It’s not just me that misses the great ol’ days of jokes on Jay Leno, but David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel really, really, really miss those days! When Conan O’Brien got booted off his time slot on NBC, and Jay Leno’s chin moved back in, Letterman and Kimmel had plenty to joke about on their shows! It was a good month of laughter! I am Pro Dave n Jimmy all the way!!!
In this video, Kimmel was a guest on the Letterman show, and they discussed how they don’t want the jokes on Jay to ever end! Watch!
The Jay Leno vs. Conan O’Brien show time battle has ended!
The battle ended with a $45 Million settlement for Conan O’Brien to leave his early spot, and to give it back to Jay Leno.
Do you think $45 Million is enough severance pay to sew Conan’s heart back together? Can the money make Conan happy after what has happened? What will Conan do?
Another crappy thing is that Conan can’t work on any other show until SEPTEMBER! The NBC statement said he would be free to work elsewhere “as soon as September”.
I’d say Conan will be doing some major vacationing soon! Good for him. He needs some R&R after this B.S.! Cya in Maui Conan!
Tonight, on the David Letterman Late Show, David read a rude story in the NY Times newspaper that quoted this about him:
“David Letterman and Conan O’Brien are chicken-hearted and gutless”, said NBC Universal Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol, defending Jay Leno from the non-stop jokes that keep coming from David and Conan.
David’s hilarious response to the silly quote was:
“I can’t speak for Conan…but I do it because it’s fun. I’m enjoying making fun of Leno”.
Poor Conan! Wrapped in the middle of the the chaos! Dave is funny though, we love him here at ThecounT!
I was against it from the start, removing 5 great prime time TV shows in exchange for one nightly variety show and now it seems the masses have spoken in the most effective way they can, by not choosing to tune-in to the Jay Leno Show.
NBC brass, who callously tossed out all the great Crime Time productions in a scramble to same money and Leno, have in fact shot themselves in the collective foot.
And it’s not just a matter of the the public not choosing to tune-in to Leno, arrogant NBC would simply scoff at bad ratings, touting that “they know what’s best” for the viewing audience and it’s up to “the little people” to come to their collective senses and fall in love with a prime time Leno. Now NBC has a bigger problem on their hands that they have to pay attention to, the local affiliates.
The all-important local stations, who bring us our local newscasts, usually airing it after the prime time hour have apparently hit the boiling point, demanding NBC “do something” about the dismal ratings Leno has generated, which in-turn effects the people who are present or in this case “not present” to lead in to their ultra-important money generating newscasts.
Well The Jay Leno Show sure started with a bang last night. Aside from the news made by the Kanye West interview, the show debuted with an estimate 18.4 million viewers. That’s pretty great, even for a show airing at 10 PM.
The other news is the show assisted The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, in a way. You see, Conan’s audience was up 22% last night, to 4.3 million. However, the audience that increased the most was the over 55 crowd, which was up by 51%. The audience that Conan most craves, the 18-34 range, was actually down by 5%. Dang.
I thought The Jay Leno Show was okay. It was enjoyable enough I suppose but nothing to write home about. Also, we’ll have to wait awhile before we know if the show is an actual hit. As for Conan, just keep on doing what you’re doing! The Tonight Show is way better under you and the audience will find you eventually. As for your true fans, like myself, we’ll loyal and will stick with you.
David Letterman has beatenConan O’Brien in the ratings again. Last week, The Late Show with David Letterman beat The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brienby more than 800,000 viewers. This is Letterman’s best run since 2000 when he recovered from heart surgery. He’s had a great guest list, including Sacha Baron Cohen and, most recently, Paul McCartney. Also, his publicized feud with Gov. Sarah Palin boosted his ratings even more. Things have really been going well for Mr. Letterman.
Not that Conan’s doing poorly. He is well-received by the critics and seems to be keeping his fanbase intact. Indeed, Conan is cleaning up when it comes to the coveted 18-49 age demographic. That means that while my dad watches Letterman, I’m watching Conan. As we all know, advertisers are constantly aiming to attract young viewers so NBC is quite happy with Conan’s ratings. Of course, I’m sure they’d like to be number one.
A little late night competition never hurt anybody. For viewers, it’s a win-win either way. David Letterman is hilarious and an obvious influence on Conan O’Brien, who delivers great comedy night after night. As a late night viewer, I’m happy with both shows. We can all exist in harmony! Still, it’s fascinating to watch this little back and forth ratings battle.
King of all media, Howard Stern, made an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman last night and spent a good amount of time trashing Letterman’s former rival, Jay Leno. Calling him a “robot”, Stern said that he never liked Leno and didn’t seem too big a fan of Leno’s replacement, Conan O’Brien.
Letterman tried his best to keep out of the one-sided argument but thanked Stern for his loyalty. You can watch the entire video segment here and judge for yourself if Stern went too far. This is Howard Stern we’re talking about, however, so remember that his boundaries aren’t like yours and mine.
An interesting note though: Stern noted that he had been told last night’s episode was expected to beat O’Brien in the ratings. That would put Letterman ahead of The Tonight Show for the first time in something like fifteen years. We’ll see if it all panned out like planned.
After James Franco bailed on his UCLA commencement speech obligation earlier in the week, soon to be grads started a Facebook petition to get Conan O’Brien, the new host of the Tonight Show, to replace him. The students collected over 2,000 signatures and then Conan dropped a polite bomb with this statement:
“I am honored to be asked but I am so busy launching “The Tonight Show” there just is not enough time to give this speech the preparation it deserves. I wish everyone in the class of 2009 the best and I am honored that they thought of me.”
Wow, so you mean to tell me that a Facebook petition is pointless? Gah. UCLA is striking out and losing some street cred over this. I’m pretty sure they could get the Jonas Brothers. They might be a little young and sans a college degree but they’ll do ANYTHING to sell a few albums lately.
I guess my invite got lost in the mail. I mean, I assume that Tom Hanks invited me to his swanky, celeb-filled party yesterday. Brentwood, the city where Hanks lives, isn’t that far from me. I totally could have made it.
Some of the guests at the party were Paul McCartney, Jennifer Aniston and busy man Conan O’Brien, among others. I’m sure the Pope was probably there.
Not sure what the party was about. Celebrating Conan’s new gig? Celebrating The Beatles Rock Band? Watching the MTV Movie Awards? Who knows? Not me, I wasn’t invited.
Jay Leno exited stage left yesterday after taping his final episode of the Tonight Show. Jay took time to thank those who helped make the show possible Monica Lewinsky, Michael Jackson, and Bill Clinton and to reflect on his 17 year reign as host.
“When we started this show,” Leno told a cheering crowd in the standing-room-only studio in Burbank, “my hair was black and the president was white. When we started the show, Jon and Kate were both eight.”
A funny best of Jaywalking segment, a teary James Taylor performance and Jay’s successor Conan O’ Brien was his final guest as host of the show. Conan was funny as usual and Jay was nothing but supportive but don’t shed a tear for Jay because he gets a prime spot at 10 pm this fall doing the same type of show. The show ended with a touching appearance by all the kids who were born to the staff in the last 17 years from the Tonight Show, 68 children in total.
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