Its Unfortunate that Jay Leno, after all these years of entertainment, is willing to take a job that ousts his counter late night host Conan O’Brien. Jay Said on last night’s Tonight Show that since both his and Conan’s ratings were down, NBC felt it had to do something. They wanted to put Jay on for a half an hour show starting at 11:00 and start Conan at midnight. apparently Conan was unwilling to be shifted around and was offered $30 million to leave the show. The final verdict isn’t out yet, and it’s day by day.
I’ve been watching both these shows for a long time, and one thing is obvious. Conan is superior when it comes to entertainment. Night after night he has tears coming to your eyes, and Jay show has dulled out. I can remember watching Johnny Carson’s last show when i was very young. He knew his time was up and went out on top with class. I think Jay should have done the same, because i think at this point he is only losing fans, and whether intentional or not, he’s making it look like he has NBC backing him to bully Conan of the Network.
In Jay’s Defense, He mentioned on last nights show, as he frequently does, his show employ’s some 170 people. I can understand how he would be letting down all his loyal crew if he were to deny a job offered to him by NBC. It’s unfortunate that there’s so many variables at that level of entertainment. If only there was a way to sit Jay and Conan down and figure out what they would both agree to that would work for NBC. As it is, night after night Conan bashes the Network and Jay is on the defense for his good name with the public. The most important thing to me is that after 17 yrs of Shooting in New York, Conan moved his whole Life and family out to California for The Network and after 7 months is basically fired. But, if $30 million doesn’t make you happy, What does.
