iFMagazine - USA - THE SKINNY: While
Jay Leno may be relinquishing his throne of THE TONIGHT SHOW In 2009 to
Conan O’Brien, NBC would love to keep
Jay Leno on the air in some capacity with the network, according to
Ben Silverman, Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios.
"We love
Jay Leno, and we’re very interested, beyond interested, in having Jay stay at NBC for life," says Silverman. "We’re talking to Jay all the time about what does he want to do, and what opportunities are there for him. And [co-chairman]
Marc Graboff and I are aggressively trying to come up with ideas that would make Jay happy."
While THE TONIGHT SHOW would become O’Brien’s domain once Leno leaves, Graboff notes primetime would not be out of the question.
"Primetime is a definite alternative," says Graboff.
