01-07-2010, 05:42 PM | #1 |
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Leno Moving Back to 11:30
http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/07/jay-le...-tonight-show/
Jay Leno is going back to his 11:30 PM time slot, and it's looking like Conan O'Brien is the odd man out ... sources tell TMZ. We've learned Jay's 10:00 PM show will go on hiatus February 1. After the Olympics, Jay will take back his 11:30 PM time slot. What has not been decided -- whether Jay's show will be a half hour, followed by Conan, or whether Jay's show will be an hour and NBC says sayonara to Mr. O'Brien. We're told Jay and Conan have both been told of the changes. As for Jay, interestingly, he'll get what he always wanted -- his 11:30 PM time slot. ------------------------- Holy shit this better not be true. Leno is maybe the worst on screen personality on TV right now. If they get rid of Conan I will "flip a bitch" |
01-07-2010, 05:47 PM | #2 |
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Conan has to go to FOX or something if he gets the boot.
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01-07-2010, 06:00 PM | #3 |
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LOL. there's seriously team Conan and team Leno?
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01-07-2010, 06:19 PM | #4 | |
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01-07-2010, 07:01 PM | #5 |
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Fuck Leno. He's an unfunny shit, and has always been an unfunny shit.
And if NBC does get rid of Conan, than fuck them too. |
01-07-2010, 07:11 PM | #6 |
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I doubt it's performing exactly as they expected. Somebody on NPR said that affiliates are considering not airing Leno and just putting on syndicated shows in that time slot and that would be a better lead for the local news.
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01-07-2010, 07:19 PM | #7 |
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wtf
Would be real fucked for Conan and Fallon. Conan has been awful anyway though. Tried watching a few eps for the first month or so but it was kinda terrible. |
01-07-2010, 07:55 PM | #8 |
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NBC could have had 5 good shows on that 10 o'clock timeslot everyday. Doing that was stupid in the first place.
But, how good of a job has Fallon done filling O'Brien's shoes? |
01-07-2010, 07:58 PM | #9 |
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I think Fallon's been pretty solid
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01-07-2010, 08:15 PM | #10 |
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01-07-2010, 11:10 PM | #11 |
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So apparently the plan now is...
Have Leno on from 11:30 - 12:00 Conan from 12 - 1 Fallon from 1- 2 That is goddamn retarded. |
01-07-2010, 11:41 PM | #12 |
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Leno is terrible
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01-09-2010, 02:00 PM | #13 |
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Also I feel like a big charm of Conan's was that it was so low budget and so late at night. Putting him on the tonight show kind of took away from that.
But I still luv conan |
01-10-2010, 06:08 PM | #14 |
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They should just go back to the way it was, with Leno at 10:35CST and Conan on right after that.
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01-10-2010, 06:09 PM | #15 |
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Actually they should just get rid of Leno altogether.
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01-11-2010, 05:23 PM | #16 |
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I didn't know The Jay Leno Show was doing as terribly as it was. I don't think timeslot really effects that. The dude is way past it (if he ever had it). Conan isn't performing well with the older viewers, but he apparently dominates the 18-49 demographic, which advertisers love.
Buzzkill is right in saying that a lot of Conan's charm came from the cheaper show, but NBC should really stand behind Conan a bit here. I mean, eventually Letterman will die or something, and then it will be all Conan. |
01-12-2010, 12:45 AM | #17 | |
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Also, Conan wouldn't be an issue at all of the 18-34 demographic was still strong. |
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01-12-2010, 03:30 PM | #18 |
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Just saw breaking news and a statement from Conan. He said he won't do midnight and he's leaving NBC I believe.
I don't blame him. His statement was hilarious too. At the end he apologized for his hair |
01-12-2010, 04:06 PM | #19 |
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01-12-2010, 04:08 PM | #20 | |
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Here's the supposed statement.
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01-12-2010, 04:56 PM | #21 |
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Great statement, who can blame him?
Shouldn't Leno be the odd man out here? He's the awful one |
01-12-2010, 05:06 PM | #22 |
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NBC is still operating under the assumption that Leno is their moneymaker. All they need is to have one interview show at to put it back at 11:30. Apparently they need another six months of being in last place to figure this out.
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01-12-2010, 05:14 PM | #23 |
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I have a feeling Jay Leno is gonna come out of this looking like a huge douche.
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01-12-2010, 05:48 PM | #24 |
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Crazy.
Really glad Conan stood up to this though. |
01-12-2010, 05:50 PM | #25 |
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Feel so bad for Conan in this. How long has he wanted the Tonight Show only to basically be told "fuck you" after less than a year. Fuck NBC.
