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There is a rumbling in the late night chat jungle atm down NBC way.

"In 2004, O'Brien negotiated a new contract with NBC. As part of the deal, O'Brien would take over The Tonight Show from Jay Leno in 2009
On Thursday, January 7, 2010, NBC executives met with Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien to discuss how to get Leno out of prime time where his ratings were lackluster, and back into late night.

A proposal was made that would see O'Brien remain as host of The Tonight Show, which would be moved to 12:05am, with Leno hosting a 30 minute show at 11:35. On January 10, NBC Universal Television Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin confirmed that The Jay Leno Show will indeed be moved to 11:35 at the start of the Winter Olympics on February 12.

Sources familiar with the situation told the New York Post that O'Brien was unhappy with NBC's plan.

O'Brien released a statement on January 12 stating "I sincerely believe that delaying The Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. ‘The Tonight Show’ at 12:05 simply isn’t The Tonight Show."

So the war of words has been kicking off all week with Letterman also adding his 2 cents

The other night fellow chat show host Jimmy Kimmel put the boot into Leno during a live link up

Like with all the infighting and double dealing that got Leno Johnny Carson's gig over David Letterman as outlined in the rather brill 'The Late Shift' book - it's set to run and run

Shame UK TV never really gets this nasty. Wossie quitting just isn't in the same league.