However you fall in the NBC late night debate, you can't help but feel sorry for Conan O'Brien who seems to be getting the raw end of the deal. In a statement released today, O'Brien confirms that he will not be hosting the Tonight Show if it indeed moves to 12:05.
NBC announced recently that it would be cancelling The Jay Leno Show and moving Jay to 11:35, Conan to 12:05, and Jimmy to 1:05am.
In response to possibly going to another network (i.e. Fox), Conan says he hasn't had any such offers,yet.
My thoughts: It's no secret that NBC has been struggling with it's primetime schedule, ever since Friends and Seinfeld went off the air. This move seems not only desperate, but misguided and completely unprofessional. My only hope is that NBC execs will see the error of their way and return to previously scheduled programming. But, they haven't seen their error for the past decade, so that's a real shot in the dark.
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