NBC kicked off “The Jay Leno” show last night with a bang … with a 50% higher viewing audience than Jay Leno’s final “Tonight Show.” Reportedly last night’s show was seen by 17.7 million viewers! But those die-hard Leno fans may want to wait a few days before calling this show a major success and I’m guessing a few of those viewers tuned in to see what Kanye West had to say about the previous night’s incident at the MTV VMAs.

For those who care, Kanye apologized for the 3rd time, but this time also said he is going to take time off from his career to think things over. Maybe I’ve been living under a rock lately, but I didn’t realize Kanye was doing much of anything (except Amber Rose) this year.