Conan vs. Jay: The Book

Wow, that sure was fast. It’s only been ten months since Conan O’Brien was forced off the Tonight Show by Jay Leno, but already the late-night drama is being immortalized in book form. New York Times television writer Bill Carter has a new book coming out about the battle from Viking Press called “The War for Late Night.”

Vanity Fair has an excerpt online. Worth reading the whole thing, but this is a juicy little bit:

Leno had hosted The Tonight Show for 17 years.

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