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Jan 19, 2010 8:17 AM CST

Conan Slams 'Incompetent Morons' at NBC

'Tonight Show' deal appears close for O'Brien

(Newser) - Conan O’Brien came out swinging on last night’s Tonight Show , saying that while it's rumored he's “legally prohibited” from saying anything negative about NBC, "luckily they're not saying I can't sing anything." He then, naturally, took to song, crooning about the network’s “incompetent...

Logical Next
Stop for Conan:
Comedy Central

unsolicited advice

Jan 18, 2010 5:47 PM CST

Logical Next Stop for Conan: Comedy Central

Stewart-Colbert-O'Brien lineup would be a win-win-win situation

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien is about to go back on the market—but the late night talk show market is full. "ABC has already said it's not interested in hiring him," writes Patrick Goldstein. "HBO isn't prepared to get into the late-night talk show racket. And Fox has a...

Jay in 2004: 'Conan, It's Yours'

leno's original announcement

Jan 18, 2010 10:56 AM CST

Jay in 2004: 'Conan, It's Yours'

Leno promised no 'animosity' when O'Brien took over Tonight Show

(Newser) - The best piece of unintentional humor to come out of NBC’s late night dramedy is probably Jay Leno’s original 2004 announcement that Conan O’Brien would take over The Tonight Show in five years. Funny or Die unearthed the clip, which features Jay deeming Conan the best choice...

Late-Night
Mess Is
Our Fault

DAVID CARR

Jan 18, 2010 10:38 AM CST

Late-Night Mess Is Our Fault

When you can Google what's going on, why watch Tonight Show ?

(Newser) - It’s fun to point fingers, but the “late-night fratricide” at NBC isn't Jeff Zucker's fault, Leno's, or Conan's: It's ours. The real culprit is our own disaffection with traditional TV, writes David Carr, who's been following the fracas closely—on his computer. We're so bombarded by news that...

SNL Jabs at Conan, Jay

Jan 17, 2010 11:07 AM CST

SNL Jabs at Conan, Jay

But it's Larry King who's the brunt of most of sketch's jokes

(Newser) - With NBC's late-night stars smacking each other around all week, Saturday Night Live could hardly wait to get its own licks in on Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien—one of its own alums. But, as David Itzkoff notes in the New York Times , given SNL's ties to NBC's late night,...

As the End
Nears, O'Brien's
Ratings Soar

Jan 17, 2010 6:03 AM CST

As the End Nears, O'Brien's Ratings Soar

Nation of jobless tunes in to watch him jab at NBC execs

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien is about to be out of a job, and his bitter cracks on NBC execs are doing what his show did not—viewership has soared. O'Brien's ratings have been rising through the week, and Tonight ratings Friday were 50% higher than they've been this season. O'Brien beat out...

Leno? Conan?
Bah! Bring
Back Arsenio

OPINION

Jan 15, 2010 11:29 AM CST

Leno? Conan? Bah! Bring Back Arsenio

(Newser) - Jay Leno failed at 10pm, but one host could make that time slot work: Arsenio Hall. For one thing, prime time needs some color. Minorities have made some inroads on the late-night schedule, from BET’s Mo’Nique Show to Fox’s Wanda Sykes Show, “but let’s be...

NBC Exec Calls Conan
'Chicken-Hearted and Gutless'

'ASTOUNDING FAILURE'

Jan 15, 2010 10:34 AM CST

NBC Exec Calls Conan 'Chicken-Hearted and Gutless'

Dick Ebersol clearly Team Jay Leno in 'Tonight Show' flap

(Newser) - Though his fellow comedians are lashing out at Jay Leno, the comedian at least has the NBC brass on his side. Conan O’Brien is “chicken-hearted and gutless” for blaming his “astounding failure” on Leno, says Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Universal Sports. The bottom line? O’Brien...

Jay, Conan Take Gloves Off

Jan 15, 2010 5:46 AM CST

Jay, Conan Take Gloves Off

Leno, O'Brien continue trading digs over fate of 'Tonight Show'

(Newser) - As Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien continued to take swipes at each other last night (and everyone else continued to take swipes at Jay Leno), rumors and new developments in the NBC shake-up continued to come out. Watch highlights from last night in the video gallery, and read on...

NBC Threatens
to 'Ice' Conan
O'Brien

Nikke Finke

Jan 14, 2010 1:20 PM CST

NBC Threatens to 'Ice' Conan O'Brien

Zucker wants him off the air, O'Brien thinks it'll wind up in court

(Newser) - NBC honcho Jeff Zucker is now threatening to take Conan O’Brien off the air entirely and “ice” him for the remaining three-plus years of his contract, preventing him from appearing on NBC or any other network, O’Brien’s reps tell Nikki Finke . Jay Leno would then get...

