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Jan 15, 2010 5:46 AM CST

Jay, Conan Take Gloves Off

Leno, O'Brien continue trading digs over fate of 'Tonight Show'

(Newser) - As Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien continued to take swipes at each other last night (and everyone else continued to take swipes at Jay Leno), rumors and new developments in the NBC shake-up continued to come out. Watch highlights from last night in the video gallery, and read on...

NBC Threatens
to 'Ice' Conan
O'Brien

Nikke Finke

Jan 14, 2010 1:20 PM CST

NBC Threatens to 'Ice' Conan O'Brien

Zucker wants him off the air, O'Brien thinks it'll wind up in court

(Newser) - NBC honcho Jeff Zucker is now threatening to take Conan O’Brien off the air entirely and “ice” him for the remaining three-plus years of his contract, preventing him from appearing on NBC or any other network, O’Brien’s reps tell Nikki Finke . Jay Leno would then get...

Jay, Conan Turn on Each Other

LETTERMAN REACHES OUT TO CONAN

Jan 14, 2010 7:24 AM CST

Jay, Conan Turn on Each Other

As Tonight Show saga continues, Leno and O'Brien face off

(Newser) - As the late-night shakedown gets messier, Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien seem to be turning against each other—and David Letterman is clearly on Team Conan. The Late Show host wants O’Brien to appear on his show “not to rub NBC's noses into their huge mistake, but...

Facebookers Back
Conan O'Brien

'i'm with coco'

Jan 13, 2010 4:26 PM CST

Facebookers Back Conan O'Brien

Profile pics proclaim fans' allegiance to 'Coco'

(Newser) - With Conan O'Brien facing an uncertain fate at NBC, fans on Facebook have embraced an image of the comedian, switching it to their profile pictures to show support, notes Mashable . The movement, dubbed "I'm With Coco" by creator Mike Mitchell, reportedly has some employees of NBC and the Tonight ...

Leno, O'Brien May Both Walk

rumor mill

Jan 13, 2010 9:34 AM CST

Leno, O'Brien May Both Walk

Leno could also take Tonight Show back; Conan O'Brien still likely headed to Fox

(Newser) - Thanks in part to a loophole in Conan O’Brien’s NBC contract, he will most likely leave the network while Jay Leno takes The Tonight Show back—or Leno might also ditch NBC entirely, depending which gossip site you read. Sources tell TMZ O’Brien’s contract guarantees he...

Letterman Pokes Fun
at NBC, 'Big-Jaw Leno'

Jan 13, 2010 7:38 AM CST

Letterman Pokes Fun at NBC, 'Big-Jaw Leno'

His take? It's all about the money

(Newser) - Think David Letterman’s still just a wee bit bitter about his schism with NBC? Letterman offered his take on NBC’s Tonight Show debacle last night, mocking “Jay ‘big jawed’ Leno” and the “geniuses” who shuffled the schedule. “A lot of people may criticize these...

Conan O'Brien
Rejects NBC Plan

Jan 12, 2010 3:00 PM CST

Conan O'Brien Rejects NBC Plan

He won't do the 'Tonight Show' at 12:05

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien says he won't do the Tonight Show at 12:05, putting him in direct opposition to NBC's new late-night plans. "I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction," O'Brien says of the show in a statement released this afternoon. He adds that he...

Jay, Conan Joke About Futures

PLUS: FOX WOOING CONAN

Jan 12, 2010 7:20 AM CST

Jay, Conan Joke About Futures

O'Brien lists outlandish future options; Leno calls NBC 'disaster'

(Newser) - As everyone wonders whether Conan O’Brien will stay at NBC or move to Fox, the Tonight Show host offered up a few more novel ideas yesterday: Perhaps he’ll “pretend to put my son in a giant foil balloon, then sit back and watch the offers come pouring...

5 Things Conan
Could Do Next

maybe 'snl' wants him back

Jan 11, 2010 5:57 PM CST

5 Things Conan Could Do Next

Launch a Fox rival? Return to SNL ? Reality TV?

(Newser) - NBC's shabby treatment of Conan O'Brien has been a recurring theme of the Jay Leno-centric late-night shuffle, but "he-who-rocks-the-dopest-pompadour-on-TV" has more options than you might think. MTV ponders his options.

Defect to Fox: The network is apparently interested, and it would be a great way to tick off NBC.

...

Conan O'Brien
Ready to Bail
on NBC

FRONTRUNNER: FOX

Jan 11, 2010 8:32 AM CST

Conan O'Brien Ready to Bail on NBC

Network starts replacing Jay Leno Show as Conan weighs options

(Newser) - As NBC hustles to fill Jay Leno’s 10pm time slot with a new series, rumors are flying that Conan O’Brien is ready to ditch the peacock for another network. “This level of shittiness was not expected,” a source tells the New York Post . “He moved...

