NBC Moving Leno Back to 11:30

TMZ is reporting that NBC will be moving Jay Leno back to 11:30 meaning that Conan O’Brien may be on the way out. This will take place after the Winter Olympics in February. Apparently right now it is unknown whether Leno’s show will be the typical hour or if it will be a half hour. It if is the latter it is possible it would then be followed by Conan. However this could open up the possibility of Conan leaving and finding a show on a different network

The 10pm weekly Leno show has been deemed a failure on all accounts and now NBC will have to dig themselves out of a big hole. How will they fill the programming gap considering they have so few shows? Maybe they’ll start by putting on Dateline or Law and Order reruns. But long term they will need to start developing original programming.

As for Conan, who is clearly getting screwed here by both NBC and Leno, I hope he leaves and maybe Fox would be the destination. His brand of humor would fit well with that network. Fox has considered a talk show in the past and been rumored to have courted names including Conan and Jon Stewart.