Can Taylor Lautner and 'New Moon' save 'The Jay Leno Show'?

'Twilight' star and Heather Locklear will drop by NBC on Monday night

By Daniel Fienberg Friday, Nov 13, 2009 7:22 PM

Taylor Lautner

Credit: Marco Ugarte/AP

Desperate to snag some young viewers (any young viewers), NBC is proudly announcing that Taylor Lautner is dropping by "The Jay Leno Show" next week and that he's bringing a movie clip with him.

The network promises that Lautner will be accompanied by an exclusive clip from "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," a clip featuring the jailbait heartthrob and co-star Kristen Stewart.

Lautner's appearance is set for Monday (November 16) night, the one-week anniversary of one of the lowest-rated episodes of "The Jay Leno Show" to date.

The Nov. 9 "Jay Leno Show" averaged under 3.97 million viewers and a 1.2 demo rating.

In addition, "The Jay Leno Show" will also be turning to notorious audience-booster Heather Locklear, who will drop by on Monday for a "10 @ Ten" segment from the set of her next reclamation project, The CW's "Melrose Place."

Daniel Fienberg
Executive Editor

A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.