed into "Tonight" without missing a beat. Along came the obligatory monologue, retouched video clips and a segment in which he hunted for a new desk (roping Randy Jackson and Adam Carolla in to visit the bewildered average-Joe desk sellers).

Along came first guest Jamie Foxx, who got the audience to do both the wave and chant Jay's name; #xthen Olympic medalist Lindsey Vonn and musician Brad Paisley. Turns out the legacy of Leno's brief absence from the "Tonight" time slot may just be a rethink of the show's set,Heavy duty tarps since NBC is using Leno's only slightly revamped 10 p.m. digs. The desk (as noted earlier) has thankfully made a return -- though it is an oddly shaped item, with what appears to be an upended water wheel attached to one end. 相关的主题文章：