The Late Night Debacle

[Eilonnwy]

How many of the Americans in this thread have been following the late night show controversy between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien?

For those unaware, about 5 years ago Conan signed a contract that he would inherit The Tonight Show and Jay would move to primetime. The move was made to keep Conan on the The Late Night Show, which airs after The Tonight Show. The time came and Jay moved to 10pm and his show bombed. Meanwhile Conan was neck and neck with David Letterman on CBS. So in a dick move NBC wanted to give Jay a half hour show after local news and bump everything back. Conan decided not to go along, wrote a public letter and in the end Conan is being fired with a huge severance package. Tonight is his last show and then he can't do any TV until September, but rumors are that he'll go to Fox.

Of course as a result the fans have been coming out with support for Conan, such as this facebook "I'm with Coco" group. I personally think Conan is the better comedian, and I think he stayed classy by insisting The Tonight Show not leave it's traditional time slot. Jay Leno was the failure and should go. I'm incredibly sad to see Conan leave after only 7 months. I won't watch The Tonight Show once Jay Leno takes over.

One small positive is that since Conan is leaving he's been insulting NBC relentlessly and last night when it was confirmed he'd be going they just went crazy on the show. Robin Williams came on and was swearing and giving middle fingers all over the place. Tonight's show is bound to be crazier, because what can they do, fire him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_NGcG5Hv8s