Well the news has been all over every media outlet you can imagine and I guess its with good reason. I'm talking about the latest feud brewin' over at NBC, between Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno...It seems the brass over at NBC want to pull the plug on Jay's prime time fiasco and slide him back into his coveted 11:30 time slot. But Conan has refused to co-operate.
In a letter to all the "people of earth" O'Brien stood up for himself and against the NBC suits when he refused to be pushed back to a wacky 12:05 time slot. It's so obvious that NBC top dog, Jeff Zucker, (who should be fired) is trying to give Leno The Tonight Show back. The whole world can see that plain as the chin on Leno's face. But what's a little more vague to me is, how NBC could think Conan would lie down for it? I mean come ON...they made the guy wait 4 years to inherit the Carson franchise then they try and pull it out from under him after just FIVE months...in what world is that good business? O'Brien uprooted his family and staff from New York to L.A. just for this gig, for heavens sake...
Well, NBC is clearly in a breach of contract situation and from what I hear Conan's contract is worth a reported $45mil. So, if they want Leno back at 11:30 it looks like it's gonna cost the station heavily. I guess, them's the breaks..
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