NBC hopes Olympics help its image

11:14 AM PST 1/26/2010 by Associated Press, AP

Jay Leno/Conan O'Brien battle overshadowing Games

NEW YORK -- NBC's Conan O'Brien/Jay Leno fiasco has been a monumental disaster for the network, both for its public image and bottom line, as it prepares to pay an embittered O'Brien and his staff an estimated $45 million to abandon "The Tonight Show."