JIMMY Fallon nailed down Robert De Niro as one of his first guests, but the host of NBC's new "Late Night" show couldn't get Regis Philbin. Reege let it slip Thursday on his ABC morning show that while he likes Fallon and was asked to come on, he has a "conflict." When Kelly Ripa chortled in disbelief, Regis clarified, "I shouldn't have said that. I don't have a conflict, but I'm on another show and everybody is so sensitive about when you go on." They quickly changed topics. "In other words, there are still late-night booking wars," says entertainment journalist Bill McCuddy. Regis is a regular on David Letterman's CBS show, "and he doesn't want to screw that up," McCuddy said, adding that the fiercest fight for guests will be between Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno, both on NBC. But so far, Fallon might be the big loser. De Niro is tough to interview, guarded to the point of inarticulate and not a lot of laughs.

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De Niro is an odd choice to interview first. I, personally, would never want to interview that man, lol.

I may watch the first couple of episodes of Jimmy Fallon, just to see what the show's like. But I'm not a fan of his at all... AT ALL.

I can't wait until Conan returns (with The Tonight Show). He's my favorite late night host, followed by Letterman. So that'll be tough with them both on at the same time.