I have said it before, love Jay not Conan.
In the scheme of life, TV is not that important. Ok, it is but wanting to seem less shallow here. This whole Jay/Conan thing has been playing out in front of us for the last few days. The late night boys including David Letterman have gotten a ton of mileage out of the NBC machine. So to recap,
Leno is doing poorly with the affiliates in the 10PM position so NBC apparently doesn't want to lose him to another network so they are going to give him a half hour time slot after the local news that has belonged to the Tonight Show for a billion years and bumping Conan and the newest Tonight Show to the next day at 1205AM and Jimmy Fallon even closer to breakfast time.
We have all waited, all being a relative term for Conan to say yes or no. Late this afternoon, he did and the answer is no. I agree wholehearted with him. Either he keeps the Tonight show time slot or he is moving along. The ball is now in NBC's court. I admire him for standing up for what is right at the cost and embarrassment of a short tenure of a icon of television. You have to do what is right. Do the right thing, take the high road, make changes when necessary. It really is the only thing we have to offer of value. Take a stand so you can live with yourself because it it the right thing to do, and lets the chips fall where they may...
