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Jay Leno and the "Tonight" show averaged 3.55 million viewers, the Nielsen ratings company said. NBC is getting ready to take Leno off "Tonight" for a second time, with his exit scheduled for Feb. 6. Fallon, who's moving the show back to New York, starts after the Winter Olympics on Feb. 24. Kimmel's show on ABC has averaged 2.42 million viewers since it began competing directly with Letterman and Leno in January. Letterman moved to the top of the ratings when Leno was briefly replaced by Conan O'Brien. But Leno took over again when he returned to late night. Letterman has remained healthy following quintuple bypass surgery that temporarily took him off the air 13 years ago.
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