When is Jeff Zucker getting canned? Will Jay Leno settle for being in
last place after years of being the top dog? Also, what makes
everyone think that Conan is a failure? "The Tonight Show" is no
longer what it was under Carson or Leno. Had NBC been brilliant, they
would have booked Conan on the show several times every year just like
Dave used to do. It would have given the audience time to warm up to
him. So Leno's new show does not have as big of a staff and it is
PRIMIE time? Now that sounds like a recipe for disaster but I really
am of the thinking that he will do well but what is his acension to
prime time going to do to the "Tonight Show" which already seems to be
suffering from a sucky guest line up?
On Jul 27, 9:27 pm, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:48 PM, televisiongirl<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > But if Leno moves back to 11:35, that means the Conan experiment failed.
> > There may not be a big buyout for Conan if Letterman becomes the top guy in
> > late night. And he would leave NBC as damaged goods - the guy who took the
> > #1 show in late night and dropped it to third place.
>
> The deal was signed before Conan started the Tonight Show. Let's say
> NBC demands, to the point of being a deal breaker, that there be some
> mechanism in writing that allows them to replace him. I will note that
> if Conan is physically unable to continue hosting, there will be an
> insurance policy to cover costs and lost revenue. Now, as Conan's
> agent, you are going to tell the network that if they want to hold the
> right to terminate the contract, they sure as hell are going to pay
> through the nose to exercise that right. After all, the contract being
> discussed is one to keep Conan at NBC for the long term and both sides
> have to leave the room feeling that the contract accomplishes that.
>
> As for ratings, Conan took over the show in the summer, the
> traditional doldrums of the ratings year. That gives him 3 months to
> flail and eventually find his footing while people are at the beach.
> NBC can't afford to panic because they can't afford a Plan B.
>
> Tom
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