Given the FOX affiliate skittishness reported earlier this evening (and it makes sense, as FOX affiliates seem to me to be under a looser rein than big 3 net affils), Conan may not end up there. The more I think about this mess, the angrier I am about Jay just sitting back and letting it all happen around him, acting like he has no say in the matter. He's probably got more money than he could ever spend, enough garage space for all the cars he could want.walk away, Jay. Just. Walk. away. Damn. There's no real shame in it-dozens of TV shows fail every year. They tried something radical, and it crashed and burned. Let it go. From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvorno...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joe Ryan Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:23 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Leno Out At 10pm ET Effective 2/14 Here's one guy thoughts on what going to happen with Leno and Conan. First NBC's going to pull Conan sooner rather than later because they can't have the host of one of their flagship shows slagging the network and Jay every night. Jay and NBC can say with SOME plausible deniability they didn't want this to happen, Conan could stay on the Tonight Show but he quit so we gave it back to Jay. Up until the Olympics, the Tonight Show is either a Leno rerun or it's guest hosted. During the Olympics, NBC keeps promoting Leno's return to the Tonight Show March 1st . NBC puts in the 10 pm slot some combination of L&O reruns, Dateline NBC and possibly rerunning their USA programs hoping one gets traction. Conan goes to Fox where after a good start he settles into a battle with Dave and Nightline for second as after a year Jay is back in first place in late night prompting NBC to say they were right all along.
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