Editorial: Late Night Fight

The Internet hasn't been this buzzing since...well Spider-Man got rebooted. Jay Leno will move to 10:30, Conan is leaving, Jimmy Fallon's bumped and Carson Daly is leaving. It looks like a tornado has struck NBC and made it a disaster area.

The thing is, Conan is so immensely talented he shouldn't have to be fodder for NBC's "We need Jay Leno forever" crud. I love Jay Leno (adored his quote last night about 'you can either watch skaters on Vancouver Ice or two talk-show hosts on thin ice!') His Jay Leno Show was misguided and not that good overall.

Conan is also getting support, with celebrities like Roger Ebert, Rosie O'Donnel, Jim Gaffigan, Paul F. Tompkins, Doug Benson, Ahmir Thompson, Alyssa Milano, Chris Parnell, Jimmy Kimmel, Marlee Matlin, Ice-T, Matthew Perry, Ricky Gervais, Patton Oswalt, David Letterman and me, Doug (had to say it!). Patton Oswalt even said this:

Comedians who don't like Jay Leno now, and I'm one of them, we're not like, 'Jay Leno sucks;' it's that we're so hurt and disappointed that one of the best comedians of our generation... willfully has shut the switch off."

So true, Patton, So true.

Of course, he's right. Jay Leno is funny, but Conan doesn't need to take this crud. He should be able to stay in his time slot and have Jay go home. It's sad that despite 88% of people on Twitter are in favor of Conan and want him to stay.

I am one of those people on 'Team Conan". And this is a Conan Blog.

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Editorial: Time To Jay Up

If you have even been near the internet recently, you know about the big battle going on with NBC and Jay Leno. The atrocity that is The Jay Leno show isn't even getting 2 million viewers these days, so NBC decided that, effictive this Spring, Jay Leno runs a 30 minute show at 10:30 PM. So the big question is this: whydid it all go wrong?

Simply put, it's hard to watch a show 5 times a week at 10. The kids are likely to still be up and there's much better shows on like Fringe and 30 Rock you'll want to watch on your Tivo.

If Jay Leno had kept himself once a week, he'd probably still be a hit. Right now though, he's derided by his critics and a ratings disaster. NBC, it's time to quite on Jay Leno. Time to move on.

Come February, we'll see if it was time slot problems that hurt the show or Jay himself.

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Oprah Has Left The Building

Oprah Winferey will end her talk show. When? September 9, 2011.

Wow. The most watched cable talk show in American history is going to end. This sort of mirrors what happened in 2003, when Jay Leno announced he would be ending in a few years. Let's pray she gets better stuff then ol' Jay did after The Tonight Show.

Wish you well Oprah. Wish you well.

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