Jay Leno returning to Tonight Show, Conan gets the boot.

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Turin39789

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I was flipping around at 10 today, saw Leno coming on and thought about staying with him to see if he was going to talk about the goings on any, but figured fuck it the tv will never be tuned to him again.
 
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Is anybody else totally annoyed by Paul Shaffer? I truly do not understand why he is on Letterman's show. All he does is repeat, literally repeat, Letterman all the time. He actually interrupts David just to repeat what was just said.

Perfect example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AK3T987jk8

Am I the only one?
 
SunSamurai

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Quintox said:
Is anybody else totally annoyed by Paul Shaffer? I truly do not understand why he is on Letterman's show. All he does is repeat, literally repeat, Letterman all the time. He actually interrupts David just to repeat what was just said.

Perfect example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AK3T987jk8

Am I the only one?
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He's a freaky little man

This needs to be reposted by the way. Keep reposting it so everyone know this guy for what he is!
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6d1caacad1/jay-s-2004-announcement
 
JEDIYoda

JEDIYoda

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Quintox said:
Is anybody else totally annoyed by Paul Shaffer? I truly do not understand why he is on Letterman's show. All he does is repeat, literally repeat, Letterman all the time. He actually interrupts David just to repeat what was just said.

Perfect example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AK3T987jk8

Am I the only one?
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Nobody is forcing you to watch the program....hell you must be very stoopid if you don`t understand all that crap is part of the letterman show ands most likely very scripted...
 
NFS4

NFS4

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Conan O'Brien Seals Deal to Exit NBC

After days of tense negotiations, "The Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien signed an agreement early Thursday to part ways with NBC, according to a person familiar with the situation.

The deal clears the way for rival Jay Leno to reclaim his old show at 11:35 pm. Mr. O'Brien signed the agreement around 1 a.m. Pacific time.

NBC is expected to announce the agreement later on Thursday morning.

While details on the final agreement were unclear, the deal was expected to include a payout of about $32 million for Mr. O'Brien and about $12 million for his staff. It is also believed to include a nondisparagement clause, both for the 46-year-old comedian and NBC. The deal has been said to include a provision that would bar or limit Mr. OBrien from appearing on other shows or hosting his own show for a period of time, according to people familiar with the negotiations.

"In the end, Conan was appreciative of the steps NBC made to take care of his staff and crew, and decided to supplement the severance they were getting out of his own pocket," said Gavin Polone, Mr. O'Brien's manager. "Now he just wants to get back on the air as quickly as possible."

Mr. O'Brien walks away from "The Tonight Show" after almost eight months on air. His exit comes after NBC hatched a plan to shift Mr. O'Brien's show back by 30 minutes to make way for Mr. Leno, whose run in primetime has been marred by muted ratings. Mr. O'Brien argued that "The Tonight Show" wasn't "The Tonight Show" at 12:05 am and refused to move. NBC has been under pressure from local television stations who complained that ratings for Mr. Leno's show at 10 p.m. were poor and damaging the lead-in to their local news broadcasts at 11 p.m.

Mr. O'Brien has privately also blamed the weak lead-in for his own soft ratings, but NBC executives had said Mr. O'Brien shared the blame.

Mr. O'Brien took the reins of "The Tonight Show" last June after a 17-year run by Mr. Leno. NBC had promised Mr. O'Brien the show five years earlier, as an incentive to sign a new contract with the network.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...5016514111492610.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
 
NFS4

NFS4

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“Letterman has been hammering me every night. Going after me … Hey Kev, you know the best way to get Letterman to ignore you? Marry him. He will not bother you. He won’t look you in the eye.”
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Hehe :)
 
PottedMeat

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He said that he had ~150 staff at some point - so that's like $80K/person.

So is it true that any deal he signs will take away $ from his $33 million settlement with NBC? So he could go to Fox for $1? Not like he needs the money.
 
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JHoNNy1OoO

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PottedMeat said:
He said that he had ~150 staff at some point - so that's like $80K/person.

So is it true that any deal he signs will take away $ from his $33 million settlement with NBC? So he could go to Fox for $1? Not like he needs the money.
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I heard something about that earlier but, I think Conan got that axed. NBC needs to pay some form of penalty for a really fucked up decision on their part with this "experiment".
 
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darkxshade

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Major screw up by NBC... now they're stuck with Leno @ 11:30 who will probably be getting even less viewership than Conan did due to this negative publicity and that'll do wonders for Jimmy Fallons already shitty ratings. NBC late night ratings is gonna be hit by a freight train.
 
