Leno back hosting The Tonight Show?
In a perfect world Leno would retire (or die) and Conan would be left free to do The Tonight Show like he was promised back in 2004. Unfortunately we don’t live in a perfect world.
Both the New York Post and Nikki Finke are reporting that NBC has signed Leno to a new contract (because they are in breach after moving him out of the 10pm timeslot) that would put him back in control of The Tonight Show at 11:35pm and result in Conan walking away with a hefty sum of money.
The only thing I can figure from all this is that Leno obviously had a higher penalty figure if he’s removed from 10pm than Conan has if he’s dropped from hosting The Tonight Show, and that Leno must have said that he’d go to another network if he wasn’t given the hosting gig on The Tonight Show. The difference in penalty money, the chance to improve the ratings of The Tonight Show, and keeping Leno from another network can be the only factors which brought about this decision. NBC could of kept Conan hosting The Tonight Show at 11:35pm and put Leno on at 12:35am for a half hour but that doesn’t seem to be the course they’ve chosen. All Conan wants to do is host The Tonight Show at 11:35pm. That’s it. I honestly think that all he wants is to keep The Tonight Show exactly where it’s been since 1954 and not mess with Fallon on Late Night too much. Why’s that so hard for NBC to understand. If you wanna keep Leno and he’s such a team player, put him on at 1:30am. They haven’t done any of this and it all points to Leno once again screwing over a more deserving person that himself because of his own selfish attitude. Fuck I fucking hate him and his lame, boring, vanilla, neutered, unfunny brand of “comedy”.
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