Comics aplenty in Jay Leno

MANILA, Philippines - Tim Allen, Jack Black, Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and David Arquette bring the laughs this week on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. There’s also newlyweds Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, Magic Johnson, LeAnn Rimes, Scotty McCreery and a performance from Cirque du Soleil.

Evangeline Lilly is back in front of the camera today. Shawn Levy’s futuristic robot boxing movie Real Steel opens Oct. 7 as basketball Hall of Famer Magic introduces us to his new venture: Helping LA high school dropouts. Then, the cast of Iris, Cirque du Soleil’s new movie-themed show takes the stage to preview the upcoming production’s mix of elite acrobatics and audio-visual technology.

Kim and basketball player Kris guest tomorrow, while Kenny Wormald promotes his upcoming movie role in the 2011 remake of Footloose. Plus, hear LeAnn covers George Jones’ classic He Stopped Loving Her Today from her first new album in four years, Lady and Gentlemen on Curb Records.

On Oct. 6, Tim heads back to TV in his first network comedy in 12 years with Last Man Standing, debuting Oct. 11. Viewers are introduced to Theresa Caputo, star of TLC’s new series Long Island Medium. Scotty, the 17-year-old high school student and American Idol winner, performs The Trouble With Girls from his debut album, Clear As Day.

Jack, Steve and Owen enter the rarely visited arena of

competitive bird watching for their newest movie, The Big Year, on Oct. 7 while lovable curmudgeon Aubrey Plaza reveals details about her character’s relationship with Andy Dwyer (Chriss Pratt) for the new season of Parks and Recreation. Then, Blondie sings Mother from its new studio album, Panic of Girls.

David chats about how Dancing with the Stars rehearsals are going on Oct. 8 as “storage addict” and bidding veteran Darrell and his son Brandon Sheets talk about their reality docu-series Storage Wars. Plus, Puddle of Mudd gets back to the frontlines of rock & roll with its upcoming album Re:(Disc)overed.

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno airs from Tuesdays to Saturdays at 1 to 2 p.m. via Satellite with replays at 12 m.n. on TALKtv — Channel 16 on SkyCable, Channel 28 on Destiny and Channel 21 on VHF.