Talk show host Jay Leno speaks next to NBC Entertainment Co-Chairman Ben Silverman (L) during a news conference in the Universal City area of Los Angeles in this December 9, 2008 file photo. Leno, the popular late-night host of NBC's "The Tonight Show," bows out of his 17-year run on May 29, 2009 and heads for prime-time television in a major shake-up of U.S. network programming. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

Talk show host Jay Leno speaks next to NBC Entertainment Co-Chairman Ben Silverman (L) during a news conference in the Universal City area of Los Angeles in this December 9, 2008 file photo. Leno, the popular late-night host of NBC's "The Tonight Show," bows out of his 17-year run on May 29, 2009 and heads for prime-time television in a major shake-up of U.S. network programming.

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