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why the hell are you guys making such a big deal about this, just a bunch of fucking talk show dudes, everyone here thinks all our talk show dudes are a bunch of dicks, who cares about the celebrity nonsense they sprout on about.

The only US show like that (late night, cliche studio etc..) which I found funny was that Colbert show

NBC has reportedly agreed to pay Conan O’Brien $30 million to walk away from ‘The Tonight Show,’ so that Jay Leno can return as host.

NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker and television entertainment chair Jeff Gaspin were among those involved in the Friday evening negotiations, while COO Ron Meyer brokered the deal, sources tell TheWrap.com. The agreement is said to be in the process of being finalized.

If $30 mil is in fact Conan’s payday, NBC may have gotten off cheap. Had O’Brien’s legal team proved that NBC breached his contract by forcing him to host ‘The Tonight Show’ at 12:05 – something he refused to do – he stood to collect at least $40 million.

$30 Million severance package just so he can get a new show on FOX?  Pretty sweet deal...

Fucking ridiculous.

Put Conan on ABC.

Poseidon wrote:

Turquoise wrote:

Here's how I see it...

Letterman > Conan > Ferguson > Leno > Kimmel > Fallon

Conan should do well on Fox.

I'd put Kimmel ahead of Leno, but behind Ferguson. The whole "I'm Fucking Matt Damon" thing was great.

True...

eleven bravo wrote:

in other news, artie lang stabbed himself repeatedly the other day

he's crazy, entertaining, but crazy

Leno is a cocksucker who was never funny or watchable. Die Leno.

I shit myself when I heard that acronym, I still have the adrenaline...

JohnG@lt wrote:

jord wrote:

I shit myself when I heard that acronym, I still have the adrenaline...

nuclear-biological-chemical? I hated mopp gear.

I'd rather just go ahead and die or become mutated than do that shit again. I'm pretty sure it's against basic human rights lol.

JohnG@lt wrote:

jord wrote:

JohnG@lt wrote:

nuclear-biological-chemical? I hated mopp gear.

I'd rather just go ahead and die or become mutated than do that shit again. I'm pretty sure it's against basic human rights lol.

When I was in basic towards the end, my drill sergeants had us pack up all our gear including our mask and mopp suit in our rucks. Getting ready to roll out and they toss like 5 canisters of CS down on the ground upwind of us. There are few times in my life that I've wanted to die and those next 5 minutes of agony were one of them

Haha. The gas didn't bother me as much as the asshole masks. Infact I lie, the gas did bother me, especially at 4AM in the morning with no sleep cause it was freezing cold and I couldn't get into my bag because I knew I wouldn't be able to pack it away quick enough if I did.

Worst invention ever, nobody is gonna be able to soldier in those things for any length of time.

Kmarion wrote:

ghettoperson wrote:

Kmarion wrote:

People are more important than places. I know it's a hard concept to grasp. But if we all work together and focus our concentration we can get it.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

To no surprise. Who the hell cares what Ferguson calls himself? It's silly and has no relevance. I'm nipping the my country/this country thing in the bud before it flames up to something as stupid as "American ruined the world" and "Euro-socialist trash". Not that-that would ever happen.

That is all.

Yeah I don't know if you read what I wrote, but it had nothing to do with that. This isn't some my country is better than yours thing. All I was saying is that the Scottish are by and large, very, very proud of their country, and so it seemed surprising to me to see a Scott fly the flag for America so proudly, and to call himself American, rather than Scottish.

I have no idea why you're making such a big deal about this, it was a simple observation.

" Leno also said on-air that there may be new details released from NBC on the matter on Tuesday.

Here is what Leno said on the "Jay Leno Show," in full:


I thought maybe I should address this. At least give you my view of what has been going on here at NBC.

Oh, let’s start in 2004 — 2004, I’m sitting in my office, an NBC executive comes in and says to me, “Listen, Conan O’Brien has gotten offers from other networks. We don’t want him to go, so we’re going to give him ‘The Tonight Show.’ “ I said, “Well, I’ve been number one for 12 years.” They said, “We know that, but we don’t think you can sustain that.” I said, “OK. How about until I fall to number two, then you fire me?” “No, we made this decision.” I said, “That’s fine.”

Don’t blame Conan O’Brien. Nice guy, good family guy, great guy. He and I have talked and not a problem since then. That’s what managers and people do, they try to get something for their clients. I said, “I’ll retire just to avoid what happened the last time.” OK.

So time goes by, and we stay number one up until the day we leave. We hand — [applause] — no, no. OK, but I’m leaving before my contract is out. About six to eight months early. So before I could go anywhere else, it would be at least a year or 18 months before I could go and do a show somewhere else.

I said to NBC, “Would you release me from my contract?” They said, “We want to keep you here.” OK.

“What are your ideas?” They said, “How about prime time?” I said, “That will never work.” “No, no, we want to put you on at 10. We have done focus groups. People will love you at 10.” . . . Four months go by, we don’t make it. Meanwhile, Conan’s show during the summer — we’re not on — was not doing well. The great hope was that we would help him. Well, we didn’t help him any. OK.

They come and go, “This show isn’t working. We want to let you go.” “Can you let me out of my contract?” “No, you’re still a valuable asset to this company.” How valuable can I be? You fired me twice. How valuable can I be? OK.

So then, the affiliates are not happy. The affiliates are the ones that own the TV stations. They’re the ones that sort of make the decisions. “They’re not happy with your performance, and Conan is not doing well at 11:30.” I said, “What’s your idea?” They said, “Well, look, how about you do a half-hour show at 11:30?” Now, where I come from, when your boss gives you a job and you don’t do it well — I think we did a good job here, but we didn’t get the ratings, so you get humbled. I said, “OK, I’m not crazy about doing a half-hour, but OK. What do you want to do with Conan?” “We’ll put him on at midnight, or 12:05, keeps ‘The Tonight Show’ does all that, he gets the whole hour.” I said, “OK. You think Conan will go for that?” “Yes, yes. [Laughter.] Almost guarantee you.” I said OK. Shake hands, that’s it. I don’t have a manager, I don’t have an agent, that’s my handshake deal.

Next thing, I see Conan . . . saying he doesn’t want to do that. They come back to me and they say, “If he decides to walk and doesn’t want to do it, do you want the show back?” I go, “Yeah, I’ll take the show back. If that’s what he wants to do. This way, we keep our people working, fine.”

So that’s pretty much where we are. It looks like we might be back at 11:30, I’m not sure. I don’t know. [Applause.] I don’t know. But through all of this — through all of this, Conan O’Brien has been a gentleman. He’s a good guy. I have no animosity towards him.

This is all business. If you don’t get the ratings, they take you off the air . . . You can do almost anything. You get ratings, they keep you. I don’t get ratings he wants. That was NBC’s solution. It didn’t work, so we might have an answer for you tomorrow.

So, we’ll see. That’s basically where it is. "

Conan got hosed

Why is Fallon still on TV?

I don't think I've meet a single person who likes him?

Also the 10:00 Lenno show was garbage and I doubt people will even follow him to a later show. Sorry but it's show business people are going to give a crap show a chance at a later time.