Audience members and Jay Leno Fan Club members Elsie Shallenberger (2R) and Evelyn Baldock (2L) wait to enter for the premiere of 'The Jay Leno Show,� at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA on September 14, 2009. Stepping out of 60 years of prime-time TV traditions, NBC hopes to cash in on ``The Jay Leno Show,� taking advantage of the much lower cost of producing a talk show as compared to the scripted dramas normally found in the prime-time slot. Getty Images logo Getty Images 29 months ago

Audience members and Jay Leno Fan Club members Elsie Shallenberger (2R) and Evelyn Baldock (2L) wait to enter for the premiere of 'The Jay Leno Show,� at NBC Studios in Burbank, CA on September 14, 2009. Stepping out of 60 years of prime-time TV traditions, NBC hopes to cash in on ``The Jay Leno Show,� taking advantage of the much lower cost of producing a talk show as compared to the scripted dramas normally found in the prime-time slot.

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