but i think conan was feeling the pressure, and who wouldn't? >> conan gets three months on the air as the host of "the tonight show" before jay leno gets his prime time show at 10:00 and becomes conan's lead-in again. >> late night television is very dependent on lead-in so having jay at 10:00, our hope, my hope is that he would do really well. it didn't work out that way. >> jay was incredibly talented, but the program didn't work. >> nobody wants to see a late night show at 10:00 they found out. >> we were branded the biggest bomb in the history of prime time television. nbc always considered the jay leno show a bit of an experiment in prime time, but after only four months they've decided to end that experiment. >> i've been in this business for 30 years. the most difficult conversation that i've had in those 30 years