Conan may be replaced by Leno

[Gradstudent78]

Originally Posted by sonick

I thought I had read that there was no stipulation for the TIME of airing, so long as it's still branded as The Tonight Show?

This is what I heard as well.

 

[chrome_dout]

Originally Posted by sonick

I thought I had read that there was no stipulation for the TIME of airing, so long as it's still branded as The Tonight Show?

That's what I read too. I seriously can't believe ABC would keep Kimmel and pass on Conan. That seems like a no brainer to me.

 

[chrome_dout]

Double post...damn you SF lag.

 

[somatoform]

Originally Posted by chrome_dout

That's what I read too. I seriously can't believe ABC would keep Kimmel and pass on Conan. That seems like a no brainer to me.


Maybe, unlike NBC, they actually have scruples and would prefer to work with and improve the person they have contracted for a job, rather than dumping him.

 

[somatoform]

Originally Posted by Dakota rube

Leno doesn't need the money.
He might walk just to spite NBC.

Originally Posted by tagutcow

It would be the gracious thing to do.

Owning 5000 cars costs money.

He'd be better off becoming a mechanic, re-selling Doritos, standing behind his wife's great literary pieces, or joining the cast of Jersey Shore.

 

[hboogz]

Originally Posted by somatoform

Maybe, unlike NBC, they actually have scruples and would prefer to work with and improve the person they have contracted for a job, rather than dumping him.

Ouch..

Sure, i can deal with Leno, but keeping Leno around and, effectively, preferring Leno over Conan by moving his slot to 11:30 is a slap to Conan.

Will the tonight show brand recover a year from now with leno reclaiming the 11:30 spot ? Probably. The management of the whole issue has been amateur at best. Conan signed a contract 6 years ago to take over the tonight show time slot, why the **** would NBC want to lead into the new tonight show with the previous tonight show host ? Residual viewer ratings ? That made no sense and was a recipe for disaster from the jump.

Plain terrible and for the record, i hope conan goes to HBO. I'm sure his humor has been bottled up for years and would be even better on a late-night cable version.

 

[DocHolliday]

I've always had a little sympathy for Jay, considering how much he's been jerked around, but this strikes me as inexcusable. You'd think he'd have some empathy for Conan.

 

[A Y]

This link:

http://tv.gawker.com/5445941/conan-o...n-and-ferguson

is a good summary of the commentary that the other late night hosts have made about the situation including video excerpts. Conan comments pretty bluntly about his situation, Dave is pretty harsh to Leno and Carson Daly, and even Craig Ferguson weighs in.

--Andre

 

[SField]

Conan's bits and skits are absolutely god awful, but I find him hysterical in interviews. In fact I wish that format of shows would be like 90% interview as opposed to like 40% that it is now.

 

[Lovely World]

When this happens, I sure hope Conan gets picked up by another network and put on a show on the same slot and beat Leno's ass.

 

[FLMountainMan]

Originally Posted by somatoform

Owning 5000 cars costs money.

He'd be better off becoming a mechanic, re-selling Doritos, standing behind his wife's great literary pieces, or joining the cast of Jersey Shore.

Or resuming his movie career. Collision Course was one of the finest movies of its time.

 

[tricota]

Originally Posted by Dakota rube

Leno doesn't need the money.
He might walk just to spite NBC.

In November he said in an interview that he would host the show at 11.35 again, if he was asked...

So I see no reason for him to walk. He gets his old job back and probably a hefty payraise...

 

[Millerp]

Originally Posted by Lovely World

When this happens, I sure hope Conan gets picked up by another network and put on a show on the same slot and beat Leno's ass.
Well, we can hope but the fact still remains that the Tonight Show lost over 2 million viewers when Conan replaced Jay Leno.

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[whacked]

Originally Posted by A Y

This link:

http://tv.gawker.com/5445941/conan-o...n-and-ferguson

is a good summary of the commentary that the other late night hosts have made about the situation including video excerpts. Conan comments pretty bluntly about his situation, Dave is pretty harsh to Leno and Carson Daly, and even Craig Ferguson weighs in.

--Andre

Craig Ferguson's opening monologue last night with his crocodile puppet is amazing. It's not in the link though, last I looked.

 

[thekunk07]

kimmel is really no less/more popular than conan with the populace at large.