Conan O'Brien announces microfracture surgery to stop NBC from moving his time slot

http://blogs.chron.com/tubular/archives/2010/01/conan_says_he_w.html

From a blog, suggests that Fox would "love" to have Conan while ABC doesn't seem interested (though they have no quotes from ABC).

The bad thing about Fox is that he wouldn't have a great lead-in there, either. I'm assuming most cities have an early newscast or syndicated TV at 10 (9cst) on Fox ... not exactly carrying over a big audience.

 

NBC also cancelled Life, they deserve this.

 

lol damn it I like Tmac but I couldnt help but laugh... epic thread title

 

If Leno is such a wonderful nice guy like everyone always says, he would just go away. I will follow Conan where ever he goes.

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Why? The network still wants him, he might still be the biggest draw in that timeslot...why would walking away be the right thing to do?

 

ABC is pretty married to Kimmel and he seems to have a loyal audience, even if he underwhelms ratings wise. Late night TV is a dying breed I feel.


Who knows if Fox would take the risk of paying him, they've never really been a fan of the format.

 

Sure they have...

Spoiler

 

Overall, they have the best comedies hands down. Parks is great imo and Community has shown some glimpses of being a good show.

The Office is not as good lately but it's still pretty decent.

 

When will we get the news story on the front page about "And then Toronto Happened" with Conan in it?

 

The Network now wants him in a different time slot, not fair. He waited a long time for this time slot.

 

Just three minutes, huh?

 

Life was definitely a good show, but didn't they tie up all the loose ends in the series finale?

 

Conan is all class. I have nothing but respect for how he has handled this. Ironically, he is showing less bitterness than Jay Leno who will be the big beneficiary in all of this.

 

Classy response from Conan. And his letter is dead on.

It is really quite fascinating how big a cluster**** this thing is.

 

I thought this was funny:

 

Conan fans need to face the truth, the man has no mass appeal whatsoever. He is a niche host catering to a niche audience. The audience just so happens to be extremely vocal on the Internet.

 

Senior citizen?

 

If Conan moves to Fox and starts another show at 11 or 11:30 time slot it will be bad news to both Leno and Letterman. Nobody wins in this situation.

NBC is really screwed.

 

lol. The subjective preference really doesn't have anything to do with it....but it is all the Leno fan can cling to.