NBC Proposes Moving O'Brien's Tonight Show to 12:05

Yep it's true. After months of speculation about what NBC would do address their plunging ratings across the board on heir late night comedy lineup, they announced they will end Leno's failed prime time run, and plan to move him back to 11:35 in a half hour show that would move Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show to 12:05.

That's gotta hurt for Conan! He and JImmy Fallon are said not to be on borad yet, and negotiations continue, but Jay Leno has suggested he is ready to go along with this plan. Ratings have been so low that affiliates were threatening to take action on their own if NBC didn't fix the situation.

NBC Proposes Moving O'Brien's Tonight Show to 12:05
chicago tribune

NBC said Sunday it decided to pull the plug on the Jay Leno experiment when some affiliate stations considered dropping the nightly prime-time show, and the network is waiting to hear if Leno and "Tonight" host Conan O'Brien accept its new late-night TV plans. "The Jay Leno Show," which airs at 10 p.m. EST, will end with the Feb. 12 beginning of the Winter Olympics, said NBC Universal Television Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin...

NBC Proposes Moving O'Brien's Tonight Show to 12:05