Jay Leno's leaving 'The Tonight Show,' yes, but he ain't retired. Yet.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 14, 2000 -- It's good to be loved by teens. Profitable, too. Carson Daly As MTV's Carson Daly is learning. The video-introducer guy from the music network's signature "Total Request Live" broadcast has inked a deal to move up to the network big leagues. In something of a twist, the development pact is with CBS -- MTV's demographic polar opposite. So is CBS going to try to convert the 26-year-old Daly to its "Diagnosis Murder" ways? Don't know yet, although the net has dispatched him in the past to host those ultimate old-school entertainment staples: beauty pageants. Whatever the case, Daly is covering his bases. The newly formed Carson Daly Productions will churn out stuff for both CBS and MTV. Speaking of being loved by teens, Daly -- formerly best known as Jennifer Love Hewitt's boyfriend turned ex-boyfriend -- has been linked