Chris S

I like money more than doing the job I've done for nearly 2 decades as well.

In case you haven't heard, he has another talk show, just not working for his old a$$holde employer.

ltswb

So Steponme, if I worked as a pizza delivery boy for 15 years waiting for the day I would become manager of the store as was promised me by the owner. Then after all those years when the manager does finally retire, am given the job. Only to have the owner tell me 3 months later that he made a mistake and wants the old manager back even though he's old and doesn't do as good of a job anymore. And I have to go back to being delivery boy and the guy hired to take my place has to start washing dishes. I should just accept that? Even though I trained for years to take that position and passed up other opportunities because of the promises made to me and the loyalty I felt for the store? And even though other stores were begging me to come be their manager? You are so right. He should have given up hundreds of millions of dollars, given up his dream of having his own prime slot show, kicked Fallon to the curb, and continued to work for the A holes who lied to him all so he can make his fans happy. The same fans who can watch him on another channel this fall.

Steponme

Not very good analogy and full of false logic; not nearly the same situation. For the first time in network history, they wanted to experiment with the 10 o'clock time slot but it didn't work out. Everyone should've gone back to his own time slot. I'm not defending the network, but I'm saying Conan isn't some innocent angel or anything; I think he is money-hungry and he's lost me as a fan. He was making, what, $15, 20 mil a year? That network made him famous, not to mention filthy rich; the least he could do is to continue his old show for a few more years and Jay will have retired by then. He bit the hand that fed him. Regardless of what you guys say, I'm no longer his fan; neither am I Leno's fan. I think Jimmy is a genuinely nice guy though.

budgy

so he should have ****ed over Jimmy Fallon then is what you are saying? "for his fan's sake?"

his real fans will be ok, we are all just waiting for him to come back on a new network.

Steponme

[QUOTE=budgy,May 6 2010, 03:14 PM] so he should have ****ed over Jimmy Fallon then is what you are saying?

TheDonEffect

Hmm, so you would sacrifice your job for someone else when you want to keep working?

Chris S

Steponme, how come you're not a successful broadcasting executive instead of posting on S2ki since you know precisely what everyone should do?

budgy

Jimmy Fallon didn't have his own time slot before the changes, he didnt have a show. And going on that late basically means yes, he would have gotten screwed, no one would watch his show if it was on any later....everyones watching the Colbert Report re-run if they are still awake by then

Steponme

Who's to say I've never been? My point of view? The guy was just having a hissy fit because he knew NBC would have had to compensate him money for that contractual obligation. In simple words, he money-hungry, yo.

Yes, Fallon didn't have a time slot before then, but he would have taken over Carson's slot.

Saki GT

I'll be watching Conan, not Leno.

Screw NBC, Conan knows that him leaving hurts NBC, it will take away from the 11:30 viewers, and his staff and fans will find homes in a couple months. Conan is going to need all the support staff he had at NBC, the studio they work at will just have a different mailing address.

In a few years when Leno is retiring, NBC will have to come courting Conan, which is better than him sticking around just waiting for the opportunity.