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octothorp · 01-14-2010, 10:03 AM

I really liked Conan's monologue from last night; one of the best since this whole thing started. "Kids, you can do anything in life you want to do. As long as Jay Leno doesn't want to do it too."

If this follows it's current course and Jay goes back to 11:35 and Conan goes to Fox, it'll be really interesting to see whether Leno is able to build up his support again, after being made out to be the bad guy (rightly or wrongly) by all of his peers, much of the media, and the more vocal portion of the public. There's no way he'll get back 100% of his audience, and with the oldest demographic of any of the late-night personalities, it'll only be going downhill over the coming years. He's got a certain amount of pride, too. And if he thinks that he's being set up to fail again by NBC, he may decide that it's better for him to walk, find a new network with more realistic expectations, and still maintain some dignity through it all.

01-14-2010, 10:03 AM	#150
octothorp Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: not lurking Exp:	I really liked Conan's monologue from last night; one of the best since this whole thing started. "Kids, you can do anything in life you want to do. As long as Jay Leno doesn't want to do it too." If this follows it's current course and Jay goes back to 11:35 and Conan goes to Fox, it'll be really interesting to see whether Leno is able to build up his support again, after being made out to be the bad guy (rightly or wrongly) by all of his peers, much of the media, and the more vocal portion of the public. There's no way he'll get back 100% of his audience, and with the oldest demographic of any of the late-night personalities, it'll only be going downhill over the coming years. He's got a certain amount of pride, too. And if he thinks that he's being set up to fail again by NBC, he may decide that it's better for him to walk, find a new network with more realistic expectations, and still maintain some dignity through it all.