Conan's settlement could be worth as much as $50 million
The $45 to $50 million settlement, which will include severance for all "Tonight Show" staffers, should be confirmed on Tuesday. (Though other reports put Conan's actual take at $40 million or $32.5 million.)
Conan jokes about NBC's "gag order"
"A lot of papers are reporting that I am now legally prohibited from saying anything negative about NBC. So goodnight ladies and gentlemen, it’s been a great show," he said at the top of Monday's monologue. "No, this is true—it’s been widely reported that I can’t say anything negative about the network. Luckily, they’re not saying I can’t sing anything negative about the network."
Conan weighing "Dancing with the Stars" invite
"The Tonight Show" is polling viewers on what Conan should do next, including a real invitation to compete on "Dancing with the Stars." PLUS: Conan puts himself on Craigslist.
Jennifer Lopez subs on "Lopez Tonight"
"Welcome to 'Lopez Tonight," she said, where nobody gets fired. They just get replaced by a bigger star with the same last name."
Neil Patrick Harris to "Glee"? With Joss Whedon?
If CBS approves, the "How I Met Your Mother" star would reunite with Whedon in a Joss-directed episode of "Glee" that will air during May sweeps. Harris would take part in a song-and-dance number that was written especially for him.
Leno spent a few minutes tonight explaining what had gone down the past 4 1/2 years. Leno said he originally went with the 2004 plan so everybody wouldn't have to "go through what we went through the last time." But earlier this month, they asked him to return to 11:30, and he agreed because he wanted to protect the jobs of his staffers. Leno also said they "told me you're still valuable…How valuable can I be? You fired me twice. "
According to TMZ, "Sources say Conan and NBC are 'close' on his 'Tonight Show' exit agreement — but one of the remaining sticking points is intellectual property. Conan's characters — like Triumph, the Pimpbot 5000 and the Masturbating Bear — are all legally the property of NBC (Triumph's rights are a little tricky and may be the property of Conan's longtime friend Robert Smigel). Conan wants to take them with him wherever he lands — and we're told NBC will ultimately give Conan the right to his characters, in return for conceding other points in the exit deal."
Lorne Michaels, who made Conan O'Brien a household name, is 
He was funny at times, but not always: Says James Poniewozik: "It may partly be that Gervais works better as a counterprogrammer than a programmer—the guy who presents on someone else's show, goes off on a could-you-believe-he-said-that tear, and makes you wish he'd get his own awards show. I suspect another problem is that Gervais' comedy is as much about his delivery as his jokes: his adopting a cluelessly self-centered persona, his spinning out a bawdy or awkwardly hilarious riff until you're gasping."
As Robert Bianco notes, "With its central mother/daughter focus, there is, as CW hopes you'll notice, a lot of 'Gilmore Girls' here, though perhaps not enough. What's missing, aside from 'Gilmore's' pop-culture-ransacking wit, is its generous multigenerational spirit. Everyone was given their say and due respect in Gilmore, from teenagers to grandparents. Life seems to draw its boundary line somewhere around 35: Anyone older than that is a lush, harridan, martinet or idiot."
