The NBC Late Night Saga, Part 2

It's Friday and what a week has it been for late-night television, with sides being taken and jokes being told at the expanse of many. For NBC, the whole thing has been a disaster. On Sunday, NBC cancelled Jay Leno's prime-time show, with the action of putting him back at 11:35 pm for a half-hour. However, all those plans came undone when Conan O'Brien decided not to allow his Tonight Show to be pushed back, feeling such action would destroy the beloved show.
NBC as a whole has since been quiet. However, others have made their stand. ABC's own late-night personality, Jimmy Kimmel, has been making the most of it. On Tuesday, he did his show dressed as Leno, down to a fake chin extension. During his monolouge, he told his audience that he, as Leno, was to take over all late-night shows and that ABC stood for Always Bump Conan. To boot, that night's guest, Chevy Chase, came out dressed as Conan to complete the joke.
That wasn't the last of it. On Thursday's edition of The Jay Leno Show, Kimmel appeared on that show's popular 10@10 segment. During the appearence, Kimmel seem to make it known that he was on Conan's side in the battle. At the end, Kimmel made a plea to Leno to leave his and Conan's shows alone. The other late-night hosts have not gone to extremes like Kimmel but they seem to be for Conan, for their jokes on the matter make Leno the bad guy.
Even so, the reception at NBC is varied. One high-ranking exec said that Conan and others were taking things out on Leno because they can't seem to beat him. He also said that Conan's attacks at NBC and Leno were chicken-hearted. The rumor mill has working full-speed on the late night battle, with as much as word of Conan's departure and Leno's return making the rounds. Without further word from NBC, people will be caught up in the rumors.
My opinion on this is that Conan should stay at 11:35 pm on NBC and that Leno should find some other place to do his comedy. Afterall, a whole set of networks would love to hire Leno for their own late-night lineups. For all purposes, I'm on Team Conan and I will fight for the right for Conan to stay where he is. As said before, keep the Olympics. Part three of this saga might have the solution to this problem, for better or worser. Until the next posting, see ya later!