If NBC could be doing a worse job in handling the gamble that they made in their prime time and late night line up, I don't know how. As it stands, the once proud NBC is taking their franchise The Tonight Show, give it back to Jay Leno, rewarding his failure with his old job and the title The Tonight Show, is a very disrespectful move to Conan and he has guilt as a result of that decision. Conan's statement was well thought out and stated what many Americans were feeling as they witnessed this fiasco.
"Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move the Tonight Show to 12:05 to accommodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60 years, the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late local news. I sincerely
Conan and his staff have moved themselves and their families to California and have their chances to establish themselves impacted by putting a the marginal talent, Jay Leno, into prime time, a place in had no business being it. NYT columnist David Carr put it very well, saying that the not-so-reinvented, not-so-funny "Jay Leno Show" had the ratings of a night light, setting off a revolt from affiliates that, according to Ad Age, had a terrible year... And it didn't help that Mr. O'Brien was pummeled on Mr. Leno's old perch. The fiasco suggest that networks mess with the inertia of viewing habits at their extreme peril.
I have always liked Conan better than Jay, he is smarter, funnier and hipper that Jay! Conan and his staff will find their way with another network and go possibly even go head to head with Jay and then the ratings will show who the better host show is across the nation. It seems as the on going popularity contest explodes into the internet and Coco's fan base seems to support him by about 50 to 1 in twitter posts (of which I have made two posts on Twitter proclaiming my support!).
Conan's Na'vi Assistant
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien | MySpace Video
This skit is one of the reasons why Conan rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
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