--- description: Leno's taking his obsession with cars to primetime title: Jay Leno Is Returning to TV on CNBC With Car Show "Jay Leno's Garage" image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc0cfe26f242094b/698760df2dce0140ca9daf11/457191362.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jay Leno's Coming Back to TV With a Car Show  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Oct 15, 2014 2:24 PM CUT  Comedian Jay Leno attends the 2014 Carousel of Hope Ball at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 11, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. Comedian Jay Leno attends the 2014 Carousel of Hope Ball at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 11, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California.Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Oct 15, 2014 2:24 PM CUT Less than a year after Jay Leno retired from _The Tonight Show_, the comedian is returning to primetime TV, this time on CNBC. The series will likely be based on Leno’s Emmy Award-winning web show “Jay Leno’s Garage” and is set to premiere in 2015. On the web series, Leno geeks out over everything automotive, from the best investments to read test. “This show will be about anything that rolls, explodes and makes noise,” Leno [said in a statement.](http://www.cnbc.com/id/102089424 "undefined") Maybe it’s all the explosions that draw 1 million subscribers to the “Jay Leno’s Garage” YouTube channel. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3510144/jay-leno-cnbc/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3510144/jay-leno-cnbc/"},"headline":"Jay Leno's Coming Back to TV With a Car Show","datePublished":"2014-10-15T14:24:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:48:09.741Z","description":"Leno's taking his obsession with cars to primetime","url":"https://time.com/3510144/jay-leno-cnbc/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc0cfe26f242094b/698760df2dce0140ca9daf11/457191362.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc0cfe26f242094b/698760df2dce0140ca9daf11/457191362.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2014 Carousel Of Hope Ball Presented By Mercedes-Benz - Arrivals","caption":"2014 Carousel Of Hope Ball Presented By Mercedes-Benz - Arrivals","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3510144/jay-leno-cnbc/","name":"Jay Leno's Coming Back to TV With a Car Show"}}]}] ```