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A "reporter" (late-night talk-show host Jay Leno in disguise, center) grills NBC Co-Chairmen Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff about Leno's future. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC)

Conan O'Brien will take over the ''Tonight'' Show next June -- and what happens to deposed host Jay Leno after that is anybody's guess.

Leno's last show will be Friday, May 29, and O'Brien will start the following Monday, June 1, NBC executives said today.

The announcement, though, came through a bit of a gag by Leno himself ...

Fox’s long-rumored ‘‘Prison Break’’ spinoff might be less like ‘‘Private Practice’’ and more like ‘‘CSI: Miami.’’

Executive producer Matt Olmstead and co-executive producer Zack Estrin said Monday that they’ve ditched their previous plan to introduce a female character in the regular series and then spin her off into a separate show set in a women’s prison. Instead, they’re planning an entirely new series under the ‘‘Prison Break’’ brand.

HBO has renewed the half-hour drama ‘‘In Treatment’’ for a second season and is moving production on the show from Los Angeles to New York.

The second season of ‘‘In Treatment,’’ based on the Israeli series of the same name, will feature a brand new roster of patients to Dr. Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne). Byrne and Dianne Wiest, who plays Paul’s own therapist, Dr. Gina Toll, are returning.

Clay and Fantasia and Kelly and the Davids — they get the spotlight on "American Idol." But there are unsung heroes behind every singer: the musicians. And the ones on "Idol" are a bit miffed.

Their union is, anyway. The American Federation of Musicians has filed a federal lawsuit against the producers of "Idol," claiming musicians were underpaid because the show’s live music was re-recorded for reruns.

The USA Rock Paper Scissors League is proving to have staying power in the media industry.

The championship tournament of the league devoted to the playground game is heading to Fox Sports Network as an hourlong "Best Damn Sports Show Period" special Oct. 6.

Last year's big RPS tourney: "The greatest duel in sports!".

The makers of ‘‘Gossip Girl’’ are planning a spinoff series set at a girls boarding school.

Producers are hoping to expand the popular CW show by either giving co-star Taylor Momsen her own series or by introducing a new character in the fall who is later spun off.

Actor Patrick Swazye watches the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs play on May 23 in Los Angeles. (Mark J. Terrill/AP)

Patrick Swayze is not only faring well with his cancer treatment, he's been cleared to go back to work. Which means he'll be back in Chicago soon to film his debut season of the A&E FBI drama, "The Beast."