So Conan’s putting up a stink from NBC’s proposal to move to 12:05. Well, last I knew, as crappy as a network as NBC is, they are still giving you a paycheck, aren’t they, Conan? JMO, but O’Brien should consider himself lucky that he still has a gig, not much one hosting “The Tonight Show”. I’ve watched one episode of “The Tonight Show” since Conan took over (it was the first episode) and I never watched again. I couldn’t even FORCE myself to laugh.
Now, what went wrong with Jay’s show…I watched for the first week, every day, and I came away feeling “entertained”, which is how I think I should feel after watching TV. But I think where Jay went wrong was having his show on EVERY night. Prime time shows aren’t on everynight (unless you are some documentary-type show like “Dateline” and I think they were just having that show on every night to fill in for shows on hiatus). Once a week with Jay would have been plenty for me. Preferably Fridays.
Another problem I had with Jay’s show was the time slot. I’m just not ready to sit down at 10:00 and watch TV. In my own personal life I’m still doing housework at 10:00. Sometimes I’m exercising. Sometimes I’m still trying to get my kid to sleep. Most of the time I am not watching TV and when I am, I’m not watching Jay (at least as of late–sorry, Jay, the celebs just got a little too boring for me…now if you had a show with nothing but HEADLINES, I would definitely be watching!)
Getting back to Conan, I can see his point in a way but I do feel he is being a little bit “babyish” about the whole thing. It’s not like NBC told him they were cutting his show down to a half hour. He still gets an hour, it just starts a half hour later. Most of the people watching his show (what few there are), only watch the crappy monologue and go to bed. There. NBC could cut him down to 15 minutes and people would be satisfied! Conan says he’ll walk if they move him. Good. I hope they do and then Jay can have the show back. NBC would see a huge spike in ratings. I’ve even thought that maybe this is NBC’s ploy to make Conan quit so they can get Jay back to “The Tonight Show”. Hm…
So where’s that leave Jay? Of course I feel everything is still in the hands of NBC. They are making the paychecks and I would think that means they still have the right to call the shots. Do I hear Fox calling?
Where’s Jerry Seinfeld when you need him?