Late Night Drama

NBC has made their final decision about the late night line up debacle. Jay Leno will take back his spot on The Tonight Show, and Conan O’Brien is getting $45 million and hitting the dusty trail. This makes me want to vomit. I hate NBC so much for this! Too bad I’m addicted to Days Of Our Lives and 30 Rock.

It’s as if NBC has no respect for Conan and wants to kiss Leno’s ass til the cows come home. Sure, Leno has been with the network forever, but his time has passed. I don’t blame Conan for walking away and refusing to change his time slot. If anything this whole drama makes Leno look like such a bastard. He’s had his run and needs to just bow out gracefully instead of jumping from time to time and completely disrespecting Conan like this. But, what’s done is done, Conan will do fine in whatever he does next and Leno can choke on a bug.

Leno Vs Conan

NBC is really in a fuster cluck over its late night scheduling. The Jay Leno show has a been a drain on the 10pm time slot it was put into earlier this fall and now they’re going to make my poor Conan suffer. Instead of just canceling Leno and letting him spend more time with his cars, NBC insists on keeping him and his chin around. Their bright idea? Put Jay on at 11:30 for a half hour show then push Conan back to midnight and Jimmy Fallon back to 1am. Is it just me or does this sound like the Bay of Pigs, only with late night?  Worst scheduling idea ever.

What the hell would Leno do in a half hour? Stand up comedy and then do a jay walking segment? Why not let him just produce something or here’s a thought, let him off the air like he was supposed to be. And now Conan is on the verge of going over to do his late night on FOX. I say let Conan go to FOX. They need a nightly comedy fixture that isn’t repeats of Everybody Loves Raymond, plus that network is pretty crude and would let Conan get away with practically whatever the hell he wants. It looks like he is about fed up with the network because he basically told NBC to suck it, and he is not moving his show back for Leno. Go, Conan! Show them what it’s like to mess with a crazy red headed bastard such as yourself!

So yeah, NBC is a mysterious, self destructive beast that is gonna shove Leno down our throats and and we’re gonna like it, dammit. Except, not. If Leno is doing poorly at 10, my guess is he’ll do poorly in a half hour show at 11:30. Just give me back my Law & Order at 10! And give me back Southland!

Michael Cera On Conan

Michael Cera was on Conan O’Brien last night to promote his new movie Youth In Revolt, which looks pretty damn good. What doesn’t look good? Michael. I love the guy but he just looked very awkward and didn’t move much in his guest chair. He reminded me of a scare crow house wife come to life with his gangly limbs, bobble head and mass of curly hair. Plus it looks like he hasn’t slept in days. I’m not making assumptions of anything, but let’s not be surprised if there’s a drug bust or DUI conviction this year for George Michael, err, I mean Michael.