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The former "Tonight Show" host is the villain of the day, after NBC allowed Conan O'Brien to walk away from the show and give it back to Leno. After processing all of Leno's reasons for heading back to the television institution, one of his recent statements on "The Jay Leno Show" kept bugging me...

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Richter himself has joked about his hard-luck résumé; just last week, on 'The Tonight Show,' he spoke of his relief that Conan hired him back when took over the franchise last spring. "Oh, man, I thought my worries were over," Richter said. "I mean, come on, it's 'The Tonight Show.' What show business job is more bulletproof than that?"

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Conan scores a whopping preliminary 4.8 rating with adults 18-49 in his final turn as Tonight Show host.

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The outgoing "Tonight Show" host -- who has become the heroic, idealized "Coco" to dejected fans -- could not have seemed more optimistic and noble as he bid farewell on his final show. And he was just bitter enough. "We have one hour to steal every single item in this studio," O'Brien told his audience, who gave him several standing ovations.

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In the strongest indication yet that Friday indeed will mark Conan O'Brien's final "Tonight Show," a list of the booked guests for the rest of this week released Tuesday

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