Leno and NBC Strike 1 Hour 'Tonight' Deal


Jay Leno has made a new deal with NBC, which gives him "The Tonight Show" from 11:35 - 12:35 ... sources tell TMZ.



As we first reported, under the contract Jay had been working under, he was guaranteed the 10 PM hour. By moving him to 11:35, NBC was in breach of his contract and needed to negotiate a new deal. That is now done, sources tell TMZ.

So Conan O'Brien is out, and Jay is restored.


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1.

Poor Conan. Had awful ratings and getting $40mm for leaving. Nice severance package. Where's Obama and the SEC now?

2.

What's done is done. Best of luck to Conan, still not going to watch Leno!!!

3.

Conan's humor did not translate to 11:35, different audience. Jay will reign as king of nighttime once more. Hope Conan gets another gig, he is brilliant in his own right and deserves to be seen.

4.

Looks like ole " LONG JAW " Jay that WINEBOX ,ASS KISSIN somebitch,gets another FATASS contract & just pisses all over the tonight show !!! Mark this writers words that show will never do the numbers it once did. Conan could have gotten the job done had they let the show go.But oh no Jay couldn't pull his weight in the 10:00 time slot . Maybe had they shaved a aprox.. 1 ft. off that CRYBABY's jawbone it could have survived there .GO COCO ,& enjoy that FatAss payout from NBC ,don't be 2 quick to let NBC(Never Believe your Contract get at you again !!

5.

I don't watch either of them, I DO enjoy Conan's writing however, and would prefer him IF I were to choose out of the 2.

6.

One more show I won't watch.

7.

Jay is such a loser. Seriously WtF - retire already. You lucked out on getting the tonight show, now you somehow can rationalize coming back on to the tonight show. Jay has no class, never liked him, never will.

8.

SO UNFAIR TO CONAN. HOPE JAY TANKS.

9.

YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!! JAY IS BACK......BYE BYE CONAN

10.

What a rotten thing to do to Conan, who is a much better man.

11.

... And it's back to the 1970's ... Eeeeeeeeek! But if they must — at least bring back the good bits, like Celebrity Jeopardy — this braindead economizing at NBC is deadly.

12.

I hope Conan BURIES NBC. I don't watch now but I will start just to help Conan whoop on NBC and Leno!

13.

When Leno finally does retire in a few years...who in their right mind would want to replace him and deal with this same crap they are putting Conan through?

I've never been a big Conan fan, but with what NBC has pulled on him, where ever he winds up...I am there.

14.

Well, I guess it's 11:35 with Letterman for this cat.

15.

The news media makes this sound like Conan is the victim here, but we need to remember, and it needs to be said out-loud, that Conan took Leno's job first. Leno was the top-rated host of the Tonight Show when NBC decided to demote him and put Conan in his place. So stop whining Conan -- Leno has been the real victim here all along!!!

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