Good for him.

**Stinky!**

"Conan O'Brien to Quit 'Tonight Show' If It's Bumped to 12:05 a.m. as Planned, According to the New York Times"

He's being royally screwed. I'd do the same thing. 

**O-Face**

I love Conan and his floppy hair.

**Stinky!**

Ooh, a very eloquent fuckyou from Conan:

"People of Earth:

In the last few days, I?ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, andI want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a secondfeeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I?ve been getting paid to do what Ilove most and, in a world with real problems, I?ve been absurdly lucky.That said, I?ve been suddenly put in a very public predicament and mybosses are demanding an immediate decision.

Six years ago, I signed a contract with NBC to take over The TonightShow in June of 2009. Like a lot of us, I grew up watching JohnnyCarson every night and the chance to one day sit in that chair hasmeant everything to me. I worked long and hard to get that opportunity,passed up far more lucrative offers, and since 2004 I have spentliterally hundreds of hours thinking of ways to extend the franchiselong into the future. It was my mistaken belief that, like mypredecessor, I would have the benefit of some time and, just asimportant, some degree of ratings support from the prime-time schedule.Building a lasting audience at 11:30 is impossible without both.

But sadly, we were never given that chance. After only seven months,with my Tonight Show in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to theirterrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in theirlong-established late night schedule.

Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move theTonight Show to 12:05 to accommodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60years the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late localnews. I sincerely believe that delaying the Tonight Show into the nextday to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what Iconsider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting.The Tonight Show at 12:05 simply isn?t the Tonight Show. Also, if Iaccept this move I will be knocking the Late Night show, which Iinherited from David Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out ofits long-held time slot. That would hurt the other NBC franchise that Ilove, and it would be unfair to Jimmy.

So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoyhosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it isfor me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievablyhard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of TheTonight Show. But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe isits destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs andthe Internet a time slot doesn?t matter. But with the Tonight Show, Ibelieve nothing could matter more.

There has been speculation about my going to another network but, toset the record straight, I currently have no other offer and honestlyhave no idea what happens next. My hope is that NBC and I can resolvethis quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can beproud of, for a company that values our work.

Have a great day and, for the record, I am truly sorry about my hair; it?s always been that way.

Yours,

Conan" 

6fsn

Good for Conan. And good for the rest of us for not having to endure Leno in primetime anymore.

WTDuck?

NBC has decided to react to their terrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in their long-established late night schedule.

This is awesome, true, and extremely ballsy. 

**O-Face**

He absolutely is 100% speaking the truth.  I sure hope they don't make him leave.

jojobrn

He's right, moving the Tonight show shouldn't even be on the table. Leno has known for 6 years his time was coming to an end, get over it and move on. It isn't as though he doesn't have other gigs, the guys does stand up tours and shows regularly still.

nicoleg1982

::swoon::  I love Conan and his saucy little hip dance.

zsazsa-stl

I PPH Conan. 

Be cool, my babies!