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The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien: Conan's Options

submitted by Kevlar

1 decade 4 years 10 months 1 week ago

Via popeater on 1/11/2010:

"Conan O'Brien's 2010 is starting off like a kick to the crotch. The brilliant and good-natured comedian who last year moved everything -- his family, his staff -- to Los Angeles to take over Jay Leno's reign of the 'Tonight Show' is now sitting in late-night limbo, and it's all because of the man who it seemed was handing over the keys to a long, successful gig. But instead of passing the torch, Leno buried a grenade in the NBC infrastructure, and now everyone else except Jay is taking shrapnel for it.

"When word came that Leno was backing away from 'Tonight,' it seemed as though it would be a clean transition for Conan to finally get his starring vehicle that didn't demand people staying up past midnight. He'd be NBC's man, going head-to-head with David Letterman each night, just like Jay had done for decades. Then, randomly and ultimately irresponsibly (hey, he threw the entire network schedule into disarray), Leno decided retirement wasn't what he wanted, and barged into NBC's 10 p.m. time slot, screwing over Conan, prime-time television shows and local NBC affiliates. Many celebrities had loyalties and relationships with Leno, turning the landscape into a tense duel over potential guests. Also, by bouncing earlier to 10 p.m., Leno got the jump on the day's joke fodder in his monologue, leaving Conan to play clean-up later in the night."