Beantown station WHDH had announced plans to air an hourlong newscast at 10 p.m. instead of Leno’s show, but has taken down an announcement about the newscast from its Web site, according to Variety.

“Upon further consideration, we have decided to telecast Jay Leno at 10 p.m. starting in September,” WHDH owner Ed Ansin said. “Jay is from Andover where I went to school. I enjoy his humor. We hope the new show is a big success.”

Anyone else hear a sucking sound? Wonder if NBC’s threat to pull the station’s affiliation and give it to a Telemundo station it owns in New Hampshire or another local station, WBPX, had anything to do with Ansin’s sudden attitude adjustment?

Apparently NBC was so serious about dropping WHDH, an NBC employee registered the Web domains NBC60.com and NBC68.com just after the station announced its intentions.

Whatever the outcome was, Leno was ready to do his part, saying “I’m sure it will work out. It’s show-business stuff. If I have to speak Spanish and do it for Telemundo, well then.”

Read Variety’s complete coverage of the story here.

Tuesday, April 14
Natasha Bedingfield – “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
Bow Wow, Chris Franjola, Sarah Colonna – “Chelsea Lately”
Dennis DeYoung – “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Late Show with David Letterman”
Jamie Foxx, The Airborne Toxic Event – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
Akon – “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”
Brett Dennen – “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”
Adele – “Last Call with Carson Daly”

Wednesday, April 15
Zac Efron, Demi Lovato – “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
Whitney Cummings, Brody Stevens – “Chelsea Lately”
Gene Simmons – “The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos” – rerun
Neko Case – “Late Show with David Letterman”
Don Rickles, Chris Botti with John Mayer – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
Ice-T, Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”
Dana Gould – “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Matt Baetz – “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”
The Duke Spirit – “Last Call with Carson Daly”

Thursday, April 16
Kristin Chenoweth – “The View”
Ludacris and Jesse McCartney – “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
Smashing Pumpkins – “The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos” – rerun
Billy Ray Cyrus – “The Bonnie Hunt Show”
Rascal Flatts – “Late Show with David Letterman”
Bob Saget, Jonny Lang – “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”
Solange – “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”
Zac Efron, Pete Yorn – “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Lykke Li – “Last Call with Carson Daly”

Friday, April 17
The Pussycat Dolls – “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
Donnell Rawlings, John Caparulo, Jen Kirkman – “Chelsea Lately” – rerun
John Legend – “The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos” – rerun
Plain White T’s – “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”
Franz Ferdinand – “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Martina McBride – “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”
Ben Harper & Relentless 7 – “Last Call with Carson Daly”

Saturday, April 18
Van Morrison – “Austin City Limits” – rerun