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Spot. >> in an effort to stop "the tonight show" viewer dropoff, nbc asked leno if he'd be willing to do a half hour show at 11:30, pushing conan's "tonight show" to midnight. jay agrees. conan declines. >> then it became these camps. the jay camp, the conan camp. >> the backseat, the front seat. it just was a disaster. when that curtain between reality and perception is torn, everybody feels uncomfortable. that's a real problem for a host. >> the uncomfortable situation resolves when nbc pays conan and his staff $45 million to step aside. jay resumes his role as host of "the tonight show" in ...

Stylistic cl stylistically, they were different, and jay was macaroni and cheese, and you knew what you would get. >> and they had lost the number one spot. >> and then to stop the ending, they asked o'brien to do a show at 11:30, and push it up, and jay agrees burk conan declines. >> then it was the jay camp and the conan camp. >> and the back scenes had become front scenes, and it was just a di ssaster, and when the curtain of reality and perception is torn, everybody is uncomfortable. and that is a real problem for the host. ? and the uncomfortable situation resolves when nbc pays conan and...

I mean, they're very -- stylistically they're very different. their personalities were different. jay was comfort food. he was macaroni and cheese. you knew exactly what you were going to get. >> leno had way more viewers. they'd lost the number one spot. >> reporter: in an effort to stop the tonight show viewer drop-off nbc asked leno if he'd be willing to do a half hour show at 11:30, pushing conan's "tonight show" to midnight. jay agrees. conan declines. >> then it became these camps. you know, the jay camp, the conan camp. >> just the back scenes had become front scenes. it just was a disa...