It's been one week since this whole late night saga began and the sides in the battle are starting the blur. On Monday, Jay Leno got serious as he decided to discuss this saga from his point of view. In his address, he mentioned the 2004 plan of handing the Tonight Show over to Conan in 2009. Leno said that he disagreed in the move, as he was still on top until his last show. NBC assured him that it would avoid what happened in 1992.
He then mentioned that he tried to leave NBC twice, once in 2009 when he left Tonight, now wishing to go elsewhere, only to be talked by NBC into doing the prime-time show. The second time was when NBC cancelled the prime-time show. Both times, NBC decided not to release from his contract.
Ironically, this whole mess began in 2004 as a means of keeping Conan at NBC instead of losing him to a rival network. Now, with Conan being forced to leave Tonight in order to allow Leno's return, he will now be able to do so. In essense, NBC caused the situation they hoped to avoid six years ago. A kind of non-time-travel-based Grandfather Paradox, if you will.
As Conan's exit from The Tonight Show comes closer, all of us Conan's fans must review that from both sides, NBC must take the blame for what it did. Althought they had the right idea, i.e. transistioning hosts of a storied show, the way they did it was wrong and costed them one of television's greatest talents. Conan's future looks brighter, as offers pour in.
I, myself, have a place where Conan can go: TBS. They've already got a late-night show with George Lopez. Midnight with Conan O'Brien is in the cards as it seems to me. I hope that when I post part four, the answer has finally arrived. For the last three postings, I've hoped for the answer and although to some, it's arrived, I feel it won't get here until NBC finally lets Conan go. Until the next posting, see ya later!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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