On January 7, 2010, multiple media outlets reported that effective March 1, 2010, "The Jay Leno Show" would move from the 10 pm (Eastern/Pacific Time) weeknight time slot to 11:35 pm and O'Brien's "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" would move from 11:35 pm to 12:05 am. On January 12, 2010, O'Brien publicly announced in an open letter that he intended to leave NBC if they moved "The Tonight Show" to 12:05 am ET/PT to accommodate moving "The Jay Leno Show" to 11:35 pm Eastern/10:35 pm Central, due to poor ratings. After several days of negotiations, O'Brien reached a settlement with NBC that allowed him to leave NBC and "The Tonight Show" on January 22, 2010.