CNN The Story of Late Night May 31, 2021 01:26:00
Leno the spot. >> have you thought about the abc thing, about whether you want to come over here and more importantly, what will become of me? >> i thought, well, you know what? i would rather follow an hour of "tonight show" than half hour of "nightline." and five years or whatever when jay was done, i would move into slot. >> they said we want to keep you here. okay. what are your ideas? >> nbc wasn't doing well in prime time. so, we had an idea to strip a variety show across our 10:00 hour. >> they tell us we're going to give jay a prime time show at nbc. and i think one of us asked, which ...