Jay Leno's longtime bandleader and sidekick Kevin Eubanks will be leaving the Tonight Show, but will still be with the show when it returns March 1. This story went through several incarnations over the past 24 hours - but it now appears more changes are on the way. (more...)

video Conan O'Brien isn't just disappearing from the walls of 30 Rock - he's disappearing from the web too. NBC.com and Hulu.com have worked to make it look like The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien never existed. Also, images from the deconstruction of the Tonight Show set sure to depress Team Conan. (more...)

video Kidding about the whole "eviscerates" thing, Jon Stewart. Last night on The Jay Leno Show, comedian and FOX late night host Wanda Sykes showed she reads the internet (and Jay Leno doesn't), as she took the time to call out NBC for the fried chicken "Black History Month" menu choice that bubbled up just a few hours before taping. (more...)

video While the NBC infighting continues, the jokes are still coming in from around the late night spectrum - and specifically from the most vocal late night host so far, David Letterman. Letterman previewed a promo of the "new" old Tonight Show, and knocked Jay Leno's "State of the Network" speech from Monday. (more...)

Again, just to be clear: Jay Leno would like you to know that this is not his fault. Here's what Leno would like you to know: He doesn't have an agent or a manager — a handshake is all right by him. His version of the Tonight Show was #1 when NBC asked him to step down, and when he left. Every time NBC asks him to do something, he says sure. Also, everything that has happened over the past five years has been NBC's idea. As for Conan O'Brien, he's a good guy, a decent guy, they always go along great. However, Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show was not #1. That's the short version of Leno's speech. (more...)

video Jimmy Kimmel absolutely unleashed on Jay Leno earlier this week, and in a display of, well, something, Leno invited Kimmel on his show. And he roasted Leno mercilessly. It's unbelievably uncomfortable. Seriously embarrassing. Why did this happen? No idea - but I'm glad it did. (more...)

Here is the full text of the statement released by Tonight Show Conan O'Brien this afternoon, confirming that he would not accept a 12:05 a.m. time slot for his show and would not follow Jay Leno at 11:35 p.m.

People of Earth: In the last few days, I've been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I've been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I've been absurdly lucky. That said, I've been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my bosses are demanding an immediate decision. (more...)

Team Conan.

Conan O'Brien's kiss-off letter to NBC is going to make him a hero, not only to people who started off loving him (and watching him!) and not only to creative types sick of being pushed around by The Man. It's because he's been cast as the underdog here, unfairly subject to the failings of Jay Leno both as a stand-alone 10 p.m. show and as a crappy lead-in for the Tonight Show.

Conan's statement is funny, but principled and resolute, and this will only add to the popular support he's received as this story has unfolded. It will also add to the Leno backlash. (more...)

Over at The Huffington Post, they've been treating the news of David Letterman's shocking affairs with staffers -- and the extortionist who tried to squeeze Letterman for $2 million dollars, suspected to be Robert "Joe" Halderman -- with their trademark blanket coverage, leaving no stone unturned. The secret winner? Jay Leno. Ads for his show are popping up all around the news of his rival's troubles. (more...)

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Jay Leno appeared last night on NBC's Football Night in America broadcast to tease his premiere tonight, which you already know about unless you've been hiding in Osama bin Laden's cave for the last three months.

"We also have an interview with President Barack Obama, we're working on that, you might see that tomorrow night," said Leno. The premiere tonight at 10pm will be huge - but it sounds like Leno was jumping the gun. (more...)