Much as he'd like to, Kevin Reilly can't quit NBC

Fox Entertainment president Kevin Reilly, who got dumped from NBC a month or so after signing a multiyear contract with the network so they could bring in visionary partier Ben Silverman, was asked a question this morning at TV Press Tour about NBC's putting Jay Leno on in primetime.

"NBC for me is like the crazy ex-wife I can't get away from," he cracked.

Then he answered the question. "I was surprised to see that," he said. "It was a smart, strategic move for them, [being] in a very troubled place."

Discussing NBC's chances for filling the rest of its schedule with Leno taking up five hours, Reilly noted, "The network has struggled establishing shows at 8 o'clock, even at their height. ... For the network that was the premiere network for scripted fare, that's a troubling development."