Conan wins money, non-compete battle; loses characters
The new "Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" will say good-bye at the end of this week. As you've probably heard, O'Brien struck a $45 million deal with NBC after they decided to bump Jay Leno back into his old spot.
In the deal, NBC will evidently get to keep most of the characters that Conan and his team created while working at the peacock. O'Brien will also be allowed to return the air on another network in September.
Word on the web is that David Letterman was trying to book O'Brien as his guest on May 1st when Jay Leno returns to his old gig; but the deal covers that too. Conan can't do any interview for a unspecified amount of time after Leno returns.
The "Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" will end on Friday, January 22nd with Will Ferrell as the guest. Ferrell was the first guest on the show when it debuted a few months ago.
