>>>He’s Not Canceled During Monologue..moves to 11:30
If you think it through, this game is called “Screw Conan o’Brian”.
Conan has a play or pay contract to host THE TONIGHT SHOW, I think for over $40 million. If he doesn’t have the Tonight Show NBC is on the hook for big money. If they give Leno back the Tonight Show they breach the contract and Conan walks away with a ton of cash.
Giving Leno the 11:30 slot IS giving him back the Tonight Show but letting Conan keep the Tonight Show title at the less valuable later timeslot. Hence no breach of contract. If Conan doesn’t like it he is stuck without recourse other then just walking away with nothing.
They put more imagination into this trick then the rest of the entire NBC schedule combined.