Looks like NBC might be walking into a "Tonight Show" buzz saw for the second time. NBC honcho Jeff Zucker insisted Monday in New York that Jay Leno is going to leave the late-night institution in 2009 as planned, making way for Conan O’Brien to take over the desk. But he spoke out because Leno hasn’t. Leno has maintained radio silence since an L.A. Times report a couple of weeks ago claiming that he doesn’t want to leave after all. Sources told the Times that Leno has changed his mind and feels NBC twisted his arm to make the deal a couple of years ago. And Leno didn’t deny it after the Times story ran; he didn’t say anything at all. Zucker says he’s hoping to convince Leno, a notorious workaholic, to become a primetime player, but that presumably would not involve a nightly show.
So if this deal falls apart, […]
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