It really kills me to see what's playing out in the news these days. Unless any of our readers are over 70, I think it's common belief that Conan is actually funny and Jay is old and tired*. BUT! NBC continues to believe that Jay has a chance? I'm happy that they finally are cancelling his 10pm show because it was painful. The fact that NBC is still willing to give Jay whatever he wants in the form of an 11:30 show is still nauseating. I love this argument - "Jay just wants to tell jokes!". Too bad they aren't funny!I hope that Conan decides to leave NBC instead of taking their compromise of moving his show back to midnight. I understand Conan wanting to host The Tonight Show, but would his show at midnight even carry that title? At this point is it even worth it? Also, the People article is weird too with the whole "Conan's motivation will become clear". What?? Are they not reading the NY Post?
It's "funny" that Late Night shows have such a dark side, and why is Jay Leno always involved in these hosting controversies? Leno being picked over Letterman to host The Tonight Show almost seems tame compared to Leno vs. O'Brien. I never thought Jay was "a nice guy"(TM) , but seriously how much power/whining is 1 unfunny man capable of? Is his ego as big as his chin?
*I think David Letterman is actually the best late night host, but obviously Conan is the best on NBC/for the future.
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The biggest issue was that Jay was still number 1 in the ratings when they took him off the tonight show, so he still has a lot of capital at NBC. Conan was going to leave if not offered the tonight show (6 years ago) but you can read that in the newspapers.
A midnight to 1am Conan will be able to pull a lot more of the risqué bits and jokes that he could do on Late Night, and I'll be able to catch the monologue of Letterman while not watching Jay.
That is, if I have any time at all to watch this post Olympic transformation of NBC.
Have you seen the new Fall shows? The Marriage Ref, presented by Jerry Seinfeld? What is this?
6 years ago Jay said he was officially going to retire in 2009 and NBC decided to make Conan his replacement. 2009 comes and Jay's all like "but I don't want to retire!" and BAM he gets a 10pm show because we'll never be free of him EVER. (also because he looked at leaveing NBC, but NBC didn't want to risk Conan vs. Jay vs. Letterman).
I understand Jay was #1, but don't you think that this whole 10pm FAIL and then a move back will hurt him? I think his reputation as the nice, unassuming one is gone because of all the backstabbing and setting the stage for a comeback with comments like "I would take the 11:30 slot back if it was offered to me".
I also think the audience for Jay has moved on and is not there anymore. Or at least I hope.
As for Jerry Seinfeld...he's a big Jay Leno fan and his new show makes me gag.
NBC is still on the air?
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