Conan O’No They Didn’t
January 13, 2010
I’ll say it right now, I’m biased – Conan O’Brien is my favorite nighttime talk-show host. The line-up of Jay and Conan after the local news was too perfect and should not have been messed with. When the announcement was made back in ’04 that Conan would take over the Tonight Show I thought that meant Jay would leave hosting altogether making a new line-up. Sandwiching local news between comedy variety shows just doesn’t work, it breaks up the flow.
According to his statement Conan doesn’t need the sympathy but I can’t help but think how much he’s getting screwed over by being NBC’s guinea pig. They were kind enough to let him stay even when his ratings were in the gutter in the beginning of Late Night. Their stay of execution allowed him to find his fan base, but like the director who can only take the credit for not saying “cut,” Conan deserves his success, not NBC.
