Team Leno or Team O’Brian?

According to TMZ the battle for late night time spots has pretty much run its course.

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You have Conan O’Brian who has been contracted for several years to take over the 11:35 PM Tonight Show, and he has done a bang up job of it. Then you have Jay Leno, who left The Tonight Show, only to start up his own Show at 10:00 PM. Well, Leno’s Show has not performed up to par for the affiliates, so NBC wants him back at his old time slot. Then Conan would get set back to 12 AM and Jimmy Fallon to 1 AM.

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Conan refused the arrangement, stating:

“So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of The Tonight Show. But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet a time slot doesn’t matter. But with the Tonight Show, I believe nothing could matter more…”

So the story so far is… Conan is out, Leno is back in, Jimmy is, well, Jimmy… the Fox Network has already began building a set for Conan, and the rest of us are still pounding away at our 9 to 5’s, wishing somebody would give us millions of dollars for the difference of a half hour!

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So, who are you routing for?

Leno to get the shaft… Conan to get the shaft… or damn them both, and throw Adam Sandler in as a pinch talker?

Tags: conan o'brian, jay leno