Conan Might Stay On Air, If He Decides To

Looks like there might be a slight chance Conan O’Brien will stay on the air.

After reports surfaced that Jay Leno would be returning to his 11:30pm time slot, rumors began circulating that it marked the end for O’Brien.

But now according to new reports, the decision to stay on air will be Conan’s.

NBC is giving Conan the option to choose if he’d like to take the midnight time slot, moving his show from 12:00am to 1:00am. That would then cause Leno’s show to run just 30 minutes.

But if Conan decides not to move his time spot, they’ll give Leno the full hour and Conan gets the boot.

Conan, who was given no advanced warning this would be happening, has reportedly not decided what he’ll do yet, but we hope there’s a big salary bump if he moves times. Doubt it though.

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