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July 22, 2008

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Mark Jeffries

And Chelsea Handler. Even if her act's recycled Kathy Griffin, she's doing at lest almost as well for E! as Stern was doing for them in late-night.

And I wouldn't be surprised if the Tribune stations/WGN America bring out someone else, unless Sam Zell was only interested in Leno.

Wyn

Your timeline suggests that Conan O'Brien's 4-month head start will cripple Leno in the long run. Highly doubt it.

Conan O'Brien is not a Jay Leno and Conan's quirky style is more suited to the 12:30 a.m. time slot where NBC should have left him, instead of bowing to pressure to give him the Tonight Show. NBC instead decided to shoot itself in the foot by letting Jay Leno leave.

And when it's all said and done, be it late 2009 or 2010, Jay Leno will come out on top whether he's at ABC or Fox or QVC! There's a reason that NBC's Tonight Show has been consistently on top and that reason is Jay Leno. Conan O'Brien won't last long. Will NBC go crawling back to Leno after they realize their mistake? Probably. Will Leno come back? Fat chance!

Frank Valois

You hit the nail on the head. Conan can not fill Jays shoes. I personally can not stand him (Conan) and if he takes over the Tonight show, I will go elsewhere or get to bed earlier at night. I have never gone to bed before a Tonight Show, but I guess I will get closer to my required 8 hours for the first time in years. I loved Johnny Carson also. Should Jay Leno have another show, on another network, I surely would watch it.

MGL

I concur with the comments about Conan's quirky personality. He ought to be on cable. For better or for worse, Leno will eventually conquer Conan and will once again reign over late night.

ML

S. Bielfeldt

Jay was always a much better stand-up than a talk-show host, and Conan is a much better writer than a host. Conan must learn to let his guests be the star - it really isn't about HIM. Carson understond.

Untouchable2K

I actually enjoying watching Conan better then jay. Jay is great, his jokes are funny, but the material is becoming bored. But Conan taking over, sounds cool with me. I wish jay the best.

Linda

I actually truly appreciate NBC's honesty with their viewers. Now I know that my particular demographic is irrelevant to them in favor of the under what 35-year olds. So they can keep their edgier less funnier shows without my older viewership. Oh yes, and my somewhat substantial advertising dollars. The baby boomers may not have youth on our side, but we do have money!
Oh yeah, and a sense of humor. The Tonight Show is the last remaining thing I watch on NBC - what a change from all those years when I could count on them for quality programming.
Lucikly, there are other options.

wisdom

I can't believe that photo is actually Jay. We all have known this day will come in 2009, NBC talked about it years ago.

Stringplayer

I will give up late night when Conan comes on. I love Jay so much better than Conan...it does seem like it is all about him and Jay genuinely likes his guests and lets them talk.
I hope Jay will appear on top of David Letterman who I really dislike...he's an idiot of the highest degree...and not a people person at all.

lee1209

I too think Leno is the best. O'Brian is good for State fairs but I have never been able to watch a full hour with him. What about Craig Fergeson from CBS? He is likeable and funny not like Letterman who maybe funny but surly not likeable. Any chance moving him to an earlier time slot. Get him to take Dave's place.

Kyle

Most of Leno's crew will not stay with Conan, the same way that most of Johnny Carson's crew didn't stay with Leno. Conan will bring his own team in.

Leno will be weaker on ABC, but Conan will absolutely bomb in the "Tonight" slot.

kat huguenin

I WILL WATCH LENO WHEREVER HE MOVES TO. I can't stand Conan. I think he is rude and obnoxious, much like Letterman. I'd like to see Craig Ferguson in a slot earlier and not on CBS because I live in Podunk, N.D. and have to get a waiver from the local CBS affilliate to access another station. The local affiliate will not grant the waiver. ???? Anyway, NBC is screwing the pooch in not keeping Leno.

Orlando Ortiz

Conan does not have the class or intellect that Jay has. That high jump in the air that he(Conan)does at the begining of each shows how mentaly infantil Conan is. I would rather watch something else like a grade "B" movie.
Conan probably reflects the lack of mental depth of the new American generation.

Dmitri

Conan has a very limited audience of him-like who actually find him funny. Therefore, I agree with one of the earlier posters, his slot should be much later. Moving him to the Tonight Show slot is a big mistake. I could never make it through his show, honestly. So boring and stupid. Jay, I hope you are back on the air as soon as possible. Will follow you whatever channel you happen to sign with. All the best!

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