For the record, I have always been a fan of Conan O'Brien, going back many years during his time on Late Night. Dude is funny, and "If They Mated" was one of the great comedy bits of all time. (Why did he not bring that to the Tonight Show? Was it someone else's intellectual property?)
I thought it was awesome when he took over the Tonight Show. Jay Leno was fine, but not edgy enough, and often boring. Oh, he had some funny stuff, including "Headlines" and "Jaywalking" but Conan is funnier, and superior at sketches, improvisation, and interviews. People will get used to him, right.
So I think this whole NBC deal about giving Leno back the Tonight Show slot is crap. Leno agreed to leave years ago, then decided against it, so NBC created an earlier show for him, and that hasn't worked. Now NBC is basically canceling his show - so how is it they have to find him another place?
Look Jay, thanks for your years of service, but when a show gets canceled you don't automatically get another show, much less your old show back. It's time for you and NBC to bite the bullet and let Conan keep the Tonight Show at its regular time, if for no other reason than common decency. Conan's staff uprooted their lives and moved from New York to California to do this......for god's sake Leno, find another show yourself! Be stand up about it and fall on your sword!
As I write this, it doesn't look like that's going to happen, so here's the best alternative for Conan: Forget the Fox Network (too conservative, and not really a network per se) and go to Comedy Central to take the slot immediately following Daily Show and Colbert Report. I might never watch anything else for those two hours. Yeah, it'll be a much smaller audience, but a devoted one, and Conan go back to doing some things he did on Late Night that he's reluctant to do now.
It's a win/win. For me at least.
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