they screwed themselves over when they made the offer to conan and had to pay up. they tried to go the cheap way but lost. whether he is funny or not leno is superior to conan in ratings. but now i notice people dont want leno but its not about the show its about what he did. people are on conans side just because of the situation not because they enjoy his show more
Leno got better ratings because he's had years and years to establish an audience, and there was no other talk show ahead of him to hemorrhage viewers. People are on Conan's side because he's considered to be a funnier, edgier, and more creative comedian by a large majority.
NBC should have never given The Jay Leno a go. The Jay Leno Show has been one of the biggest fails in TV history. It's also one of the biggest -ups in NBC's history. I would put it up there with Joey, the Seinfeld finale, and The XFL. NBC is like The CW now.
The Ricky Gervais interview was amazing. He was saying anything he wanted and you could see Conan trying to be professional somewhat and it produced some huge laughs.
Its a damn shame. A damn shame.
Not a big fan of either host but it's bull what they're trying to do to Conan.
His "what are they going to do fu**ing fire you" was great
You realize I just turned 26 right?
Conan's failure is his own fault. NBC wouldn't have done this if he had good ratings.
Conan's ratings were IN THE TOILET for his time slot. There aren't enough drunk or high college students to laugh at his jokes at Tonight Show's time slot.
i didn't think you were old at all... but i do think you're boring and that's why i called you old or hinted at it.
Conan's ratings are, at least in part, due to NBC's incompetence. They split The Tonight Show audience by putting on Jay Leno at 9pm. Imagine how Leno would have fared in 1992, if instead of Carson retiring, he just moved up time slots.
Also, Jay Leno at 9pm was a bomb. The local affiliates were all complaining that their newscasts rating were suffering as a result and threatened to pull the show on a local level. Given that, is it really a surprise that The Tonight Show ratings were suffering as well.
Gone are the days when NBC had Seinfeld, Friends, and ER as strong lead-in shows to the local news and the Tonight Show like they did when Leno started. , his ratings were behind Letterman's ratings until NBC's prime-time programming improved in the mid-90's.
Hope Leno keeps churning out gems like this:
For some reason on Thursday, Leno chose to take a little dig at the stadium and Jones in his monologue.
"Here's something I don't understand. If you watched the game the other night, you know the Dallas Cowboys' new "billion-dollar stadium" has artificial turf on the field. It's not real grass. Their owner Jerry Jones said "It's hard to grow real grass inside a domed stadium." Really? How come college kids all across the country grow pot in a metal file cabinet? They can grow grass. Why can't you grow grass?"
Just admit it already...YOU don't like Conan...everybody else does...period...
Except Conan's ratings aren't in the toilet. They are behind Letterman's, but Leno's show was the real problem. Bad lead ins, split audience loyalties, no time. . . it can't all be attributed to Conan.
Don't get me wrong, by trying to tone it down, he lost viewers. But there are a LOT of loyal Conan fans, and they are tuning in by the droves right now, because he's doing what he does best right and not giving a . The writing has been brilliant this week.
1) http://messages.tv.yahoo.com/tv/thre...2&mid=-1&tof=2
Have a look at the comments.
2) http://thepurplecenter.blogspot.com/...en-really.html
This guy here is prophetic.
"Johnny must be turning in his grave. And Jay may already be wondering how long it will take NBC to beg him to take the "Tonight Show" back -- and how much they'll offer him."
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The real problem for Conan is that most people who are inclined to like the kind of things he does already watch Letterman at that time slot. He definitely could not hold onto the viewers that had been previously watching the Tonight Show. Whether Leno had a show or not, many of these people would have never watched Conan. They are very different shows and really NBC screwed it up in the first place. Conan's show is more suited for a later time slot.
Comedy 101 :
When the source material is great, it's easy to write jokes.
SEE : George Bush and the rise of Jon Stewart.
you have a point.
at least leno was continually ty.
Whereas I'm inclined to say it's less about source material (though that plays a role) than Conan just saying ' it all, nothing to lose' and going back to his roots because they're dumping him anyway, so why try to please them any longer?
Kimmel crushes Jay on his own show last night!!! MUST SEE
That was . . . awkward.
Jimmy was funny, but . . . ouch.
I'd rather watch more of Kiefer Sutherland in a dress.
WTF was Jay thinking having Jimmy on? What did he expect?
LMAO @ Kimmel
He got in some good shots there...
just die already late night
Letterman has 1 foot on the grave
Leno has gone senile
Conan is never taken seriously
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