Last TBS Conan to air early and run long

[David Bruggeman]

At least if my DVR is to be trusted.  10-11:15 pm, with a repeat immediately following.

David

[PGage]

Thus is the last sentence from the AP story on Conan’s final TBS show:

“After ratings for “Tonight” faltered with O’Brien, Leno ended up reclaiming the show and O’Brien found a new home and, he said, more creative freedom at TBS.”

https://apnews.com/article/cbb0c2a2dfd5eacd527c58c77bcd3d6c

This pisses me off. Conan’s Tonight Show ratings were improving at the time he was replaced, and better than Leno’s at a comparable time in their tenure. It was Leno’s prime time show whose ratings were faltering, simultaneously draining  potential talk show viewers from Conan and providing him (and local news) with a dramatically reduced lead-in. 

Leno stabbed Conan in the back first by not retiring as he had initiated to do, but basically moving his show 90 minutes early, and again when, after humiliating failure, he forced his way back to 11:35. 

On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 at 9:42 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV <tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

At least if my DVR is to be trusted.  10-11:15 pm, with a repeat immediately following.

David

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[Kevin M.]

“Anyway, here’s to Conan and Andy Richter and everybody involved with that show. We look forward to whatever you have planned next at HBO Max. And I also want to say, congratulations to Jay Leno on his new time slot at TBS.” - Jimmy Kimmel 

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[Greg Diener]

It's amazing how many people to this day still buy NBC's pathetic PR campaign to babyface Big Jaw that it was because Conan's ratings were bad and not because Big Jaw bombed at 10 PM causing the ratings to tank.

Greg

[Brad Beam]

From: 'Greg Diener' via TVorNotTV [mailto:tvor...@googlegroups.com]

>It's amazing how many people to this day still buy NBC's pathetic PR campaign to babyface Big Jaw that it was because Conan's ratings were bad and not because Big Jaw bombed at 10 PM causing the ratings to tank.

 

In related news, the Chief Emeritus declares Colbert the new Leno:

https://www.primetimer.com/barnhart/stephen-colbert-is-the-second-coming-of-jay-leno

 

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[Greg Diener]

Given how awful his pandemic shows were and with the show now entirely dependent on The Orange Goblin still being in the news, I have to agree with Chief sadly.

Greg