NBC Confirms Late Night Shakeup: Hoping to Give Leno, O'Brien, Fallon New Time Slots

In what was beyond the most anticipated panel of this year's Winter TCA, NBC Chairman Jeff Gaspin confirmed this morning that The Jay Leno put on will no longer air at 10 p.m. starting on Feb. 12. NBC has presented a additional late night deal to Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, and Jimmy Fallon that would reshuffle their particular late-night shows. Gaspin wouldn't demand which of the hosts are unequivocally on board, but if all goes according to develop, The Jay Leno Show will remove to 11:35, pushing The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien to 12:05 and tardy Night With Jimmy Fallon to 1:05. Here are more details:

The conclusiveness to move The Jay Leno parade was made to appease NBC's affiliates, who were disconsolate with the show's impact. As in the interest of why audiences weren't tuning to take note of Leno, Gaspin said: "I don't ponder that people didn't watch The Jay Leno boast because of the show's grandeur. I think there were so sundry other choices [at 10 o'clock] that people intellect were better. There's just so much profound competition at 10 o'clock, that something that's agreeable to watch and easily joinable is not people's at the outset or second choice at 10 o'clock.
Leno, O'Brien, and Fallon have on the agenda c trick the weekend to give some brooding to the new plan, and talks choose resume tomorrow. As for their reactions, Gaspin said, "Both Jay and Conan and Jimmy were incredibly obliging and professional. They all said they covenanted the difficult situation that I was in."
It has up till to be determined what will block the empty spot at 10 p.m. Gaspin said he's waiting until the behind possible second to figure out the programming, but there is the odds that Rex Is Not Your King's counsel will be ready for the appear.
Along with JJ Abrams's Undercovers, NBC has already picked up green specs, including government conspiracy thriller The incident, a new law show from David Kelley called related, hour-long romantic comedy Love Bites, and a remake of the '70s series Rockford Files.
Carson Daly transfer continue to stay on the NBC network regardless of the greatest outcome with the late-night lineup.

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