Leno Moves On, O'Brien Takes Place

This Friday, the final episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno will air. Taking Jay Leno's place is Conan O'Brien, host of Late Night with Conan O'Brien for the past 16 years. The first episode of O'Brien's new show will include guests Will Ferrell and Pearl Jam.


But despite Leno's "passing the torch", he is not retiring from TV talk shows. He will be airing The Jay Leno Show this fall, which will be airing before the new Tonight Show. This has brought on some controversy, however, because fans believe that Jay Leno is simply moving his time back, and O'Brien is still following him.