And he admits he was surprised to be included this time around.
But the software HP included this time around seemed less savvy about making color corrections, making the package less attractive overall than it might have been.
When NBC officially announced the change, Leno told the Times that he felt more included this time around.
It included Scream, This Time Around and Tabloid Junkie – all songs centring on Jackson's treatment at the hands of the media – as well as a furious track called DS, aimed at the district attorney who had led the first abuse case.
It's not clear if they'll be able to include those perks this time around, and the slapdash, piecemeal approach to helping everyone outside the capital class makes their priorities perfectly clear.
The schedule is still a work in progress, but the Rising Stars program, which brings six emerging actors to the festival to network with the filmmakers and executives in attendance, includes several non-Americans this time around; formerly there were none.
There are 10 this time around, including "Fast Five," more than there have been in any summer in recent memory.
Though Howard Dean and Senators John Kerry, John Edwards and Joseph I. Lieberman appeared in 2003 at the Fox-caucus debate, the absence of the leading candidates this time around, including Mr. Edwards, underscores the change in the political climate.
Most of the primi dishes, priced $20 or less, were nicely done, including bucatini amatriciana, whose sauce, this time around, was fresh and feisty, with a fiery kick of red peppers and spicy pancetta.
A faller at the tenth in 2011 when 28/1, he's actually been given a good chance by the handicapper despite having to shoulder 11st 10lb and there are plenty who fancy him to buck the trends this time around, including his jockey.
