“Classic” Late Night Television on NBC
Well, if you were just dying to see a rerun of that 1992 episode of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” - you know, the one with Tom Hanks - you’re in luck.
It seems as if NBC has dug into the vault and is going to run “vintage” episodes of the show for at least another week. This is the result of the still unsettled writers’ strike. The Writers Guild of America and studio negotiators are continuing to try and work out a deal.
NBC’s plan is to show the the initial “Tonight Show” appearances for some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. In addition to the Hanks episode, we can also see Julia Roberts’ 1993 appearance, Jennifer Anniston and Johnny Depp from 1995, and Matt Damon’s 2000 show.
It appears that they are running out of recent episodes to replay because the strike is continuing on. Producers of the show have been trying to find a creative way of maintaining the show and decided to make use of their archives.
Hopefully enough readers will get this memo and realize these are repeats. If not, and if the big hair doesn’t give it away, Julia Roberts fans may be headed to the local theaters for the opening night of Mystic Pizza.
