Just in. Jay Leno will be leaving the Tonight Show in the (capable IMO) hands of Conan O'Brien. NBC wants to keep Leno but Leno has already decided to jump ship. At least that's how the short run-down of it goes. The questions start coming up, why now? what will happen to NBC? will Tonight still dominate after this?
Although it is true that Leno has been keeping things in the late-night talkshows gearing in NBC's favor, who are we to immediately judge that O'Brien would not stand a chance? According to this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080721/ap_en_ot/tv_nbc_late_night
Despite its prime-time woes, NBC has managed to maintain its late-night ratings dominance, although O'Brien has been challenged lately by Craig Ferguson on CBS. Now NBC is attempting a tricky transition based on a promise made nearly four years ago that O'Brien would succeed Leno.Personally? I like Conan O'Brien. I watch "Late Night" more than "Tonight" and find myself enjoying O'Brien's show more. I don't have any doubts that O'Brien would be able to pull this off. Leno would pose as a great threat to NBC especially if he sides with ABC... the whole Leno-O'Brien thing is controlled when they were both in NBC but if put face to face then that would shake things up a bit. For the better I'm sure.
I can only imagine all their shows, Leno's shows in particular, having a little spike against NBC. That would be cool.
No comments:
Post a Comment