And the winner is, Jay Leno! But it really wasn’t a fight; NBC wanted Jay at his old time slot so they did whatever was possible to make that happen.  Conan O’Brien will stop taping of The Tonight Show after next week, and then the show’s former, long-time host, Jay Leno, will replace him.  The Tonight Show will remain on NBC and will reportedly air at 11:35 pm.

Last year, Conan replaced Jay as the host of The Tonight Show, and Conan left NBC’s Late Night With Conan O’Brien in NYC to host The Tonight Show in L.A..  Jimmy Fallon now hosts Late Night With Jimmy Fallon at 12:05 am on NBC.  But last year, Jay changed his mind about retiring, and came back to NBC to host The Jay Leno Show — an hour-long variety show which airs at 10 pm.

We blogged about the possibility of Jay Leno leaving NBC if Conan is pushed out, but I guess that was just all talk  since he had to redo his contract to fit back into his old time slot.