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[BarTopDancer]

According to Today in LA NBC wants to forget the Conan O'Brien debacle and return to 2009 where Leno was #1 in late night.

Bastards.

[Stan4dSteph]

I view every guest on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno as a Benedict Arnold. First up: Jamie Foxx

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

According to Today in LA NBC wants to forget the Conan O'Brien debacle and return to 2009 where Leno was #1 in late night.

Bastards.

So, NBC was making money with Leno and wasn't making as much with Conan (me making a presumption based on anecdotal information - I will retract should someone provide facts to the contrary), not to mention the flack they were getting from the affiliates. They want to return to making more money. How does this make them bastards?

Financially speaking, dropping Leno for O'Brien was a mistake. They are correcting the mistake. I doubt that anybody at NBC WANTED things to turn out the way they did for Conan, but sometimes, difficult decisions need to be made.

[Stan4dSteph]

The affiliates complained about the lead in, i.e. the crappy Leno comedy hour at 10.

Leno is boring and a smug a-hole. I hope he fails.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

So, NBC was making money with Leno and wasn't making as much with Conan (me making a presumption based on anecdotal information - I will retract should someone provide facts to the contrary), not to mention the flack they were getting from the affiliates. They want to return to making more money. How does this make them bastards?

Financially speaking, dropping Leno for O'Brien was a mistake. They are correcting the mistake. I doubt that anybody at NBC WANTED things to turn out the way they did for Conan, but sometimes, difficult decisions need to be made.

It's how they said it. They literally said they wanted to forget the debacle and return to 2009 where Leno was #1 in late night. It was a douchebag thing to say/write and completely insulting to Conan, his fans, staff, anyone with half a brain.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

It's how they said it. They literally said they wanted to forget the debacle and return to 2009 where Leno was #1 in late night. It was a douchebag thing to say/write and completely insulting to Conan, his fans, staff, anyone with half a brain.

Going only on what I am reading in this thread, I disagree. If I were a shareholder, I would AGREE with their statements (as presented here).

Overall, the whole situation was a debacle. I don't read into it that it was a put down of Conan and his staff - I read it that the whole situation (all parts of it) was a clusterf**k with no real winners

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Going only on what I am reading in this thread, I disagree. If I were a shareholder, I would AGREE with their statements (as presented here).

Overall, the whole situation was a debacle. I don't read into it that it was a put down of Conan and his staff - I read it that the whole situation (all parts of it) was a clusterf**k with no real winners

I am a shareholder, and I still think it's crap. Hopefully soon we will dump all this on Comcast. Good riddance.