Who is with Coco (Conan O'Brien)?

[warpus]

Maybe Leno will be blacklisted by a sufficient number of celebrities with clout that this will turn out to be a huge catastrophe for him? This must be appear to be as heinous to people in the business as it is to all the smelly mouth-breathing proles such as ourselves.

He seems to have support, from people like Seinfeld, and.. heck, I forget, but it's there.

 

[emzie]

The crappy part of this is that Conan will probably be in breach of contract by refusing to move to 12:05 and thus won't be able to host a talkshow on another network for a year and a half (or whatever it is, it's something like that).

Apparently 3.

 

[bhsup]

It's not "Coco's" show, it is NBC's show. They can do what they want. If the contract is adhered to, meh. They both suck anyway, I don't really care either way. Should have given it to Letterman when they had the chance after Johnny left.

 

[Gilder]

So Conan isn't willing to screw over Fallon just because he is being screwed over.

Thanks to you and warpus, but I was mostly kidding. I know they won't bump Fallon off, even if it would make me extremely pleased.

 

[warpus]

It's not "Coco's" show, it is NBC's show. They can do what they want. If the contract is adhered to, meh. They both suck anyway, I don't really care either way. Should have given it to Letterman when they had the chance after Johnny left.

Not sure why they gave it to Leno over Letterman back then, and why they're screwing everyone over cause of Leno now.

Methinks Leno has something on an NBC executive, possibly a sex tape

 

[Cutlass]

The crappy part of this is that Conan will probably be in breach of contract by refusing to move to 12:05 and thus won't be able to host a talkshow on another network for a year and a half (or whatever it is, it's something like that).

Won't NBC be in breach of contract for taking away Conan's slot?

 

[MobBoss]

I dont watch any of them, but find the drama amusing.

 

[warpus]

Won't NBC be in breach of contract for taking away Conan's slot?

Apparently the contract does not specify a particular time slot, but from what I read Conan's lawyers are going to argue that it's implied

1. for historical reasons
2. because anything airing after midnight would be more appriopriately called the 'tomorrow' show

Then again IANAL and that's just what I read in a couple places

 

[warpus]

I used to never really watch late-night shows.. all this drama made me check some of them out.

My verdict? Ferguson's show is the funniest

 

[Shadylookin]

tv shows are about ratings, if you don't bring in the ratings you don't get to keep it. Conan didn't get the ratings so they took it away no real reason to turn it into a personal vendetta.

 

[warpus]

tv shows are about ratings, if you don't bring in the ratings you don't get to keep it. Conan didn't get the ratings so they took it away no real reason to turn it into a personal vendetta.

No man, they are shaking things up cause Leno's 10pm show wasn't getting the ratings..

 

[Joecoolyo]

I'm siding with CoCo here. Though I've never seen his show (The Daily Show is on at that time), I thought he was hilarious when he wrote for the Simpsons.

 

[Zack]

David Letterman is better than both.

And Shekwan, that video is awesome.

 

[Fëanor]

I hope that they both gtfo and someone actually funny gets the spot.

 

[West 36]

I love Conan. Or at least I did. Haven't seen much of his new show but haven't been to happy with it. But Fallon just straight out sucks, but even though I'd be happy to see him go, I know Conan wanted this job for a long time and I feel for him if they feel like just dumping him back again. Although this could lead to Conan going somewhere else, where maybe he'd get the chance to be funny again. One can dream.

 

[Shadylookin]

No man, they are shaking things up cause Leno's 10pm show wasn't getting the ratings..

neither was his

 

[Cutlass]

Source: Deal near for O'Brien to leave `Tonight'

Source: Deal near for O'Brien to leave `Tonight'

LOS ANGELES – NBC neared a deal Friday with "Tonight" host Conan O'Brien to leave the network, freeing Jay Leno to reclaim the late-night show he stewarded for 17 years, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.

Top NBC Universal executives and representatives for O'Brien on Friday were close to settling details of his departure, said the person, who lacked authority to discuss the issue and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Universal Studios president and COO Ron Meyer was among those involved in the talks, the person said.

The focus has been on how much O'Brien, who has time left on his NBC contract, would be paid for leaving and what limits NBC may put on his future employment at another network.

