After weeks of rumors surrounding Jay Leno & Conan O’Brien’s futures in late night television, NBC has confirmed that the Jay Leno Show is being canceled. The last show will air on February 12th.
But wait… there’s a catch. When they say ‘canceled’ what they really mean is that the show is being renamed and pushed back an hour and a half… into Conan’s time slot.
[NBC Chairman] Gaspin says NBC wants Leno to do an 11:35 p.m. show each night, a return to his old time slot. He wants Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon’s shows to shift back a half hour. Gaspin says that’s not a done deal, but he hopes to have NBC’s late-night lineup cleared up by the beginning of the [winter] Olympics. Gaspin said Leno’s show performed well enough in the ratings for the networks, but it did not meet the needs of NBC’s affiliates.
So what they’re really doing is trying to get Leno back on The Tonight Show (and dicking over Conan O’Brien in the process) but they’re spinning it as a failure on Leno’s part– saying that his show is being “canceled” when they really just want to move him back to the 11:30 time slot.
Shits.
what the FUCK. Conan is AWESOME. How the fuck could they treat him like this? the little shits.
what i read said that leno’s show will be ending in the beginning of february. what the temporary move to the later time slot means for conans show, i dont know, but i think leno is to be cancelled?
No, the 10pm “Jay Leno Show” is being pushed to the 11:30pm slot, hus pushing back the Tonight Show and Jimmy Fallon. NBC will replace the 10pm time slots with old and new dramas. They have not settled the deal with Conan and Fallon yet so Conan actually staying with the Tonight Show is still up in the air. If he decides to leave then Jay Leno will probably get his ultimate wish and just take over the Tonight Show again and they would get rid of his 30min Jay Leno Show altogether.
Basically, Jay Leno won’t just fucking retire and pass the torch like he is supposed to and NBC is too screwed over and afraid to just drop him and actually start building new talent and shows so they want to keep all 3 hosts and shows.
that sucks, i love conan … i knew they should have just left him where he was.
Conan wanted the tonight show gig as his “dream job.” NBC signed a contract with Conan specifying that the gig would be his in 2009 (with Leno’s [begrudgingly given] public blessing), approximately 5 years before Conan took over, in an effort to keep Conan from jumping ship.
What Conan, nor anyone else, could not have imagined are the current doldrums of NBC and the fact that NBC would completely screw up the Tonight Show changeover with the ill-conceived Jay Leno 10:00P experiment.
Don’t insult Ralph Wiggum, he’s way brighter than that. Despite all the crayons he ate, he still has redeeming qualities. Like, uh, being a great president on stage. The peacock network is just digging its own grave, reaching unprecedented heights in stupidity (how can they treat Conan like that?!?! He deserves better!)
The only way I’ll watch one minute of the Jay Leno show is if I have a massive stroke and I can’t get the nurses to understand with my eye blinks that I want them to change the fucking channel.
I’m thrilled, as I was always a Jay Leno fan and didn’t like Conan at 11:35.
Im confused. Why is Jay Leno being awarded for failing?
Because Conan failed worse!
I love Conan and want what’s best for him! I’m not sure if this is it.
Conan sucks butts, that’s why he’s getting eff’d. It usually is in the best intrest for the host of “The Tonight Show” to be funny. Since Conan is not, he has to play by their rules.
Get rid of Jay (been there, done that) Leno, Conan (80-90’s were his best years) Jimmy Fallon (you were only funny on SNL) Carson Daly (really — this fuckin tool was sharp). NBC go out on a limb and hire Chris Rock. He burn those Hollywood asses up!!!
You will see ratings jump through the fuckin roof…but you know what NBC stands for the “No Balls Channel.”
Oh well, I don’t know why I care. I have to go to bed at 9:30 to get up and go to work at 5:30…fuck.