NBC finalizes its late shift

July 21, 2008 NBC co-chairman Marc Graboff announced the dates during NBC's executive session at the Television Critics Assn.'s winter press tour in response to a question by Leno himself, who showed up disguised as a critic, echoing Jimmy Kimmel's similar stunt last week during ABC's session. What do you make of that? Leno also asked, alluding to some speculation that NBC might bring him back on Tonight and prompting the following response by NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman, Well, everyone's entitled to change their mind, but I would imagine that puts management in an impossible situation. With the succession timeline erasing any doubts about NBC's intention to go forward with replacing the top-rated Leno with the younger-skewing O'Brien, Graboff and Silverman said they had no regrets about the decision.

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