Topic: The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

[daigoro]

I was able to catch Conan's last week on Jack TV. He did cutback on some of the edgier segments that he used to air on Late Night. I find NBC's handling of the entire affair moronic and short sighted. Leno returning to the Tonight Show is a stopgrap solution. Conan could have hosted the show for years as the yuppies who grew up with him eventually aged but NBC panicked.

[Dan]

Together Again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcEx767TIas

[choy]

I was able to catch Conan's last week on Jack TV. He did cutback on some of the edgier segments that he used to air on Late Night. I find NBC's handling of the entire affair moronic and short sighted. Leno returning to the Tonight Show is a stopgrap solution. Conan could have hosted the show for years as the yuppies who grew up with him eventually aged but NBC panicked.

it was actually cheaper for NBC to let go of Conan than to let go of Leno, thats why it happened the way it happened

Leno had top notch lawyers and negotiators who drew up his contract