Regarded by many as a "variety" show, "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" features a nightly monologue and news-making guests, and ongoing comedy segments such as "Headlines," "Ask Jay Anything," "Stuff We Found on eBay," "Jaywalking" and "Battle of Jaywalking All-Stars." The result is a distinctive and humorous look at today's pop culture.
"The Tonight Show" was honored for Emmy Awards in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999 and voted by TV Guide readers as 'Favorite Night time Show' in 1999 and 2000. Other notable achievements consist of: Leno's exclusive interview with Senator John Glenn plus the astronauts aboard the area Shuttle Discovery; a pay-per-view wrestling match between Leno and Hulk Hogan; "The Tonight Show Unplugged" in reaction to California's power crisis; a sum of $360,200 raised for that Twin Towers Fund in 2001 and $505,100 raised to benefit the Red Cross Hurricane Katrina fund in 2005 from auctioning off Leno's celebrity-signed motorcycles on eBay plus a special 2001 Thanksgiving show broadcast live on Armed Forces Radio and Television Services to entertain U.S. military personnel all over the world.
In addition, this program continued to create history in April 1999 when it became the very first television series to get broadcast nightly in High-Definition Television (HDTV). In 2004 "The Tonight Show" celebrated its 50th Anniversary with tributes to all of its former hosts, Steve Allen, Jack Paar and Johnny Carson.
California Governer Arnold Schwarzenegger used "The Tonight Show" stage in 2003 to declare that he would be running for office along with the 2004 election year brought Laura Bush, John Kerry, John Edwards and John McCain to "The Tonight Show" couch. The show also created a lot of buzz when it debuted the extremely profitable net political cartoon "This Land" from Jib Jab for the very first time on television.
Most of the world's most common celebrities, musical guests and newsworthy names make "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" an important stop on the publicity rounds. In addition to star-power, the production team of "Tonight Show" looks for the most interesting "civilian" guests for example kid inventors and individuals with quirky talents and funny stories.
