At NBC, Conan O’Brien Is Building a Home in Late Night’s Shifting Sand - NYTimes.com

At NBC, Conan O’Brien Is Building a Home in Late Night’s Shifting Sand - NYTimes.com: "That will be his last night on NBC’s 12:35 a.m. series, “Late Night” — show No. 2,725 in his 16-year run — before he decamps for Los Angeles to prepare to replace Jay Leno as host of NBC’s “Tonight Show.” As part of an unusual deal Mr. O’Brien has waited patiently for five years after the network announced that he would become Mr. Leno’s successor in the premier real estate in late-night television."