According to the New York Times, Conan O’Brien has lost The Tonight Show war. Or won, depending on how you look at it. NBC will announce later today that they have reached a $45 million  / 8 month back to work agreement with Coco.

Conan gave up some of his own severance to his staff. In the end, Conan’s will actually get $32 million. Conan’s staff will get the rest.

Conan’s manager issued a statement to the Wall Street Journal:

“Conan was appreciative of the steps NBC made to take care of his staff and crew, and decided to supplement the severance they were getting out of his own pocket. Now he just wants to get back on the air as quickly as possible.”

Coco’s final show will be this Friday. Wow..that was fast. They want homeboy outta there.

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