Comments on: Chin Up at NBC, Part V: Conan O’Brien and NBC Reach the Deal http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2010/01/21/chin-up-at-nbc-part-v-conan-obrien-and-nbc-reach-the-deal/ The Oklahoman's George Lang Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:24:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: jay Johnston http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2010/01/21/chin-up-at-nbc-part-v-conan-obrien-and-nbc-reach-the-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-15959 jay Johnston Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:04:01 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/?p=3635#comment-15959 Everybody forgets that Leno was number 1 in time slot of 11:35 for 10 years or so. You have to ask yourself “why did they move him in the first place”. Was he forced out by nice guy Conan or his contract. We don’t know yet who is the nice guy. They both want it bad. My bet is that if Conan had taken the 12:05 slot for a few years , soon the 11:35 slot would be his too. But he called their bluff and they said no. I think its on him. I also think he already knew what waited for him somewhere else and like letterman as much as they wanted the name “tonight show” they wanted the money more. I bet Letterman and Conan will both be making lots more money than Leno For a long time. I think the Name of the Tonight Show might be more important to Leno because of all the actions he has taken in the past for it. It will be fun to see what happens when everyone is on tv at same time. Have we all forgotten about Kimmel

]]> By: kev http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2010/01/21/chin-up-at-nbc-part-v-conan-obrien-and-nbc-reach-the-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-15916 kev Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:47:54 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/?p=3635#comment-15916 I’m not as sure as you are that Jay won’t rebound from this. Sure, there is a lot of bad will going around, but most of that is from people who weren’t Jay fans in the first place.

He’s the lowest common denominator. The audience will always gravitate to him, even if there is no enthusiasm about it.

I’m waiting for Conan’s eventual appearance on Letterman, where he won’t say anything that violates his settlement and Dave is free to say everything for him.

]]> By: Chase http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2010/01/21/chin-up-at-nbc-part-v-conan-obrien-and-nbc-reach-the-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-15913 Chase Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:06:17 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/?p=3635#comment-15913 Further proof that Howard Stern is a genius.

By the way, as a Staticblog fan, I humbly request you link to the Letterman bit from Tuesday. It was amazingly excoriating of Leno.

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