Jay Leno’s 30-year career at NBCUniversal comes to an end with CNBC canceling Jay Leno’s Garage

Just a few months after his fiery accident that left him with severe burns all over his face, Jay Leno is now apparently out of a job, with CNBC reportedly canceling his series Jay Leno’s Garage.

Leno, 72, had hosted Jay Leno’s Garage since 2014, just months after his last episode of NBC’s The Tonight Show aired in February 2014.

Cancellation (via the hollywood reporter) would end a 30-year streak of Leno shows airing on the NBCUniversal networks, since Leno began hosting The Tonight Show in 1992.

Jay: Leno, 72, had been hosting Jay Leno’s Garage since 2014, just months after his last episode of NBC’s The Tonight Show aired in February 2014.

Jay Leno’s Garage began as a web series for NBC.com in 2014, before a special aired on CNBC in August 2014 that prompted an upgrade to a full-time series.

The show, filmed at Jay Leno’s Big Dog Garage in Burbank, is described as “a star-studded, action-packed exploration of all things automotive.”

Many episodes featured famous car fans like Leno, with the seventh and final season featuring Brie Larson, Post Malone, Gaten Matarazzo, Kelly Clarkson, Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Pitbull, James Marsden, Danica Patrick, Alfonso Ribeiro, Gabriel “Fluffy.” Iglesias, Tig Notaro, Reggie Watts, Tony Hawk, Mike Rowe, Jim Jefferies, Jeff Dunham, and Diego Boneta.

Web Series: Jay Leno’s Garage began as a web series for NBC.com in 2014, before a special aired on CNBC in August 2014 that prompted an upgrade to a full-time series.

The seventh and final season debuted in September 2022, though neither CNBC nor Leno have yet commented on the cancellation.

The cancellation also comes just months after he suffered severe facial burns following an accident in his garage, while working on the restoration of a 1907 White Steam car.

”The fuel line was clogged, so I was under it. It seemed clogged and I said, “Blow some air through the line,” and all of a sudden, boom, gas filled my face. And then the pilot light went off and my face caught fire,” Leno explained to Hoda Kotb on Today last month.

Final Season: The seventh and final season debuted in September 2022, though neither CNBC nor Leno have yet commented on the cancellation.

Leno was working alongside his friend Dave Killackey, who acted quickly when the accident occurred.

‘I told my friend, I said, “Dave, I’m on fire.” And then, “Oh my gosh.” Dave, my friend, pulled me out and jumped on top of me and put out the fire,” Leno explained.

Leno received treatment for third-degree burns at the Grossman Burn Center in West Hills, California, in the aftermath of the incident, and remained at the facility for 10 days amid his recovery.

Work: Leno was working alongside his friend Dave Killackey, who acted quickly when the accident occurred.

The comedy icon had “relatively severe” burns on “about 7 percent of his body,” including his face, chest and hands, director of the medical facility, Dr. Peter Grossman, told NBC News. , last month.

Leno later joked in a column to The Wall Street Journal, ‘You have to joke about that. There is nothing worse than crying celebrities. If you joke about it, people laugh with you.

He said he “had a new face” eight days after the accident, joking: “It’s better than what came before.”

Burns: The comedy icon had “relatively severe” burns on “about 7 percent of his body,” spanning his face, chest and hands, medical facility director Dr. Peter Grossman, last month.