I hadn't heard that NBC was down on Conan. But I wouldn't mind if this happens:
NBC cans Conan.
Dave moves to 10:00 slot.
CBS picks up Conan for 11:30 slot.
CBS ends up with Dave, Conan, and Craig and I don't have to mess with the remote.
I hadn't heard that NBC was down on Conan. But I wouldn't mind if this happens:
NBC cans Conan.
Dave moves to 10:00 slot.
CBS picks up Conan for 11:30 slot.
CBS ends up with Dave, Conan, and Craig and I don't have to mess with the remote.
I guess -- but you'd have the same problem on CBS that you have on NBC: you're getting the same show once at 10:00 and again at 11:30.
The problem isn't Leno or Conan -- the problem is that both shows have the exact same format. Monologue, skit, celebrity interview, skit / second guest, credits. Even if both shows are well done, the viewer is going to get tired of watching the same thing twice in one night.
If Leno was doing more of a variety show, it might work -- but his format is essentially unchanged from his Tonight Show days. Either he has to change or Conan has to change because there isn't room for two of them on the same network, plus Dave and the late-nighter (Fallon & Ferguson). It's too much.
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I think more then likely they will let Leno go and he'll end up somewhere else with an 11:30 show.
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Exactly. I'm not saying it's right. Lord knows Leno had his problems when he first started and there were some execs at NBC who were ready to pull the plug on him. But he survived and eventually thrived. The easy solution - if they percieve there's a problem - is that they boot Conan and pay him off then drop Leno back into his old spot. He's a known quantity and he's more mainstream than Conan. The thing you need to know about Leno is that he craves work. When he did stand up he was on the road nearly every night in one club or another. He certainly didn't take a lot of vacations when he was on the Tonight Show. If they cancel his show, he isn't going to be happy to just get paid off.
Leno was #1 for close to 15 years. He was at the top of his game, and now they have this muddled mess that makes no sense.
Not sure how you fix this....
That is because everyone who watched Jay is still watching Jay. How would Leno's ratings have looked when he took over for JC if JC still kept a show, but moved up to 10? Even more ugly than they actually were. Instead, Jay picked up a LOT of JC's viewers. Conan isn't getting hardly any of Leno's old viewers because they are still watching Leno on the same channel.
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