How is everybody liking Conan as the host of the tonight show. I saw it tonight for the first time with Conan as the host and my impression is he will continue to be around for a long time. He is a natural & very entertaining. He has come along way since writing for The Simpson's. Green Day rocked tonight's show and Tom Hanks was entertaining. Conan managed to kid him on some of his weaker script choices <ahem, Turner & Hooch>
Wow, just watching Conan's last Tonight Show :47:
Who would have seen this one coming?
Obviously not even "Carnac The Magnificent" (god bless Johnny Carson, sure miss him as a host)
A 45 million dollar kiss off for just 7 months work
Classy wrap up on his part.
What will be next for him now?
Leno is not to blame for the decisions made by the network executives. It was not Leno who made the choices, he is just going along with them. Show business is all about business, and that's what drives the decisions.
Looks like the network realized the mistake they made.
Kind of makes them look rather foolish too. But then Conan is getting 45 million to leave, boy I'll bet that was hard to take, and he can go with a new network in September. Gee, I hope he doesn't have to go on assistance, since he was let go he'll probably be able to get food stamps. It'll be tough, but if he tightens his belt he should be able to make it through.
conan should have been given more time. the guy has been with nbc for 20 years or more, between the tonight show, his show and saturday night live. just another show (not as in a tv show, but as in a show of true face) by nbc that it doesn't care about people, but money. maybe that's why their ratings are so poor.
conan may have gotten 45 million to leave, but does that all go to him? he was also negotiating for the tons of people that work on his show. even if it did go to him, that is a pittance in comparison to what he would have made over the lifespan as the tonight show host.
and i agree, leno is not to blame. however, it is still pretty much a schmuck move on his behalf. i hope they show him how much they care about him, too. if anything, his 10 o'clock show has shown how stupid his jokes really are. his bits are a bit played out, also. the only bit i look forward to is headlines, and really anyone can do that bit.
you'll get yours, nbc *shaking fist*
you'll get yours, nbc *shaking fist*
One part that nobody has mentioned is that a primary driving force behind the decisions for The Tonight Show has been the NBC affiliates. They all saw the ratings for their late newscasts fall and wanted a change. Many of them were threatening to run their own alternate programming in Leno's ten o'clock time slot to counter that.
Leno is not to blame for the decisions made by the network executives. It was not Leno who made the choices, he is just going along with them. Show business is all about business, and that's what drives the decisions.