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01-12-2010, 06:06 PM | #26 |
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This is so ridiculous. I couldn't be more happy at the replies in this thread.
You can't just make a conclusion about a show so soon in its development. And I am also glad he does not want to push back Fallon. He respects his show as well as Fallons, which I agree to. Fuck Leno. As my sister would say... Le-NO THANKS. |
01-12-2010, 06:16 PM | #27 |
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Honestly, this is the fucking Late Shift all over again.
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01-12-2010, 08:56 PM | #28 |
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lol |
01-12-2010, 09:02 PM | #29 |
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I'm surprised Letterman didn't put himself in that open...
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01-12-2010, 10:52 PM | #30 | |
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NBC fucks good things over. They have fumble so many of their sitcoms, their dramas, and they've really earned the fall from grace they have received. I can understand they want to beat Letterman, but if they lose Conan in the process? They're going to lose their best talk show personality to another network, which will just strengthen the forces against NBC. What network is Letterman on? CBS? With Conan chasing some of Leno's audience back to Letterman (predominantly "old people,") a lot of them might not go back to Leno out of a new habit. Fallon has got no chance against Conan. When it comes to the zany, often senseless college humour, nobody in late night does it better than Coco. If Letterman can beat Leno, and Conan can beat Fallon, what does NBC have? Besides, Conan is an acquired taste. NBC should know this through their experiences with Late Night. Not only did Conan have to get used to working on a talk show, but talk show audiences and viewers had to get used to the style and overall less-processed honesty Conan brought to the interviewer's chair. This awkwardness eventually grew into charm, but obviously a shift to a much wider audience would cause need for a re-introductory process. |
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01-12-2010, 11:01 PM | #31 |
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A lot of people have been saying that ratings have fallen off because the wider audience is still adjusting to Conan's humor. I don't buy that. Ratings are falling off because people don't want to watch Leno at 10. In that slot he's a ratings killer. People switch to a different network, watch a different local news, and NBC have probably lost a good amount of people who just stayed over on Letterman and never even gave Conan a shot all because they wanted to see a regular show at ten. If Leno were so popular with his audience, you would think he would have retained them in the 10 spot.
It doesn't really matter if it's Jay or Conan on NBC doing late night. They just need a primetime show at primetime and they will get their audience back. |
01-12-2010, 11:19 PM | #32 |
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What were Conan's ratings like before Jay Leno started his show?
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01-12-2010, 11:30 PM | #33 |
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NBC is going to be surprised when Leno's 11:30 ratings suck just as bad AND Conan moves to fox and beats the snot out of Leno head to head (eventually). CBS wont be interested (I dont think) because they've got a perfectly good 2nd host in Ferguson and I dont see Letterman going anywhere in the near future.
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01-12-2010, 11:43 PM | #34 |
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LOL @ Conan tonight with Howie Mandel lol
Conan is freaking tall. |
01-12-2010, 11:46 PM | #35 |
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Conan is laying into NBC pretty hard.
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01-12-2010, 11:52 PM | #36 |
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crap, I missed it.
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01-13-2010, 12:22 AM | #37 | |
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01-13-2010, 02:40 AM | #38 |
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One solution I heard is that NBC could pay Conan to sit out for a bit, and not go to work for another network. Then, when Leno retires, Conan would take over The Tonight Show then. That doesn't sound right to me, because if that were the case, then all NBC would be doing is making Jay Leno comfortable. It's not that they don't like Conan; it's just that Leno still wants to work, so NBC has to make room for him. From his comments, you've gotten the sense that Leno really didn't want to retire, and he was sort of forced out by Conan. The guy knows how to play the game, that's for sure.
Conan vs. Leno would certainly be interesting. I think Leno would win, simply because he is more of the "establishment" at this point in time, but I think WWKD hit the nail on the head. Conan will only make himself more and more comfortable, and Fallon wouldn't stand a chance. Nor would anyone else NBC put up against Conan, I don't think. |
01-13-2010, 02:48 AM | #39 |
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It'll be interesting to see how Conan's ratings go with all this noise surrounding him, Leno and NBC. There is no doubt that Conan was struggling in the ratings (as was Leno). Maybe this is (partially) a move to generate interest and tension around NBC, to get people to start watching. It wouldn't be the first time Conan has been involved in something like that (the "tension" with Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart that became more and more apparent was a joke), and NBC pretty much commissioned a show that poked fun of NBC's politics (30 Rock).
Regardless, I think it is better Conan makes a stink about this than not, because it gets his name out there more. |
01-13-2010, 03:51 AM | #40 |
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I think I heard on my local news today that Conan is quitting.
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