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Sources close to former 'Tonight Show' host Jay Leno tell me he is furious with the way NBC has treated him and Conan O'Brien and is considering walking away from the entire mess with his head held high. "Now that Conan has made it clear he is leaving the troubled network, Jay is considering doing the same. They have put Jay in a terrible position. It looks like he is the reason that Conan is now without a job. Jay is a great guy and it's not fair that due to NBC's stupidity he looks like the bad guy," a TV insider tells me.
"Plus, what happens when Jay does return to the 11:35 slot if his audience doesn't immediately follow? How can he possibly trust the same network that canceled Conan after only seven months?"
http://www.popeater.com/2010/01/13/jay-leno-leaving-nbc/
Take the rumors for what it's worth...
To me, there is no chance in hell this is true or that Leno wouldn't take the Tonight Show back if offered. This is just to make people sympathetictowards Jay and so he doesn't look like the bad guy. If by some miracle this is true and actually happens, then I would have respect for Leno... but Ihighly doubt that's the case.
I don't get the big deal with the billboard, NBC has already said they're removing his show from that time slot, that shouldn't be news at all. The issue now is what they do with Conan who has drawn the line in the sand and said he won't move to 12:05.