TMZ Reports: Leno Back At Tonight Show, NBC Says No

Is NBC ready to take a full mulligan?

TMZ is reporting Jay Leno has struck a deal to host The Tonight Show again at 11:35, for a full hour, as he had before.

But GossipCop is hearing no deal is set.

If the report is true, the likely line-up will be Leno at 11:35pm and Jimmy Fallon staying at 12:35am. This would end the possibility of Conan O’Brien staying with the network in any form.

But GossipCop has a comment from Leno’s personal publicist: “It is not true.”

Meanwhile the 10pm schedule, post-Olympics, has been revealed:
Monday – Law & Order, Tuesday – Parenthood, Wednesday – Law & Order: SVU, Thursday – The Marriage Ref (Jerry Seinfeld‘s show), Friday – Dateline.

Next question – when will be the final time Conan O’Brien hosts The Tonight Show?

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