Conan is leaving NBC

[Chuck Norris 10+ year member]

People of Earth: 

In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I’ve been absurdly lucky. That said, I’ve been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my bosses are demanding an immediate decision.

 

Six years ago, I signed a contract with NBC to take over The Tonight Show in June of 2009. Like a lot of us, I grew up watching Johnny Carson every night and the chance to one day sit in that chair has meant everything to me. I worked long and hard to get that opportunity, passed up far more lucrative offers, and since 2004 I have spent literally hundreds of hours thinking of ways to extend the franchise long into the future. It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of ratings support from the prime-time schedule. Building a lasting audience at 11:30 is impossible without both.

 

But sadly, we were never given that chance. After only seven months, with my Tonight Show in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to their terrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in their long-established late night schedule.

 

Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move the Tonight Show to 12:05 to accommodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60 years the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late local news. I sincerely believe that delaying the Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight Show at 12:05 simply isn’t the Tonight Show. Also, if I accept this move I will be knocking the Late Night show, which I inherited from David Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held time slot. That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be unfair to Jimmy.

 

So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of The Tonight Show. But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet a time slot doesn’t matter. But with the Tonight Show, I believe nothing could matter more.

 

There has been speculation about my going to another network but, to set the record straight, I currently have no other offer and honestly have no idea what happens next. My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can be proud of, for a company that values our work.

 

Have a great day and, for the record, I am truly sorry about my hair; it’s always been that way.

 

Yours,

 

Conan

Never really cared for his show but he's getting screwed!

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[tv559 10+ year member]

Conan is a shitload funnier than Leno

 

[Boomintempo 10+ year member]

So ****in' take care of it Chuck Norris!

 

[tez4life Premium Member]

Never really cared for his show but he's getting screwed!

Yeah, he getting shafted....cant believe NBC is moving the Tonight Show from that time slot, its been there since before I was born, and im 32 lol.

Conan show was ok, watched it sometimes, sometimes I passed, however, have not seen him since he took over the Tonight Show, but the reviews from friends have not be too plesant lol.

 

[Chuck Norris 10+ year member]

I still want to thank him for getting my website off the ground. www.chucknorrisfacts.com

 

[Chuck Norris 10+ year member]

IMHO I thought his show sucked! It was never funny. It was like trying to understand British humor.

 

[pilyin 10+ year member]

I never cared for his material much, but I enjoyed Triumph the insult comic dog.

 

[PIITB Wut Wut 10+ year member]

so its gettin pushed back a few minutes... so what... the world is coming to an end.

 

[versatilechild 10+ year member]

never watched it..

 

[Plottin4success 10+ year member]

I never cared for his material much, but I enjoyed Triumph the insult comic dog.

Fucking EPIC!!!

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

I don't care.

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

I personally liked the tonight show with conan. i felt he found a good way to mix his over the top wackiness with the little bit of seriousness that the tonight show seems to command. i think he was doing just as good, if not better than leno did.

from what ive seen and read this decision to move conan really had nothing to do with him. it had more to do with the nbc local news casts complaining that their ratings were down and if you know anything about television the local news pretty much runs the whole thing. i applaud conan for walking away from a bunch of money to try and save the integrity of the show. hes either too rich for his own good, or definitely has a backup plan.

 

[Boomintempo 10+ year member]

Hey, the car audio.com admin is here! HOOTY WHOOO

 

[PIITB Wut Wut 10+ year member]

meh last post was 11-06-2009, 03:39 PM

hes just pretending to be lurking

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

good riddance