Basically this is a move to rectify the collossal blunder made by Jeffrey Zucker, removing Leno from the number one rated show in that time slot and creating two low rated programs.
O'Brien couldn't pull his weight.
A look at Teflon Zucker and how his "quick fix" got NBC into a pickle, in the LA Times yesterday:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...,2371918.story
and, back to basics according to Zucker's boss.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/ente...o-basics-.html
Removing Leno from The Tonight Show is now described as one of the greatest blunders in the history of prime time television, costing NBC hundreds of millions of dollars and damages to programming that might take years to recover from.
I'll watch Leno anytime. A lot better than Letterman or anyone else in that category for that matter . . . . .
Leno's last musical guest, if I remember right, was long-time favourite Lyle Lovett singing "Closing Time" . . . . the opening monologue for a return to the Tonight Show would be hilarious and hopefully Lovett would reprise.
Cowperson