CNBC is dropping Jay Leno’s Garage, the traditional automobile collection that capitalized on the comic’s prized assortment, after seven seasons.
The community selected to not renew the collection after seven seasons, a supply confirmed. KC Sullivan, named president final yr, has chosen to concentrate on enterprise oriented actuality exhibits within the primetime lineup, together with Shark Tank and Undercover Boss.
But Jay Leno’s Garage, which began as a particular in 2014 and have become a collection the following yr, drew consideration given Leno’s standing as a former host of The Tonight Show and his capacity to attract marquee visitor stars, together with President Joe Biden, who taped an look final yr. In an earlier look, when he was serving as vp, Biden appeared with former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Sullivan additionally dropped Shepard Smith’s excessive profile newscast The News with Shepard Smith, which aired at 7 PM. The Hollywood Reporter was the primary to report on the cancellation of Jay Leno’s Garage.
Leno suffered extreme burns in November when he was engaged on one among his traditional automobiles. He spent 9 days in a hospital, and after restoration, he informed NBC’s Today, “I was underneath it, trying to unclog it, and so I said, blow some air through the line,” Leno mentioned. Then, he mentioned, there was a “poof,” and “then suddenly I got a face full of gas and then the pilot light jumped and my face caught on fire.”
Leno hosted The Tonight Show from 1992 to 2009, and after an ill-fated primetime present, returned in 2010. He then hosted the present for an additional 4 years till 2014.
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