Not surprising at all...I hope Conan really, REALLY goes all out in his last week and two days...
O'Brien out, Leno back in?
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Not surprising at all...I hope Conan really, REALLY goes all out in his last week and two days...
Utter and complete bullshit.
Leno was forced out of the 11:35 slot in the first place. That was an NBC decision which, ironically enough, was made to avoid the debacle that occurred when Carson left The Tonight Show. He never wanted to leave The Tonight Show in the first place. But NBC insisted. So he did.
Then he was offered the 10 pm time slot. That wasn't where he wanted to be, but NBC offered him a show, so he took it. Then NBC promised him a -two year- commitment. Leno knew that doing a show like that at 10 pm would be difficult, and have a very rocky start, so he insisted on a long-term commitment to give him a chance to build the show and make it work. Now NBC, not Leno, is trying to back out of that deal and not follow through on the commitment they made to Leno.
Leno cannot just choose to 'take the buyout' and move on. He is under contract to NBC. He only gets the buyout if they breach that contract. Virtually all of the sources we have say that as long as NBC 'reschedules' his show, rather than canceling it, they are not in breach. Leno's only options, then, are to breach the contract himself or go where NBC tells him.
Hitler finds out Jay is back on The Tonight Show...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOQvsuJ5wIA&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOQvsuJ5wIA&feature=player_embedded
Holy crap--I didn't think this situation would get resolved this quickly. It's almost like NBC wanted Jay back in the Tonight Show seat all along, and only presented that Jay/Conan/Fallon plan to piss off Conan and drive him off.
ding ding ding. Winner winner chicken dinner.
That's exactly what this whole thing was. NBC is trying to avoid having to pay Conan what he has under his contract. I'm sure Conan's lawyer and team will argue that by moving the "Tonight Show" 30 mins and introducing another show in front of it then it may have invalidated the Tonight Show which has started after the local news for like what? 45 years? Thus meaning NBC broke Conan's contract and still owes him.
NBC will argue that Conan breached his contract by saying he wouldn't continue to be host at 12:05AM and by his actions and statements demeaning the network.
I hope NBC enjoys continually flagellating Jay Leno.
Some one on my Twitter just posted the same thing.
NBC will argue that they can stick The Tonight Show on at 3pm because the contract doesn't say they can't. NBC will win.
Sounds like a smart guy.
It would be difficult to argue with a 45-year precedence.
Maybe not
NBC denies TMZ report of Leno deal
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ia62d19a7acb838db6035b952fde09415
Fingers crossed.
Emphasis mine.
Actually, just the opposite. TMZ is reporting LENO'S contract specifically says 10pm, CONAN's doesn't give a time.
So, if NBC were to move Leno, they would in fact breach the contract.
Leno can walk right now...if that's what he wanted to...but, he would rather negotiate a NEW contract and get the Tonight Show back.
Yeah but networks always deny these things (such as shows getting cancelled), only to prove later on that the early reports were correct.
I wonder if this means there is now some agreement in place with Conan to let him go.
Of the three in the poll, I'd go with Conan. I'm tired of Leno (overkill, anyone) and Letterman's humor has grown a bit too stale.
However, I much prefer John Stewart to any of the other three.
However, I much prefer John Stewart to any of the other three.
I don't know why, but that had me
I wonder if this was their plan from the start five years ago. I find it funny that Leno had a specific time in his contract, thus requiring a renegotiation if something changed, but Conan didn't.
It looks to me like this deal was set up in a way that if leno worked out at ten they would keep it, if not, they would pull this at the Olympics break and screw conan.
I'd like to see them just reboot the Tonight Show at this point and go back to its roots, but make it a bit darker and grittier for modern audiences.