Jay Leno Signs For One Hour Tonight Show
By Krystal Clark
Excuse my language, but Jay Leno and NBC have balls! The network has finally made a decision regarding their late night lineup and guess what, LENO WINS! Jay Leno has just signed on to takeover “The Tonight Show” from Conan O’ Brien when they return from the Winter Olympics next month.
Update: NBC is denying Leno’s Tonight Show return.
According to a report on TMZ, the peacock network has brought Leno back on board to reprise the 11:35pm time slot that Conan hasn’t even occupied for a full year. O’Brien gave an ultimatum earlier this week stating that he wouldn’t continue to host the show if they pushed it past midnight. In other words, he refused to play second fiddle to Jay Leno AGAIN.
Where is the justice in this? How can this network continue to screw over this man? NBC pushed Jay Leno out of “The Tonight Show” slot, and now they want to give it back? His return is not a guarantee for ratings gold. If anything it will piss off viewers who are loyal to O’Brien. The numbers could drop even lower, and the show could end up in an even worse spot than before. Let the riots begin! I’ll bring the flame thrower.
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Thursday, January 14, 2010 9:28PM
I'm with Coco where ever he goes!
Thursday, January 14, 2010 1:34PM
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Friday, January 15, 2010 12:57AM
Conans ratings sucked…no one cared for his sacrilegious skits. The secondary players doing the skits also sucked.
Jay Leno is the star…conan is…just conan, a not so funny goofy looking jerk.
Thursday, January 14, 2010 9:42PM
Conan is 100% in the right here. Jay wasn't pushed into doing anything. He agreed to retire and Conan waited five years to get the job. A deal is a deal. This portrayal of Leno as an innocent nice guy is pure horses–t. We are talking about the same man who hid in a broom closet to listen in on NBC execs when they were deciding between him and Letterman. Leno changed his mind about giving up the Tonight Show, and has muscled his way back in. No class.
Go Conan!
Friday, January 15, 2010 12:42PM
nbc , in order to retain conan, 5 years ago promised him the tonight show.that meant that leno had to agree to step aside. leno didn't agree to retire, he agreed to step down from the tonight show, which he did. nbc offered him several new show possibilities with them agreeing to the 10pm "jay leno show".
now, in an effort to please their affiliates & deal with poor ratings, they are screwing both leno & o'brien. do you really think leno wants to be jerked around like this? he wanted to do the prime time show. they are not giving leno the "tonight show" back. o'brien would keep the "tonight show." name.
look, i get it. it's easy to blame leno because he is a known entity, a real person. but it is really nbc that should be vilified here. they want to have both stars on their network. what i think would be the best outcome is leno ending up on abc & o'brien ending up on fox with nbc losing both of them.
(btw, i don't have a dog in this fight, i really don't care much for either one of them.)
Friday, January 15, 2010 5:58PM
Technically not.
Jay was pushed into leaving when he wouldn't agree to contract demands. He only stayed because NBC made him an offer to stop him from going somewhere else. Why say you're leaving in 5 years when you really didn't want to leave.
NBC is more to blame than anyone here. That said, it is VERY classless of Jay to come back and take over the entire show. He should have looked for other ways to continue at NBC.