Jay Leno: Conan O'Brien 'got screwed' (video)
Jay Leno expects Conan O'Brien will return to late-night television as a head-to-head competitor against NBC's "The Tonight Show," writes Alan Duke from CNN.
"I think Conan will come back, and he'll be strong and, you know, we'll all compete against one another," Leno told Joy Behar, host of HLN's "The Joy Behar Show."
"It should be me against [David] Letterman, against Conan, against [Jimmy] Kimmel, and then you see who wins," he said, referring to all the other late-night comedians.
Behar discussed with Leno while waiting backstage Tuesday for her "Tonight Show" appearance.
"Do you feel upset about Conan?" Behar asked Leno.
"Conan got screwed, and I got screwed," Leno said. "This is TV. The reason how business pays a lot of money is, when you get screwed you have something left over."
When NBC yanked Leno off his 10 p.m. show and returned him to "The Tonight Show" host chair, O'Brien was paid in excess of $32 million. He's free to host another talk show after September 1.
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