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Leno Bowing Out in May

Posted Jul 22, 08 3:02 AM CDT in Arts & Living,  Business 

(Newser) – Jay Leno's last appearance as host of the Tonight Show will be the final Friday in May, reports Broadcasting & Cable. Conan O'Brien will take over the following Monday. In the several months between O'Brien's leaving Late Night and his Tonight Show debut, NBC plans a huge promotional campaign to keep his profile high.

"We may do something like Conan criss-crossing America," said an NBC spokesman. "There will be other ways that Conan will be very present and in the consciousness of the public." NBC executives, meanwhile, are negotiating to try to keep Leno with the network in some capacity.

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Conan O'Brien's first Tonight Show will air June 1 2009.   (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
Jay Leno performs stand-up at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Mass. His last Tonight Show will be May 29th 2009.   (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)
Jimmy Fallon is taking over from Conan O'Brien on Late Night.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)
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