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It's official Jay in Conan Out

Who do you side with?

  • Conan

    Votes: 129 82.2%

  • Leno

    Votes: 8 5.1%

  • Don't Care

    Votes: 20 12.7%
  • Total voters
    157
GeronimusClone

GeronimusClone

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Steve said:
History says that the networks will do what they choose to do. I believe that Letterman once had ties to Carson's company and was Carson's choice to succeed him. NBC went with Leno anyway.

NBC also did everything that they could to undermine Letterman when he went to CBS. They claimed intellectual property right to key segments of Letterman's show such as Viewer Mail and Larry "Bud" Melman. Letterman did an end run on many of these issues by simply changing the names of the segements.

For several years he killed Leno in the ratings. Leno and NBC then started to play hardball to turn the ratings around. They banned anyone associated with an NBC show from appearing on Letterman. They also cashed in all of their Hollywood chips and made it clear to the studious that the Leno show should be the 1st choice of promotional appearances. Many were told that if they appeared on Letterman, that they would never be booked on the Leno show. Leno ended up with the stronger guest list which had more to do with his climb in the ratings than anything that he did on the show.
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Always wondered why he had such an intellectual crowd.
 
alarson

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haha, kimmel is on leno and ripping leno on his own show.
 
ISUcy08

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Should be a good show tonight. Conan now knows for sure he won't be back, so he will once again be laying the smackdown. I feel bad for him, but this week his show has been great! Leno and NBC are banned from our house once Conan is done (except for The Office and the Olympics)!
 
burn587

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ISUcy08 said:
Should be a good show tonight. Conan now knows for sure he won't be back, so he will once again be laying the smackdown. I feel bad for him, but this week his show has been great! Leno and NBC are banned from our house once Conan is done (except for The Office and the Olympics)!
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You might want to give Community and 30 rock a try. The entire Thursday comedy lineup is pretty good save for Parks and Rec. But other than that I too will be ditching NBC until Leno is off the air.

Hell I might even DVR Letterman and immeadiately delete it if it'll hurt Leno.
 
CycloneRulzzz

CycloneRulzzz

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ISUcy08 said:
Should be a good show tonight. Conan now knows for sure he won't be back, so he will once again be laying the smackdown. I feel bad for him, but this week his show has been great! Leno and NBC are banned from our house once Conan is done (except for The Office and the Olympics)!
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Don't forget about the NFL games they televise.
 
ISUcy08

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burn587 said:
You might want to give Community and 30 rock a try. The entire Thursday comedy lineup is pretty good save for Parks and Rec. But other than that I too will be ditching NBC until Leno is off the air.

Hell I might even DVR Letterman and immeadiately delete it if it'll hurt Leno.
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I've tried Community. Can't get into it. I would try 30 Rock, but I seriously don't want to give ratings to NBC. I watch Coco all the time, and they are screwing him! Once the Olympics are over the ONLY thing I will watch on NBC is The Office. I never miss a week of that. I, too, will be watching Letterman until Conan gets another show. Screw NBC. I WILL NEVER WATCH LENO!
 
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