Jay Leno at 10:
'Right Idea, Wrong Time'

SAYS SEINFELD

Jan 11, 2010 5:43 AM CST

Jay Leno at 10: 'Right Idea, Wrong Time'

Jerry Seinfeld weighs in on Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien shuffle

(Newser) - In the great Jay Leno vs. Conan O’Brien debate, Jerry Seinfeld seems to be a dedicated member of Team Leno. The Jay Leno Show, and its 10pm slot, “was the right idea at the wrong time,” Seinfeld says. “I’m proud of NBC for trying to...

Conan O'Brien
Confronts
Late-Night
Rumors

he's pregnant with jay's baby

Jan 9, 2010 9:00 AM CST

Conan O'Brien Confronts Late-Night Rumors

Among them: 'We're both pregnant with Tiger Woods' babies'

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien finally addressed some of the late-night rumors swirling about NBC's lineup. Among them:

The Tonight Show will be an iPhone app and the Jay Leno show will be an Xbox game.
Jay and I are quitting both of our shows and co-starring in a new buddy cop drama

...

NBC to Conan:
Take 12am or Leave

PLUS: SALARIES, CONTRACTS, MORE

Jan 8, 2010 7:48 AM CST

NBC to Conan: Take 12am or Leave

Sources dish on Jay Leno-Conan O'Brien shakeup

(Newser) - The rumor mill continues to churn out news of Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien’s futures at NBC, with the network releasing just two vague statements. The latest:

NBC has given O’Brien an ultimatum, sources tell TMZ : Move to the midnight slot or get out. Though NBC could

...

Leno: 'Nobody Has Said
Anything to Me'

Jan 7, 2010 10:14 PM CST

Leno: 'Nobody Has Said Anything to Me'

NBC host talks 'cancellation' during tonight's monologue

(Newser) - Jay Leno got plenty of mileage tonight out of rumors his current 10pm NBC gig will be canceled, and that he’ll return to his old 11:35 slot. “So far, nobody has said anything to me,” he said during the opening monologue. “What does NBC stand...

Leno Headed Back
to 11:35; Conan to 12:05

UPDATED

Jan 7, 2010 7:22 PM CST

Leno Headed Back to 11:35; Conan to 12:05

Amid ratings slide, NBC 'committed to keeping Conan O’Brien'

(Newser) - In a plan to boost NBC’s late-night ratings, Jay Leno would go back to his 11:35 time slot, while Conan O’Brien, who replaced Leno last year, will move to 12:05. TMZ first reported the Leno development earlier today, with the New York Times clearing up O’...

NBC Wants Seinfeld, Not Conan

wishful thinking

Dec 17, 2009 9:52 AM CST

NBC Wants Seinfeld, Not Conan

As O'Brien's Tonight Show ratings struggle, NBC wishes for Seinfeld

(Newser) - Could Conan O’Brien be replaced as Tonight Show host—by Jerry Seinfeld? Maybe not, but that’s what many at NBC want. Executives tell PopEater that Conan has been struggling so much in the ratings department that replacement discussions have already begun, and Seinfeld's name is at the top...

Jersey Shore Brainiacs
Can't Name Pope, VP

LAST NIGHT ON LENO

Dec 17, 2009 8:11 AM CST

Jersey Shore Brainiacs Can't Name Pope, VP

Not surprisingly, they basically fail Jay Leno Show trivia game

(Newser) - Jay Leno made a shocking discovery last night: The Jersey Shore cast members don’t know a whole lot about current events or world history. Among the questions Snooki, The Situation, and DJ Pauly D couldn’t answer: the vice president’s name, where the United Nations is, or...

Palin Turns Tables on Shatner

Dec 11, 2009 10:35 PM CST

Palin Turns Tables on Shatner

After he mockingly reads from her book, she returns favor

(Newser) - Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien tonight—and turned the tables on actor William Shatner. Shatner mockingly read passages from Palin's blockbuster Going Rogue—including ones about rapper Kid Rock and stalking sheep. Afterward, it was Palin's turn to read from Shatner's Up ...

Shatner Reads the Real Levi

APOLOGIES dept.

Nov 6, 2009 7:29 AM CST

Shatner Reads the Real Levi

Conan O'Brien sorry for fake Tweets, but not too sorry

(Newser) - The Tonight Show got the last laugh on Levi Johnston. The soon-to-be Playgirl model threatened to sue if Conan O’Brien didn’t retract Wednesday’s poetry session, featuring William Shatner dramatically reading Levi’s supposed Tweets. So O'Brien admitted they were actually written by “a clever impostor posing...

Shatner
Poeticizes
Levi's Tweets

WATCH THE VIDEO

Nov 5, 2009 9:00 AM CST

Shatner Poeticizes Levi's Tweets

William Shatner back on Conan for dramatic reading of Johnston's posts

(Newser) - Only a dramatic reading by William Shatner can give Levi Johnston’s tweets the gravity they truly deserve. Shatner visited The Tonight Show yesterday to poeticize Twitter gems such as, “Maybe I’m a genius and not even know it. Maybe I don’t exist and it only seems...