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March 28th, 2010

CBS offered Conan O’Brien the job of hosting this year’s Tony Awards, which take place in New York on June 13, confirms his rep to Gossip Cop.
The rep added that O’Brien “passed” on the gig.

However, sources say that because of O’Brien’s exit deal with NBC, which stipulated he can’t perform on TV until September 1 – in exchange for, among other things, the nearly $45 million payout he and his former “Tonight Show” staff received – the carrot-topped comedian was unable to accept.

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February 17th, 2010

Gossip Cop hears Jamie Foxx is slated to kick off the first week of Jay Leno’s return to The Tonight Show, possibly on the March 1 premiere.

While NBC has yet to announce officially who will be Leno’s first guest when he again takes the reins of Tonight after Conan O’Brien’s departure, sources close to both Leno and Foxx tell Gossip Cop that the Oscar (and Grammy) winning star will help Leno begin his second turn as Tonight host that week.

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January 26th, 2010

“Justice” is finally being served for Conan O’Brien at NBC.

Right on the heels of O’Brien leaving the network as the host of “The Tonight Show” comes word that NBC has — believe it or not — picked up a pilot developed by the comedian’s Conaco production company. Wait, it gets better.

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January 24th, 2010

The early numbers are in, and all signs point to Conan O’Brien handily beating both David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel. Also, did O’Brien hire a crisis management team to help him, as reported by Perez Hilton?

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January 22nd, 2010

Thursday was Conan O’Brien’s next-to-last turn as host of “The Tonight Show.” He opened with a monologue announcing the deal he reached with NBC, outlined some of the agreement’s lesser known terms, and brought out Pee-wee Herman to demonstrate the events that brought us here.

Anyone worried that O’Brien might play nice with his soon-to-be-former bosses now that a settlement is done… well, just watch and enjoy!

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January 20th, 2010

For one of his final broadcasts as host of “The Tonight Show,” and just “three days away from the biggest drinking binge in history,” Conan O’Brien continued to bring the heat with his Tuesday monologue.

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January 18th, 2010

Sources from both Jay Leno’s camp and Conan O’Brien’s camp tell Gossip Cop that a “Tonight Show” deal is “likely” to be completed today, and that a joint announcement will be sent out immediately afterwards.

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January 16th, 2010

Conan O’Brien ended one of the most memorable weeks in the history of late night television with another monologue mocking NBC, the network primed to replace him after only seven months on “The Tonight Show.” But behind the scenes, his reps and top NBC brass worked to hammer out an exit settlement.

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