Conan O'Brien

I’ve long been a fan of Late Night TV – Letterman is my choice of the two.. But it’s been a while since I’ve watched much… I don’t have Foxtel any more so viewing is difficult!

The Leno move to ‘prime time’ (10pm sounds late to me!), was always risky, as was moving Conan O’Brien to ‘the Tonight Show’.

Conan is a funny guy – very funny – but he has something that is also jarring for many, and that was always going to result in an audience cull and re-creation.

In the last few weeks it’s become clear NBC were moving Leno back to 11.35pm, but not on the Tonight Show, instead his current show in a later slot, and for just half an hour.  What a waste?

But perhaps NBC just want Conan out – they see him as underperforming. Continue Reading