Conan O’Brien Says No Thanks To NBC Move

By The Associated Press
Jan 12, 2010, 4:25 PM
3 Comments

Conan O’Brien says he’s rejecting NBC’s attempt to move “The Tonight Show” to a post-midnight slot to accommodate Jay Leno’s return to late-night.

In a statement Tuesday, O’Brien says that NBC has given him a scant seven months to try to establish himself as host of “Tonight.”

NBC wants to move “The Jay Leno Show” out of prime-time and to the 11:35 p.m. EST daily slot, bumping “Tonight” to 12:05 p.m. EST.

O’Brien said he hoped he and NBC could resolve the issue quickly so he could do a show of which he and his crew could be proud – “for a company that values our work” – raising the possibility he might go to another network. But he said he has no such offer.

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http://www.amandawildnotes.blogspot.com Amanda W

Seems L.A. has got its own Orange Revolution to rival that of Ukraine:
http://amandawildnotes.blogspot.com/2010/01/orange-revolution.html
http://florence-and-the-machine.blogspot.com Florence

I love you Conan! We’ll follow you wherever you go!
janeyre

Conan, didn’t have the ratings to challenge a bed bug. He was not a formidable opponent. Letterman stinks. I stopped viewing GMA, when they brought Howard Stern on to attack Jay Leno. I hope Letterman lose again. He isn’t funny. Just an old pervert…CBS you play dirty too…