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==2010 Tonight Show Conflict==

==2010 Tonight Show Conflict==

In 2004, it was announced that in 2009, Jay Leno would leave the Tonight Show and that Conan O'Brien would succeed him.  This was done as O'Brien was getting offers from other networks.  However Leno, who had been number one in the Late Night television ratings since his 1995 Hugh Grant interview, stayed number one up until Leno's final episode in 2009.  On June 1, 2009, O'Brien's run as host of the Tonight Show began.  Although ratings started strong, they quickly went into decline.  Within a week, Letterman was beating O'Brien in the ratings.  Some NBC affiliates had even threated to not air The Tonight Show in their respective areas unless things changed.  In response, NBC went to Jay Leno in an attempt to help ratings.  This resulted in ''The Jay Leno Show'', which began on September 14, 2009 at 10pm.  However, NBC had told Leno that as the new TV season starts, he would not do well in the ratings, but when reruns began, his ratings would do better.  The show aired the remainder of the year, and ratings did not improve.  NBC's idea was to move ''The Jay Leno Show'' to 11:35pm, move O'Brien to 12:05am, move ''Late Night'', hosted by Jimmy Fallon to 1:05am, and Carson Daly to 2:05am.  However, O'Brien refused to move to a different timeslot, his reason being that if the Tonight Show moved to 12:05, it wouldn't be the Tonight Show anymore.  Ultimately, O'Brien decided to walk and take a payout, although a stipulation of the decision was the he could not host another show for several months.  O'Brien's final Tonight Show aired on January 22, 2010.  During the next several months, O'Brien would make a deal with TBS to host his own show at 11:00pm.  ''Conan'' would begin on TBS on November 8, 2010.  Jay Leno would return as host of the Tonight Show on March 1, 2010, after the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.  Leno would continue to host the Tonight Show until February 6, 2014.  On February 17, 2014, Jimmy Fallon would take over as host of the Tonight Show.

In 2004, it was announced that in 2009, Jay Leno would leave the Tonight Show and that Conan O'Brien would succeed him.  This was done as O'Brien was getting offers from other networks, most notably FOX.  However Leno, who had been number one in the Late Night television ratings since his 1995 Hugh Grant interview, stayed number one up until Leno's final episode in 2009.  On June 1, 2009, O'Brien's run as host of the Tonight Show began.  Although ratings started strong, they quickly went into decline.  Within a week, Letterman was beating O'Brien in the ratings.  Some NBC affiliates had even threated to not air The Tonight Show in their respective areas unless things changed.  In response, NBC went to Jay Leno in an attempt to help ratings.  This resulted in ''The Jay Leno Show'', which began on September 14, 2009 at 10pm.  However, NBC had told Leno that as the new TV season starts, he would not do well in the ratings, but when reruns began, his ratings would do better.  The show aired the remainder of the year, and ratings did not improve.  NBC's idea was to move ''The Jay Leno Show'' to 11:35pm, move O'Brien to 12:05am, move ''Late Night'', hosted by Jimmy Fallon to 1:05am, and Carson Daly to 2:05am.  However, O'Brien refused to move to a different timeslot, his reason being that if the Tonight Show moved to 12:05, it wouldn't be the Tonight Show anymore.  Ultimately, O'Brien decided to walk and take a payout, although a stipulation of the decision was the he could not host another show for several months.  O'Brien's final Tonight Show aired on January 22, 2010.  During the next several months, O'Brien would make a deal with TBS to host his own show at 11:00pm.  ''Conan'' would begin on TBS on November 8, 2010.  Jay Leno would return as host of the Tonight Show on March 1, 2010, after the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.  Leno would continue to host the Tonight Show until February 6, 2014.  On February 17, 2014, Jimmy Fallon would take over as host of the Tonight Show.

===Support for O'Brien, Criticism of Leno===

===Support for O'Brien, Criticism of Leno===