Seeing that FFF has one lone follower, I thought I should play to my audience and start off the blog with a crowd pleaser. Less than 24 hours after NBC brass announced that they would like to retun Jay Leno to the coveted 11:05 timeslot and bump Conan O'Brien back by 30 minutes, Conan stepped up to the plate with plenty of amunition for his opening monologue. You can watch the monologue, as well as the entire episode above.
-Good for Conan.
-Jay Leno's ratings have been plummetting for years and his lack of success in Prime Time solidifies that fact. So much so, that NBC's hand was forced by its affilliates to replace Leno in Prime Time as his poor ratings were negatively affecting lead in ratings to the local news. Leno stepped down by his own choice and should have to deal with the consequences. Conan has paid his dues and certainly has climbed the late night ladder at NBC. If you don't believe me, you should check out some of Conan's shows from early in his career - painful. But, he endured and found his niche in late night and now, in my opinion, is the funniest late night host on TV. The sun has set on the late night career of Jay Leno. He needs to realize that and respectfully bow out. Unfortunately, I doubt that will be the case; after all Leno needs to finance his massive car collection somehow. Jay's car collection is one thing (and probably the only things) that I respect about him. Maybe that is what he should shift his career focus to.
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