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Late Night Wars - Conan's last Tonight Show was TONIGHT a long time ago

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BrandNew said:
Blugh, the old Late Night theme with Conan is way way way too slow. The uptempo of the last few years of Late Night and his latest Tonight Show arrangement are much better.
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Yeah, I got bored listening to it, but by the time it got to the first episode of the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, it gave goosebumps.
 
The Tonight Show arrangement of the theme is fucking incredible. It helps that there were two drummers instead of one :p

I sincerely hope that theme song follows Conan wherever he goes.
 
Anybody have the video of Conan going to Harlem? That was always one of my favorites.
 
Holy shit Howard Stern was right on the money this morning commenting on the Leno Oprah interview. Him dissecting that interview was damn interesting.
 
Just watched the conan oscar photos clip :lol The improvisation was amazing. And then I watched the full actual sketch they did the next night and the photo segment itself was really hilarious

Also is there any chance the stern interview will get uploaded to YT? My stupid computer for whatever reason isn't letting me download the mp3 link :/
 
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The second one will scale to 90x120
 
snesfreak said:
OMFG THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK ON JIMMY FALLON!!!!!1111111!!11!!11111!11111!1


:lol
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Don't hate, that was awesome. :D I'm pumped about their tour DVD, considering the show I had tickets for was canceled (still bummed).
 
Howard Stern, not a huge fan, certainly not a regular listener, but holy shit that was epic. He eviscerated Leno. I loved every minute of it.
 
The Stern thing was pretty neat, but repetitive. They kept making the same points over and over. The fact is that the mainstream media will never tell this side of the story, and thus the general public will never be fully aware of what happened.
 
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a0tIIqliboS8&pos=7

News Corp.’s Fox Weighs Late-Night Show With O’Brien

Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- News Corp.’s Fox is weighing whether to start a late-night show with Conan O’Brien, a move that would put the network into competition with NBC and CBS.

Before making a decision, News Corp. would need to be “fairly confident” the show could make a profit, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rupert Murdoch said on a conference call today. He said the company is giving it “a lot of thought” and hasn’t begun negotiations with O’Brien.

One consideration is whether to air O’Brien at 11 p.m. to capture the lead-in audience provided by 10 p.m. local newscasts. That would require stations to displace existing programs, Murdoch said. Fox’s network schedule ends at 10 p.m. in most time zones, and about 60 percent to 70 percent of its stations could carry a late-night show, a person with knowledge of the situation said on Jan. 22.

“Our affiliates tend to run syndicated programming from 11 to 11:30, most of them profitably,” Murdoch said. “It’ll take time to adjust. If we were to decide to go ahead and do it and do it at 11 o’clock, rather than at 11:30, immediately, I’m sure we’d have some difficult negotiations.”

A move to Fox would pit O’Brien, 46, against Jay Leno, who returns to “The Tonight Show” on March 1 following NBC’s failed experiment with a prime-time talk show. CBS airs “Late Show With David Letterman” at 11:35 p.m. in most markets. ABC, which runs “Nightline” at 11:30 p.m., has said it isn’t interested in O’Brien.

O’Brien hosted “Tonight” for seven months before leaving NBC last month, after refusing to move the show to a later time to make room for Leno’s return at 11:35 p.m.

Interest in Fox

Rick Rosen, O’Brien’s agent at the William Morris Endeavor Entertainment talent agency, and the comedian’s publicist, Leslee Dart, didn’t return messages seeking comment.

Moving Leno back into late-night “was the right business decision,” NBC Universal CEO Jeffrey Zucker said today at an event in New York hosted by the New York-based entertainment company’s parent, General Electric Co.

O’Brien will consider all offers and would prefer to stay on broadcast TV, a person familiar with his thinking said on Jan. 22. He is interested in News Corp.’s Fox network, the person said then.

“I’m sure there’ve been some conversations,” said Murdoch, who added formal negotiations hadn’t been held.

During his “The Tonight Show” stint, O’Brien led much of this season in late night among 18-to-49 year-old viewers, the age group most coveted by advertisers and Fox’s key demographic.

News Corp., which reported second-quarter earnings after U.S. markets closed, gained 23 cents to $12.76 at 4 p.m. New York time in Nasdaq Stock Market trading. Class A shares of the New York-based company rose 51 percent last year. Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE rose 60 cents to $16.85.

O’Brien, who left NBC after 16 years, walked away with a $33 million payout and $12 million for his staff, a person familiar with the matter said on Jan. 21.

“If the program people can show us that we could do it and be fairly confident about making a profit on it, we’d do it in a flash,” Murdoch said of a possible show with O’Brien, a former writer for Fox’s “The Simpsons.” “We’re giving it a lot of thought and a lot of examination.”
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If he really goes to FOX, I'd love to be in the audience of the first show screaming my lungs out for Coco! I hope some of you US Gaffers try not to miss the chance. :D
 
Ryck said:
Wow Fox is sorta taking their time about this... This really is a once in a lifetime chance for them.
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This is actually fairly quick. It's only been, like, a week. It's going to take time. Besides, I guarantee you talks have already begun, just not "officially."
 
I don't get how Leno can say he lives entirely off his stand up money with that insanely expensive car collection. "Oh yeah, I do a little stand up on the weekends which pays for my GIANT HANGAR full of mint collectors' cars."
 
