NBC confirmed that the Jay Leno prime-time experiment is over.

Link (http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/01/10/nbc-pull-plug-lenos-prime-time/)

PASADENA, Calif. -- NBC Universal Television Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin said Sundays that Leno's nightly prime-time show will end with the beginning of the Winter Olympics on Feb. 12.

Gaspin says NBC wants Leno to do an 11:35 p.m. show each night, a return to his old time slot. He wants Conan O'Brien and Jimmy Fallon's shows to shift back a half hour. Gaspin says that's not a done deal, but he hopes to have NBC's late-night lineup cleared up by the beginning of the Olympics.

Gaspin said Leno's show performed well enough in the ratings for the networks, but it did not meet the needs of NBC's affiliates.

NBC affiliates- "DO SOMETHING!!" {"Our local news ratings are collapsing!"}
NBC/Universal stockholders- "DO SOMETHING!!" {"Our stock value is declining!"}
NBC advertisers- "DO SOMETHING!!" {"CBS is starting to look a lot better at 10pm(et)..."}
Dick Wolf, producer of NBC/Universal's "LAW & ORDER" series, forced to move out of 10pm- "DO SOMETHING!!" {"You're killing me!!"}
Producers of other NBC prime-time shows- "DO SOMETHING!!" {"This schedule stinks!!!"}
Jeff Zucker, NBC/Universal chairman- "I wouldn't change a thing." :bonk:

I don't know why this news is surprising, but I didn't think they would actually go through with it! So is Jay Leno getting his "Tonight Show" back? Well, at least they aren't firing anyone (yet), so for that all three of them (Leno, Conan and Kitan) should be thankful!

From what I see in the second paragraph, does this mean that Leno's only going to have a half-hour show now?