| izaaz101 said: I like Leno more than O'Brian, but the situation is unfair for O'Brian. I like that he's standing up for himself and not backing down to the corporate bigwigs. |
I'm not so sure about that. Conan O'Brien helped set up this conflict way back in 2004 when he threatened to bolt unless he would get to host The Tonight Show, right when NBC was renewing Jay Leno's for another five years. Zucker then announced that as soon as Jay's contract was expired, Conan O'Brien would take over. This created the situation where Leno was out but was not yet ready to retire. Now NBC has this mess. I don't feel sorry for Conan O'Brien. He's being paid tens of millions of dollars and he can't make a lousy compromise because of a principle about keeping The Tonight Show at 11:35? Not to mention that Leno WILL someday retire (maybe a few years down the road) and he'll get the show back to 11:35 (which was never specify in his contract). I see that Leno loves what he is doing, so much so that he's willing to do what Zucker decides while O'Brien has something else on his mind.