Fritzo

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JHoNNy1OoO said:
I heard something about that earlier but, I think Conan got that axed. NBC needs to pay some form of penalty for a really fucked up decision on their part with this "experiment".
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They're now reporting that Conan is suplimenting his staffs payout with his own money. Also, he's barred from other TV shows until Sept 1st, and Fox has said "While we appriciate his show, we have no offers on the table at the moement."

I would have thought Fox would be circling him like a crow on roadkill.

This might actually be bad for Conan- a half year off the air is going to kill a lot of momentum. Comedy Central might be his best bet.
 
Deeko

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Fritzo said:
They're now reporting that Conan is suplimenting his staffs payout with his own money. Also, he's barred from other TV shows until Sept 1st, and Fox has said "While we appriciate his show, we have no offers on the table at the moement."

I would have thought Fox would be circling him like a crow on roadkill.

This might actually be bad for Conan- a half year off the air is going to kill a lot of momentum. Comedy Central might be his best bet.
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"no offers on the table at this moment" doesn't mean they aren't interested or won't be starting a show. All it means is that there is no offer on the table. They could have one formulated in their offices that they haven't presented to him. They could even have had informal conversations with him about it. All they said right now is that there's no concrete offer.
 
coloumb

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That's the crappy part of the deal: "The deal has been said to include a provision that would bar or limit Mr. OBrien from appearing on other shows or hosting his own show for a period of time, according to people familiar with the negotiations."

Eh - 6 months [if Sept 1 is the date] - he can take a nice little vacation. It's too bad such great talent is being wasted/screwed over.
 
Deeko

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coloumb said:
That's the crappy part of the deal: "The deal has been said to include a provision that would bar or limit Mr. OBrien from appearing on other shows or hosting his own show for a period of time, according to people familiar with the negotiations."

Eh - 6 months [if Sept 1 is the date] - he can take a nice little vacation. It's too bad such great talent is being wasted/screwed over.
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It would take some time for the new show to get under way anyway. Create/sign contracts for Conan & staff, construct set, etc. Not that that stuff would take 6 months, but it doesn't happen immediately.
 
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Wreckem

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If Conan signed with another company even without the non-compete clause, it was unlikely a show would start until Sept anyways. Thats been said by many people. It take time to launch a show. It took 5+ months to launch O'Briens Tonight Show.

The real bummer is and it has been confirmed, NBC is keeping/killing all of Conan's original characters/skits. Expect all of them to appear on Friday nights show.
 
Platypus

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Wreckem said:
If Conan signed with another company even without the non-compete clause, it was unlikely a show would start until Sept anyways. Thats been said by many people. It take time to launch a show. It took 5+ months to launch O'Briens Tonight Show.

The real bummer is and it has been confirmed, NBC is keeping/killing all of Conan's original characters/skits.
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He'll change them slightly to get around the legality of it.. they did the same bullshit with Letterman and he still does the top 10 list every night without consequence.
 
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Wreckem

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Platypus said:
He'll change them slightly to get around the legality of it.. they did the same bullshit with Letterman and he still does the top 10 list every night without consequence.
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Theres no way of getting around it for Triumph though.

NBC backed down, they could have still gone after Dave. They decided it would be a bad PR move. Im sure they probably wont go after Conan, but theres a hell of a lot more bad blood between Conan and NBC than the previous situation so I can see NBC enforcing everything.

If the payout clause(Conan signs with someone else NBC pays less) is still in there. I can see Conan sticking it to NBC by signing a 42 month contract for the minimum amount possible.
 
Platypus

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Wreckem said:
Theres no way of getting around it for Triumph though.

NBC backed down, they could have still gone after Dave. They decided it would be a bad PR move. Im sure they probably wont go after Conan, but theres a hell of a lot more bad blood between Conan and NBC than the previous situation so I can see NBC enforcing everything.

If the payout clause(Conan signs with someone else NBC pays less) is still in there. I can see Conan sticking it to NBC by signing a 42 month contract for the minimum amount possible.
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Triumph is owned by Robert Smigel, not NBC, and isn't really that great anyway.

Dave renamed the top ten list to avoid the infringement but soon after stopped referring to it as such from what I remember. I don't think NBC really needs any more bad PR considering what just went down but we'll see what happens if Conan lands another show and people have forgotten about this 6 months later
 
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