Leno misses old gig

Jay Leno says he would have rather stayed put at “The Tonight Show’’ - and if NBC offered him that job again, he’d take it. In an interview with Broadcasting & Cable magazine published online yesterday, Leno hastily added that such a decision isn’t his to make. Conan O’Brien, his successor as “Tonight’’ host, is “doing fine,’’ Leno said. “The Jay Leno Show’’ began on NBC in September, airing weeknights at 10, where it has displaced several 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. (AP)