Welcome to the Last Night Show from The Comedy Channel

Good to see that The Comedy Channel’s repertoire includes irony.

It put out a programming announcement today on the return of Jay Leno to The Tonight Show.  

Followers of US late night TV wars (and who isn’t?) will already be aware that Leno gave up the show to take an earlier slot, which then flopped in the ratings.

However new host Conan O’Brien resisted a move to switch The Tonight Show from it’s traditional 11.35pm slot to after midnight to make room for a later Leno show. As a result O’Brien left NBC, and Leno returned to the Tonight Show, which remained in its vital 11.35pm slot.

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