James Poniewozik has an odd article about the Jay Leno situation. It makes a big deal of coming to the conclusion that Jay doesn't intend to give up performing and might want to do another talk show for some other network if the opportunity arises.
Uh, yeah. The piece is called "Does Anybody Believe Jay Leno Is Just Fine With Leaving the Tonight Show?" Simple answer: No. No one who has ever been around the guy thinks Jay Leno wouldn't have liked to keep going and will refuse a good offer to do something else besides play Vegas and tinker with Duesenbergs. One of the mystifying things to me about the whole Conan/Jay mess is that some people thought (a) that Jay had vowed to clear out of the way and not do another TV show and to not take back The Tonight Show if it was offered, and (b) that Jay had any ethical/moral reason to not take any good offers that came his way.
I'll be interested to see Leno's interview on 60 Minutes on Sunday night. It can't be easy to be in his position where people would like to see him either attack NBC for taking him off the air or see him swear not to do another talk show…and he doesn't want to do either.