NEW YORK -- Jay Leno is plugging away in prime time, but he still says he would have rather stayed put at "The Tonight Show" — and he'd take that late-night job again, if NBC offered it to him.
In an interview with Broadcasting & Cable magazine, Leno hastily added that such a decision isn't his to make. Conan O'Brien, his successor as "Tonight" host after 17 years, is "doing fine," Leno said.
"The Jay Leno Show" began on NBC in September, airing at 10 p.m. Eastern Monday through Friday, where it has displaced prime-time scripted dramas. For that, and for his less-than-stellar ratings thus far, Leno has taken heat within the TV industry as well as from critics.
But getting beat up is just part of the game, said Leno, who insists he enjoys his role "being the underdog."
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