TEAM COCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I'm sure by now everyone has heard about the whole Jay Leno/Conan O'Brien fiasco. Here's a little background. Way back Leno announced he'd be retiring in 2009 and he named Conan as his Tonight Show successor. Well the time finally came and Jimmy Fallon took over Late Night, and Conan was to start in June. Well, next thing you know NBC announces that Jay Leno will have his own show at 10pm five nights a week. Essentially starting the late night shows during prime time. That started in September I believe. Conan did well for those first few months. Yes there was some adjustment but his ratings weren't bad. Same for Leno when he started his 10pm show. But as time went on his ratings started to slip and it then started to drag down Conan's ratings.

Here recently we heard that NBC was offering Leno a half hour show at 11:35pm and offered Conan to push back the Tonight Show to 12:05am. Eventually Leno agreed to do the later show and it would be starting after the winter Olympics. That left the biggest decision on Conan. There were rumors floating around that other networks were courting him to do a late night show for them. They have proven to just be rumors. Now, this past Tuesday (January 12th) Conan released a statement saying that he won't push back the show to 12:05am. He listed off a number of reasons which make complete sense. Just one being that it wasn't fair to him and it wasn't fair to Jimmy Fallon who took over for him on Late Night. Here is a link to the letter Conan put out. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/conan-obrien-says-he-wont-do-tonight-show-following-leno/

Now don't get me wrong. I love Jay Leno. And when the time came for his retirement I was upset at the thought of losing Jaywalking and Headlines. I was also upset about how I was sure Conan's humor would have to be modified for an earlier time slot. In the end though I was very happy with Conan as the Tonight Show host. He was still his same self just without a masturbating bear. I also thought that Leno at 10pm was good. True it wasn't the same as when he was at 11:35pm but he was still funny and still had all of the same qualities as before.

What is happening to Conan now though is just ridiculous. NBC should have known that a show like Leno's would never make it at 10pm when up against other networks' high ratings dramas. They should have also known that you can't have that at 10pm and expect people to tune in to three other shows that are just like it. Well, Carson Daly's show isn't really like a talk show anymore but still the same basic principle. You also can't expect that after only 6 months or so that Conan will have completely reached his full potential as the Tonight Show host. Give the man a chance people!

And Leno, I love you and I would be happy to have you around some more to make me laugh but not at the expense of Conan. You made the decision five years ago to retire at the end of your contract and move on and give the show to Conan. So do that! I think that when NBC approached you with moving to 11:35pm you should have humbly declined and stepped aside so Conan could continue on.

I don't think anyone can blame Conan for his decision. And hopefully NBC will come to its senses or he will get an even better offer from another network. Conan is hilarious and he deserves to stay on the air. For now, I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to see how this turns out. If you want to join Team Conan go here http://teamconan.com/

I believe this video from the January 12th show explains the situation pretty well.


Until next time kids, this has been Hava!

GO TEAM CONAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!