In New York, [Jay Leno] and [Arsenio Hall] will air opposite each other from 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. - Leno on WNBC / Ch. 4 and Hall on WWOR / Ch. 9 - as [Johnny Carson] and Hall now do.

Leno was traveling yesterday, said his publicist, Hayley Sumner, and Leno executive producer Helen Gorman Kushnik was on vacation. "I doubt Jay would answer something like this - it's not Jay's thing," said Sumner. Sumner sent a fax that showed Leno beats Hall in the ratings, implying Hall was trying to climb to Nielsen late-night heaven on Leno's shoulders.