Jay, Conan Turn on Each Other

LETTERMAN REACHES OUT TO CONAN

Jan 14, 2010 7:24 AM CST

Jay, Conan Turn on Each Other

As Tonight Show saga continues, Leno and O'Brien face off

(Newser) - As the late-night shakedown gets messier, Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien seem to be turning against each other—and David Letterman is clearly on Team Conan. The Late Show host wants O’Brien to appear on his show “not to rub NBC's noses into their huge mistake, but...

NBC Had No
Interest in
Keeping Conan

OPINION

Jan 13, 2010 11:57 AM CST

NBC Had No Interest in Keeping Conan

Bizarre maneuvering appears designed to force host out, save $

(Newser) - NBC’s offer to move Conan O’Brien and his Tonight Show to 12:05 looks like it was “too unpalatable to accept,” which leads James Poniewozik to wonder if the network ever wanted to keep the likely-departing host. The deal smacks of a segment on the show...

Leno, O'Brien May Both Walk

rumor mill

Jan 13, 2010 9:34 AM CST

Leno, O'Brien May Both Walk

Leno could also take Tonight Show back; Conan O'Brien still likely headed to Fox

(Newser) - Thanks in part to a loophole in Conan O’Brien’s NBC contract, he will most likely leave the network while Jay Leno takes The Tonight Show back—or Leno might also ditch NBC entirely, depending which gossip site you read. Sources tell TMZ O’Brien’s contract guarantees he...

Letterman Pokes Fun
at NBC, 'Big-Jaw Leno'

Jan 13, 2010 7:38 AM CST

Letterman Pokes Fun at NBC, 'Big-Jaw Leno'

His take? It's all about the money

(Newser) - Think David Letterman’s still just a wee bit bitter about his schism with NBC? Letterman offered his take on NBC’s Tonight Show debacle last night, mocking “Jay ‘big jawed’ Leno” and the “geniuses” who shuffled the schedule. “A lot of people may criticize these...

Conan O'Brien
Rejects NBC Plan

Jan 12, 2010 3:00 PM CST

Conan O'Brien Rejects NBC Plan

He won't do the 'Tonight Show' at 12:05

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien says he won't do the Tonight Show at 12:05, putting him in direct opposition to NBC's new late-night plans. "I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction," O'Brien says of the show in a statement released this afternoon. He adds that he...

Jay, Conan Joke About Futures

PLUS: FOX WOOING CONAN

Jan 12, 2010 7:20 AM CST

Jay, Conan Joke About Futures

O'Brien lists outlandish future options; Leno calls NBC 'disaster'

(Newser) - As everyone wonders whether Conan O’Brien will stay at NBC or move to Fox, the Tonight Show host offered up a few more novel ideas yesterday: Perhaps he’ll “pretend to put my son in a giant foil balloon, then sit back and watch the offers come pouring...

5 Things Conan
Could Do Next

maybe 'snl' wants him back

Jan 11, 2010 5:57 PM CST

5 Things Conan Could Do Next

Launch a Fox rival? Return to SNL ? Reality TV?

(Newser) - NBC's shabby treatment of Conan O'Brien has been a recurring theme of the Jay Leno-centric late-night shuffle, but "he-who-rocks-the-dopest-pompadour-on-TV" has more options than you might think. MTV ponders his options.

Defect to Fox: The network is apparently interested, and it would be a great way to tick off NBC.

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Conan O'Brien
Ready to Bail
on NBC

FRONTRUNNER: FOX

Jan 11, 2010 8:32 AM CST

Conan O'Brien Ready to Bail on NBC

Network starts replacing Jay Leno Show as Conan weighs options

(Newser) - As NBC hustles to fill Jay Leno’s 10pm time slot with a new series, rumors are flying that Conan O’Brien is ready to ditch the peacock for another network. “This level of shittiness was not expected,” a source tells the New York Post . “He moved...

Jay Leno at 10:
'Right Idea, Wrong Time'

SAYS SEINFELD

Jan 11, 2010 5:43 AM CST

Jay Leno at 10: 'Right Idea, Wrong Time'

Jerry Seinfeld weighs in on Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien shuffle

(Newser) - In the great Jay Leno vs. Conan O’Brien debate, Jerry Seinfeld seems to be a dedicated member of Team Leno. The Jay Leno Show, and its 10pm slot, “was the right idea at the wrong time,” Seinfeld says. “I’m proud of NBC for trying to...

Leno: 'Nobody Has Said
Anything to Me'

Jan 7, 2010 10:14 PM CST

Leno: 'Nobody Has Said Anything to Me'

NBC host talks 'cancellation' during tonight's monologue

(Newser) - Jay Leno got plenty of mileage tonight out of rumors his current 10pm NBC gig will be canceled, and that he’ll return to his old 11:35 slot. “So far, nobody has said anything to me,” he said during the opening monologue. “What does NBC stand...