Any way you look at it, Conan O'Brien is getting screwed. I'm sure you've all been following it, but just to re-cap... Conan took over the Tonight Show from Jay Leno seven months ago, something that had been in the works for years. Just before he took over, Leno decided he didn't want to retire from TV, so NBC gave him a show at 10pm. Now, the ratings aren't so hot, so NBC wants to Leno back on at 11:30pm, and bumping the Tonight Show to midnight. Well, Conan doesn't like that, so he's gonna leave, which means Jay Leno will get the Tonight Show again... which is exactly what NBC wanted.
It has all been very unfair to Conan... regardless of how much money he makes, and will make from all of this, the truth is, the dream of pretty much every talk show host is to one day fill the shoes of Johnny Carson. David Letterman left NBC 15 years ago, because he wasn't offered the Tonight Show. I highly recommend a book called 'The Late Shift' by Bill Carter, all about the battle between Leno, Letterman, NBC and CBS, when Johnny Carson retired. It was quite the drama. They didn't give Conan enough of a chance.
And besides, Jay Leno just isn't funny anymore.
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