European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 06, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Abc hiatus bound Branford Marsalis and Jay Leno Star on the tonight show three times this week on an. Leno showing it s not too late to catch Letterman by John Lippman los Angeles times the sense of nausea and panic that used to grip Abc executives every morning when they got the ratings flashes on the tonight show with Jay Leno is easing. For the firs time in 14 months some at Abc must be thinking that they did t make the worst Blunder in television history after All. That Blunder was the decision to replace Johnny Carson with Jay Leno and As a result Send David let Terman into the arms of lbs where he won a $42 million three year contract to go against Leno week nights. In the initial months since Letterman premiered on lbs he bloodied Leno by More than Dou bling the ratings lbs was getting in the time period. While Leno remains a decided. No. 2 behind let Terman he nonetheless has managed to close the rat Ings Gap to the Point where he has been beating Letterman consistently in such major markets As los Angeles and Chicago. And in the ratings three weeks ago Leno and Letterman tied which for the under dog in to is often viewed As a Victory. Indeed during the first three weeks of october the tonight a to was up 10 percent in the ratings White late show slipped 4 percent. However a whole ratings Point still separates Leno from Letterman equivalent to about 94,000 to Homes. Soon tonight must Cope with Branford Marsalis hiatus. The band Leader will begin an indefinite leave of absence after Jan. 1, a spokeswoman for the show said tuesday. The tonight band will remain intact and will be led in Marsalis absence by Kevin Eubanks the Lead guitarist. The band aside Leno has come into his own says Bill Croasdale president of broadcast Media at Western Media in Beverly Hills Calif. The pressures Are off. He s More comfortable arid does t feel there s a gun against his head and that comes across with the audience As  there has t6 be More to Leno s turnaround than his new Shaggie haircut. Abc and tonight show executives attribute the rebound to a number of factors. The turning Point was the new York trip says Debbie Vickers the show s producer referring to the week in May that Leno spent in new York in response to Letterman s invasion of his Home turf. He was closer to the audience and they were much friendlier to  cherishes the Cheek by jowl atmosphere of clubs such As the comedy store in Hollywood where both he and Letterman honed their acts Back in the 1970s. Leno s new York stint reminded the producers that Leno works Best when close to the audience so one of the first things the producers did when they returned to los Angeles from new York was get Abc to build a new $1.4 million studio for the to night show. Until then lend had done his show from Carson s old digs. There were ghosts there Vickers says laughing the new studio puts the audience much closer to Leno literally within a couple of feet almost giving it the feel of a nightclub. Now that the ghosts have been purged by moving the show across the Hall the producers Are also tweaking Leno s format by having various stars drop  to supplement the usual lineup of three guests _ the producers Are inviting a fourth celebrity on the show for Brief appearances and on air stunts. Richard Simmons rip Taylor Florence Henderson even Ross Perot who showed up with some of his famous charts in hand have All done recent  the new More spontaneous Leno is probably Best exemplified by the on air Tiff that erupted Between Nickelodeon Host Mark Summers and Burt Reynolds a few weeks Back. Summers after being egged on by Reynolds snapped at him at least i m still mar  Reynolds then tossed his Mug of water at sum mers. During the commercial break a Gleeful lend leaned Over to Summers and whispered in his ear Man this is great television " late night television even when it is Only moderately successful by prime time standards can be a Gold mine for the networks because it is less costly to _. Produce. Lbs is estimated to earn Between $75 Mil lion and $100 million from Letterman. Leno s show some contend earns about $60 million. Both lbs and Abc Are benefiting from the shake out in the late night television wars where the arse Nio Hall show the Chevy Chase show and Dennis m/7/erhave fallen by the Wayside. New syndicated late night shows such As last Call tie Newland the Jon Stewart show Are performing poorly. Warren Littlefield president of Abc entertain Mert and other Abc executives believe the  trend in the major markets such As los an Geles and Chicago foreshadows what will happen with Leno in the rest of the country. Still the country s largest to Market new York remains but of grasp. 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