Fight for comedic control
The NBC late night battle between Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien is heating up. O’Brien made his stand earlier this week in an open letter to the People of Earth saying that he believes the Tonight Show simply would not be the Tonight Show if it aired at 12:05 (eastern time) and followed Jay Leno’s show at 10:30. He said, “After only seven months, with my Tonight Show in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to their terrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in their long-established late night schedule.”
Now, Jay Leno may also be threatening to leave his NBC home and counters O’Brien’s argument by saying his show was only given four months to establish itself in a primetime slot.
Now the two comedians seem to be switching their anger from NBC and taking jabs at each other. Other late night hosts like Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon are also commenting on and having fun with the NBC drama. Popeater reports that David Letterman wants Conan O’Brien as a guest on his show.
So, by now you’ve probably already picked a side. It’s just time to vote in our poll and claim it. Are you ready?
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i happen to think that nbc is right. (not a selection for the poll) they have the right to change their product, so that it might appeal to more people. i find it difficult to feel sorry for people in the entertainment business that make more in an hour, than most people make in a year, decade or lifetime. conan stands to get $54 million to walk away. i say, quit whinning and take your money to the bank.
Conan, was not the ONE for the tonight show. His shows have always been about conan, as Jack and Johnny started out the show was and should be about the guest, Conan seems to want to call too much attention to/about himself. Jay carried on the tradition of Jack and Johnny. If conan wants a variety show about himself, let me go get one. I never did like Conan and still don’t
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