NBC to Conan O'Brien - The Choice Is Yours

[Rappy Veteran]

As TMZ first reported, after the Olympics, Jay Leno will get his 11:30 PM time period back. We're told network execs have told Conan they will let him decide if he wants the midnight to 1:00 AM time slot. If he does, Leno's show will only be a half hour. If Conan walks, Leno will get a full hour, informed sources tell TMZ.

Our sources say Conan has not decided what he wants. We do know he's ****ed, because he was given no advanced warning this was coming. Conan's people told NBC they are considering the offer. Translation: Mr. O'Brien -- I have Rupert Murdoch on line one, Stephen McPherson on line two, John Landgraf on line three, Jeff Wachtel on line four ...

We're told if Conan gets another offer, even though NBC could block the move, they will let him go and give Leno the full hour.

Stay tuned ...

TMZ

[Phantom Helix]

NBC Fail.....

That is the worst News I have ever hear, Jay Leno's new show is horrible

[Youdontknowme]

WTF?

I thought Leno had bad ratings.

[draklin]

Wow they really screwed him over. He finally got the Tonight Show after all those years only to see Leno on the air before him again and now he is getting kicked to 12-1? Sad thing is that I have watched some of the Leno shows and wasn't too impressed.

[Tech Star]

Fox might jump on this, as they need a late night show and they already tried to get him once, but failed when NBC gave Conan Tonight Show.

[Phantom Helix]

We all know about Leno's bastardly tatics that got him his job, but who's *&^k is he humming to keep getting NBC's favor even when his ratings tank :hump:

[xpablo]

Conan sucks big time on The Tonite Show! ~ Ratings are down big time on that show, let's face it Jay Leno was a shoo in for the show, because people were used to him filling in for Johnny Carson, Jay Leno learned from the master JC, Leno's show sucks because it's in a bad time slot and has to be different than The Tonite Show.

Conan was a good replacement or Letterman and he should go back to his old show, latohugh I don't know how that's doing with Jimmy Fallon.

NBC is a ****ty network, too many bozo's on the top corporate ladder.

[Hot]

Conan just does not appeal to a broad enough audience. His humor is very immature.

[majortom1981]

Well if he moves to12 je would lose half the audience at 1230 a lot of people discovered craig ferguson( sorry for spelling). Conans nest bet is another channel

[Ayepecks]

I like them both... I think no matter what happens it'll all work out fine, personally. Leno getting 30 minutes would be fine with me, as his show already feels stretched out. Conan going to another network would be fine too, cause he'll still get his show.

[peterish]

More horny manatee!

[The_Observer]

wow Leno is Sh**ty all over Conan... all about ratings. I hope Conan wins out off all this.....

[Razorwing]

wow Leno is Sh**ty all over Conan... all about ratings. I hope Conan wins out off all this.....

he will win.. he always does.. especially with the hair.

[Growled Member]

Conan sucks big time on The Tonite Show! ~ Ratings are down big time on that show

Yeah ratings is the big factor here. Leno has terrible ratings in prime time and Conan has terrible ratings on The Tonight Show.

[Xero]

The guy who should be fired was the moron that bumped leno out when he had the highest ratings in the shows history. I personally would prefer conn at the later time. His show was much more 'adult' then. He made a lot better jokes and did better bits. He's been rather tame on at 11:30. However, Leno leading into Conan was a good thing they had before. Now they break for news which loses many viewers.

[JnCoKiLLa]

I never really like Conan. He kinda sucks...Leno is so much better

[peacemf]

Conan is just rubbish, sometimes there is some humor, but the rest of the time its just crap! furguson is better , but he's on ABC.....or something

[Peter Griffin]

Conan is just rubbish, sometimes there is some humor, but the rest of the time its just crap! furguson is better , but he's on ABC.....or something

Seriously? Shows how much variation there is in what people find humor in. I can sit through a whole furguson show and not even crack a smile.

[LOC Veteran]

Conan also has bad ratings due to Leno though, remember that. Because of Leno's poor ratings, the 11 News suffers more and they lose more viewers and they then become an even poorer lead in for Conan's show. NBC just screwed up bigtime this go round. They should have just offered Conan a nice contract back in 2004 instead of promising him the Tonight Show since Leno is still very popular (though not in prime time lol).

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

i never thought Conan was funny... i think he was a good choice for the Tonight Show, but i guess the ratins arent doing well. wish him the best, honestly.

[Rob2687]

I have a feeling Conan will probably want to stick with the Tonight Show unless it's a really bad situation over there which I don't think it is. NBC would probably keep him rather than see him on another network taking even more viewers away.

[Yorak]

They both suck to be honest, but Conan is definitely the better of the two.

[Zain Adeel]

Conan is better than Jimmy and Jay.

but i think his late night show was better.

[Growled Member]

Maybe they should move Conan to primetime.

[Gabureiru]

I'm glad to see Conan go, after he got the Tonight show I stop watching it.

Welcome back Jay, it's time for me again to watch the Tonight Show =-D