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NBC exec: Leno will leave 'Tonight' on schedule

If “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno is having second thoughts about surrendering his job as planned, NBC doesn’t share them — at least not publicly.

Jay Leno has allegedly said he’d like to stay “Tonight Show” host past 2009.

“Conan O’Brien will take over ‘The Tonight Show’ in 2009,” NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker said Monday.

Personally, I think Leno is overrated, but he does deserve to stay if he wants. Compared to O’Brien, he has much more longetivity.