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One thing not often mentioned is that just many people were watching Jay Leno at 10pm as had been at 11:35, that's just not a good number for 10pm.
But back at 11:35 Leno can lose 40% of the audience he had before leaving The Tonight Show and he'd still be doing better than Conan has been doing. To the extent that I'm picking sides, it is in favor of Conan but he was stinking things up to an extent not explainable by poor lead in. And even with all the scandal his ratings last week were still below Leno's average as host. This week being known to be the last may have driven it up more.
Time may have fixed things but it is only in late night that you get to lose to reruns on the other networks and even have a hope of being given time.
If he sticks with the format I hope he goes to cable rather than Fox. He's a niche product and to be able to pull satisfactory numbers he needs to go somewhere that appreciates niche audiences or go back after midnight.
But as much as I like the idea of Conan O'Brien's style I never actually watched it regularly and I doubt that'll change wherever he goes.
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