The progress in negotiations didn't stop O'Brien from once again hammering NBC in his "Tonight" monologue.

"In the press this week, NBC has been calling me every name in the book. In fact, they think I'm such an idiot they now want me to run the network," O'Brien said Friday.

Other late-night hosts, including David Letterman on CBS, have been using their shows to crack jokes about NBC's late-night mess and the players. On Friday, Leno fired back.

"Even Dave Letterman is taking shots at me, which surprised me. Usually he's just taking shots at the interns," Leno said, a reference to the CBS host's admission last year that he had affairs with women who worked on his show.

Letterman and Leno had vied for "Tonight" after longtime host Johnny Carson retired in 1992, and Leno won the hard-fought contest.

O'Brien landed "The Tonight Show" gig after successfully hosting "Late Night," which airs an hour later, since 1993. But after debuting last May, he quickly stumbled in the ratings race against Letterman.

Leno's prime-time weeknight show, which premiered last September, got its cancellation notice Sunday. Leno had reigned as ratings champ as host of "Tonight" but drew disappointing ratings with his experiment in prime time.

As a fix, NBC wanted to put Leno at 11:35 p.m. EST in a half-hour edition and push O'Brien's "Tonight Show" to 12:05 a.m. But O'Brien rejected the idea, saying he hadn't been given the necessary time or support to establish himself as host.

Fox executives have expressed their admiration for O'Brien but said they haven't taken steps to create a late-night show for him.

LOS ANGELES – NBC neared a deal Friday with "Tonight" host Conan O'Brien to leave the network, freeing Jay Leno to reclaim the late-night show he stewarded for 17 years, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.

Top NBC Universal executives and representatives for O'Brien on Friday were close to settling details of his departure, said the person, who lacked authority to discuss the issue and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Universal Studios president and COO Ron Meyer was among those involved in the talks, the person said.

The focus has been on how much O'Brien, who has time left on his NBC contract, would be paid for leaving and what limits NBC may put on his future employment at another network.

The progress in negotiations didn't stop O'Brien from once again hammering NBC in his "Tonight" monologue.

"In the press this week, NBC has been calling me every name in the book. In fact, they think I'm such an idiot they now want me to run the network," O'Brien said Friday.

Other late-night hosts, including David Letterman on CBS, have been using their shows to crack jokes about NBC's late-night mess and the players. On Friday, Leno fired back.

"Even Dave Letterman is taking shots at me, which surprised me. Usually he's just taking shots at the interns," Leno said, a reference to the CBS host's admission last year that he had affairs with women who worked on his show.

Letterman and Leno had vied for "Tonight" after longtime host Johnny Carson retired in 1992, and Leno won the hard-fought contest.

O'Brien landed "The Tonight Show" gig after successfully hosting "Late Night," which airs an hour later, since 1993. But after debuting last May, he quickly stumbled in the ratings race against Letterman.

Leno's prime-time weeknight show, which premiered last September, got its cancellation notice Sunday. Leno had reigned as ratings champ as host of "Tonight" but drew disappointing ratings with his experiment in prime time.

As a fix, NBC wanted to put Leno at 11:35 p.m. EST in a half-hour edition and push O'Brien's "Tonight Show" to 12:05 a.m. But O'Brien rejected the idea, saying he hadn't been given the necessary time or support to establish himself as host.

Fox executives have expressed their admiration for O'Brien but said they haven't taken steps to create a late-night show for him.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100116/ap_on_en_tv/us_tv_conan_leno

 

[JollyRoger]

The problem with Conan (and Letterman before him) is that they were perfect for their original NBC slots following the Tonight show, but had to dial down the humor too much to take the first late night time slot. Letterman was much better at NBC and Conan was much better in his old time slot. Leno is a jerk and should be ignored, but he will get an audience from those that like his lukewarm act.

 

[bhsup]

Is Steve Allen still alive?

 

[pau17]

I thought Conan was funny the first time or two that I saw his show, but when I realized that the bits I had found funny were in fact all he ever did recycled over and over again, it made me lose interest.

I like Ferguson and even Fallon much more than the two L's but I don't watch any of the shows in particular.