January 21st, 2010
Original Article from The Insider
Jay Leno spoke out Thursday night about getting back his hosting job on “The Tonight Show,” and he acknowledged Conan O’Brien’s departure from NBC. “Thanks for coming out on such a miserable rainy day,” he told his studio audience at the top of Thursday’s “Jay Leno Show.” “It is almost as gloomy outside NBC as it is inside NBC.” At the end of his monologue, he addressed the future of “The Tonight Show.” “NBC and Conan O’Brien made an announcement earlier today. … Conan is leaving the network. His final show airs tomorrow night,” Leno said. “I have chosen to stay on the Titanic. I don’t believe the iceberg is that big. This ship will never sink. … Apparently we’ll be back on ‘The Tonight Show’ March 1 after the Olympics.”
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