DeathbyVolcano said:
This is actually fairly quick. It's only been, like, a week. It's going to take time. Besides, I guarantee you talks have already begun, just not "officially."
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I don't expect Conan to be back on the air till 2012. Fox knows they are the only logical place for Conan to go so they have months and months of time before they need to make a decision. They just need to decide before Leno or Letterman or Kimmel retires.
 
perfectchaos007 said:
I don't expect Conan to be back on the air till 2012. Fox knows they are the only logical place for Conan to go so they have months and months of time before they need to make a decision. They just need to decide before Leno or Letterman or Kimmel retires.
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No, that's ridiculous. Conan will be back by the end of this year, early next year tops.
 
perfectchaos007 said:
I don't expect Conan to be back on the air till 2012. Fox knows they are the only logical place for Conan to go
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Fox cant insult him like that then hope to sign him when letterman ane leno are gone. If fox doesnt want him he can go to fx and do something for a few years until a better deal comes along
 
perfectchaos007 said:
I don't expect Conan to be back on the air till 2012. Fox knows they are the only logical place for Conan to go so they have months and months of time before they need to make a decision. They just need to decide before Leno or Letterman or Kimmel retires.
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I agree :( :( :( :(
The fact they haven't even talked yet is bad news for coco. A show like his needs months of preparation, building sets, signing back all the employees/finding new ones etc...

If Fox doesn't pan out, I hope ABC fires Kimmel & puts coco on his timeslot.
 
http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/02/03/what-conan-obrien-moving-to-fox-would-mean-for-you/

What Conan O'Brien Moving To Fox Would Mean For You
By Eric Ditzian

Despite the previous down-in-flames fiascos of Joan Rivers, Chevy Chase and Magic Johnson, since this Jay Leno/Conan O'Brien flap first broke, it has been a distinct possibility that Coco would host late-night talk show on Fox.

This is not just idle speculation. In a conference call with reporters on Tuesday, News Corp (which owns Fox) head honcho Rupert Murdoch said of bringing Conan to his network, "We're giving it a lot of thought and a lot of examination."

All the talk for the last few weeks, though, has curiously avoided some central questions: What would a one-hour late-night show on Fox mean for viewers? What would we lose, and what would we gain? Would the trade off be worth it? Let's take a look.


Goodbye, Jerry

At the moment, Fox affiliates and Fox-owned stations usually play syndicated sitcoms from 11 p.m. to midnight. My local channel actually gives me a sweet quadruple bill of "The Office," "Seinfeld," "The Simpsons" and "Seinfeld" again until 1 a.m., and I love it. Sometimes the late-night shows have crappy guests. Sometimes I'm not in the mood for Comedy Central's political jokesters. Sometimes I just want to kick back and laugh at sitcoms I've seen countless times before but that still make me giggle.

Am I ready to say goodbye to Jerry, to Bart, to Michael Scott? As much as I love Conan, I'd be sad to see that late-night sitcom option go away. Affiliates might be too. The reruns are very profitable for them. If Conan's show can't pull a sufficiently large audience, the affiliates are going to get angry. And when affiliates get angry, TV shows get canceled (see: "Jay Leno Show, The").

You Still There, Triumph?

NBC owns Conan's intellectual property. That is, in signing his departure agreement with the network, he just may have said goodbye forever to his signature bits like In the Year 3000 and Fake Celebrity Interviews. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, which Robert Smigel created while writing for Conan's "Late Night," might very well be gone too. While I have no lack of faith in the redheaded comedian's ability to dream up new comedy gold, how much can they be expected to do? To replace one or two bits seems a surmountable task. But swapping out a nearly two-decade-long repertoire? Yeesh.

The X Factors

As has been mentioned over and over, Fox has had a string of embarrassing flame-outs in its attempts to launch a late-night franchise. But the Fox of old is hardly the Fox of late. From NFL games to "American Idol," the network has morphed into a ratings juggernaut in a way it never was back in the short-lived days of Chevy and Magic. When you also note that Simon Cowell's "The X Factor" is making its way to the small screen, you can see how Fox will likely have a loud, year-round platform on which to promote the heck out of Conan. With Conan's proven skills and built-in audience, plus the network's entertainment stature, the one-time "Tonight Show" host has the best chance yet of creating an enduring late-night show on Fox — one you may (or may not) be watching at 11:30 p.m. for years to come.
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You people are crazy, talks are being had, but everything is hush hush at the moment, for good reason.

And about the IP thing for Conan, it's been stated several times that Letterman was under the same stipulations and just renamed everything. As for Triumph, pretty sure he belongs to Smigel as well as Warner (for his "music"). So I don't think he's going anywhere.
 
DeathbyVolcano said:
You people are crazy, talks are being had, but everything is hush hush at the moment, for good reason.

And about the IP thing for Conan, it's been stated several times that Letterman was under the same stipulations and just renamed everything. As for Triumph, pretty sure he belongs to Smigel as well as Warner (for his "music"). So I don't think he's going anywhere.
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What happened to your name?
 
DeathbyVolcano said:
This is actually fairly quick. It's only been, like, a week. It's going to take time. Besides, I guarantee you talks have already begun, just not "officially."
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Yeah you are probably right.
 
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