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1. What would this mean for CBS’s lineup? If Leno returns to 11:30, Conan O’Brien agrees not to leave, and all late-shifting somehow goes off without a hitch, could NBC’s late-night lineup once again beat CBS’s like it used to? Instead of just airing opposite Conan for an hour every night, as he does now, Letterman would compete with Jay at 11:30, and Late Show’s second half-hour (the dull part with the guests) would battle The Tonight Show’s first, which usually contains Conan’s strongest material. Also, the second-string Craig Ferguson would have to compete with Conan for a half hour every night. From a ratings perspective, NBC’s is maybe not the stupidest plan we’ve ever heard.
2. What would NBC put at 10 p.m.? Damned if they know! If Zucker and his team were better at filling prime time with TV shows, they’d presumably not have put Leno on at 10 in the first place. If Jay moves to 11:30, NBC will have only until the end of the Winter Olympics (February 28) to find a new show (or five new shows!) capable of filling that void. Will they order more Dateline? Steal something from Bravo? Run some awful reality strip? Basically, this will be hilarious.
3. What would being on a half-hour later mean for Conan? With elderly Leno fans safely in bed by midnight, would NBC let Conan bring back Pimpbot 5000 and the Masturbating Bear?

I called do-over this year. Apparently, so did NBC. (Via TMZ)