Yeah but it's kind of fascinating too, right? I mean I feel for the whole crew that Conan brought with him to LA. He moved all of his people cross-country and just as they are getting settled they find out they're all out of work, presumably. At least until Conan gets a new show and supposing it's in LA/Burbank as well. But this is the most interesting late night has been since I don't know when.
I don't think so. This is making Jay look really bad. I think he cares too much about his reputation for that.
The majority of Leno's aged audience has only rabbit ears, not a cable or dish connection, and think TIVO is a Latin American Timbale player.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/opinion/13dowd.html Maureen Dowd, who specializes in calling losers losers, agrees with me on something. Wait for it. Once a Maureen, always a Maureen. To perfect his legacy he'd better get cracking on destroying sports, news, daytime, MSNBC, CNBC.... And now for where she agrees with me. It's my assessment that this is the worst TV error in at least 10 years! Then I must be right. Oh Maureen, from my very loins I yearn for you to cast your magical composition upon Oprah. You go, girl! Sic her!
^ Except that Conan is good enough and can connect with an audience... he just needs time and a proper lead-in. I think he has the mass appeal.
NBC has steadily declined from being the top network to the worst. At one point, they dominated the ratings with shows like Seinfeld, Friends, Frazier, ER and so on. They killed My Name is Earl, and two of their decent shows (Scrubs, Ugly Betty) have moved to ABC. Meanwhile, Fox literally came from nowhere (a new network) to be the best, IMO. They are currently airing shows like House and 24. While the established networks were trying to shave costs by airing reality programming, Fox kicked their asses with American Idol, too. I preferred Letterman to Leno at the time Carson retired, and never really watched Leno (or Letterman) after that fiasco. I'd have been pretty happy with Dennis Miller or Chevy Chase over either one. I do like Conan's show quite a bit. If Conan moves to Fox, it'd be a 3-man competition for late night viewers and Conan and Fox might win. For certain, NBC will lose.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/119821/the-simpsons-anniversary-special-in-3-d-on-ice skip to 33:00 and watch until that commercial break (it's right before the 5th dot)
What's even worse is that some of the best shows NBC/Universal has developed--Monk, Burn Notice, In Plain Sight, etc.--have been left on USA instead of moving to NBC.
If Conan goes to Fox I will to, Not a Leno fan and I cant believe the way this is all going down. Leno wanted to retire so Conan took over, Leno changed his mind so they gave him his own show at 10pm.. Conan never had a fair chance, all the people who liked Leno didn't even have to give Conan a chance because Leno was still on the air at a earlier time slot...maybe the reason Conans ratings arnt as high as they could be...... ugh.
One other thing - I don't see how Leno ever goes back to the Tonight Show and not have it look stale, dated, 'been there, done that.' And I think the 3 million people who watch Conan now are not going to very easily just switch again and watch the guy who stole Conan's job.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertai...brien_could_be_off_the_air_next_week_as_.html Conan O'Brien could be off the air next week, Jay Leno may take 'Tonight Show' reins: reports Jay Leno is on track to retake the helm of the "Tonight Show" - and Conan O'Brien could be gone by next week, according to two new reports. The moves would solve NBC's late-night woes, restoring Leno to 11:35 p.m. in his old hour-long slot. At the same time, other sources, noted that the network can't announce any moves until its legal wrangling with the disgruntled O'Brien is solved. Just as TMZ.com was reporting Thursday that Leno's back, People.com posted a story quoting an O'Brien source who insisted "Conan does not currently plan on doing any more new shows after next week." At the same time, other sources, noted that the network can't announce any moves until its legal wrangling with the disgruntled O'Brien is solved. Just as TMZ.com was reporting Thursday that Leno's back, People.com posted a story quoting an O'Brien source who insisted "Conan does not currently plan on doing any more new shows after next week."
