Conan on TBS

[Catman]

 

[Dr. Evil]

Watching Letterman's Rant about the NBC situation:

Calls Conan "our old friend" and Jimmy Fallon "a likeable young newcomer"

Takes shots at Leno, NBC and Carson Daly.

http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_...iNRYyjNPdx6U&vs=Big Show Highlights&play=true

 

[Go Web Go!]

 

[KALEL114]

It's a sad, sad day when Jimmy Fallon sets the standard.

So true Kimberly. A sad day indeed.

 

[Dr. Evil]

From Letterman: "Law and Order: Leno Victims Unit"

http://www.cbs.com/late_night/late_show/video/?pid=U9ruroO26LQPY631V8Atl34qa2nmxtzt&nrd=1

 

[MSwift]

crap someone beat me to it lol

http://sirmikeofmitchell.com/sirmitchell/conan03.jpg

 

[hippie_hunter]

There's a meeting that began at 1:45 PM going on at NBC Universal about The Conan War: On one side of the room are NBCU bigwigs Jeff Gaspin and Marc Graboff. On the other are O'Brien's reps: manager Gavin Palone, WME agent and board member Rick Rosen, and the newest member of Team O'Brien -- Hollywood litigator Patty Glaser who was hired on Sunday and is WME's legal shark of choice. I wouldn't want to be Gaspin or Graboff right now: Gavin can be as mean as a rabid dog, Rick's agency reps 60% of the TV talent, and Glaser is a pitbull. This is bloodsport.

I've learned both NBCU chief Jeff Zucker as well as Gaspin were told that, before it went out, Conan was publicly making that statement (see below). My insiders say O'Brien's reps didn't want him to do it. "They were not thrilled. They told him it would undercut his negotiating leverage," one source revealed to me. "But Conan wouldn't listen to them. He wanted to make it." When Conan read the statement to the staff, "he broke up. He began to cry," one of my insiders reveals. "Because for 17 years he was working towards The Tonight Show, and now he says he's prepared to walk away from it. That's an amazing thing. An amazing thing. But he takes very seriously the fact that The Tonight Show baton was passed to him."

Meanwhile, Hollywood creatives are already starting to show support for Conan against NBC. At the Television Critics Association confab, near the end of the session with ABC TV showrunners, TV showrunners Steve Levitan (Modern Family) and Bill Lawrence (Cougar Town) said almost in unison: "Hey, did you guys read Conan's letter?" Lawrence added: "I love it. Man, it was just ballsy. It's just the way I hoped it would be."

 

[hippie_hunter]

There's a meeting that began at 1:45 PM going on at NBC Universal about The Conan War: On one side of the room are NBCU bigwigs Jeff Gaspin and Marc Graboff. On the other are O'Brien's reps: manager Gavin Palone, WME agent and board member Rick Rosen, and the newest member of Team O'Brien -- Hollywood litigator Patty Glaser who was hired on Sunday and is WME's legal shark of choice. I wouldn't want to be Gaspin or Graboff right now: Gavin can be as mean as a rabid dog, Rick's agency reps 60% of the TV talent, and Glaser is a pitbull. This is bloodsport.

I've learned both NBCU chief Jeff Zucker as well as Gaspin were told that, before it went out, Conan was publicly making that statement (see below). My insiders say O'Brien's reps didn't want him to do it. "They were not thrilled. They told him it would undercut his negotiating leverage," one source revealed to me. "But Conan wouldn't listen to them. He wanted to make it." When Conan read the statement to the staff, "he broke up. He began to cry," one of my insiders reveals. "Because for 17 years he was working towards The Tonight Show, and now he says he's prepared to walk away from it. That's an amazing thing. An amazing thing. But he takes very seriously the fact that The Tonight Show baton was passed to him."

Meanwhile, Hollywood creatives are already starting to show support for Conan against NBC. At the Television Critics Association confab, near the end of the session with ABC TV showrunners, TV showrunners Steve Levitan (Modern Family) and Bill Lawrence (Cougar Town) said almost in unison: "Hey, did you guys read Conan's letter?" Lawrence added: "I love it. Man, it was just ballsy. It's just the way I hoped it would be."

 

[Gilpesh]

"They were not thrilled. They told him it would undercut his negotiating leverage,"

Hah. No, it didn't. It just shot his leverage through the roof seeing as everyone is talking about how ****** Leno and NBC are and how stand up Conan is being.

 

[hippie_hunter]

I wonder if he'll stay in LA. I'd like to see him back in NY.

When I visited NYC before Conan took over the Tonight Show, I was just mere feet away from him, but because there were so many people I didn't get to see what he looks like in person

 

[Dr. Evil]

NBC looking at guest hosts:

http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/conan-crisis-nbc-looking-tonight-show-guest-hosts-12879

 

[Prison Mike]

guest hosts?! So, NBC isn't going to back down on this one. Will tonight be Conan's last episode?

 

[hippie_hunter]

You would think that with the massive support that O'Brien is getting over NBC and Leno from both the public and Hollywood, you would think that NBC would just suck it up and pay Leno the $50 million and be done with it.

 

[Dr. Evil]

And to think, Comcast is considering keeping Jeff Zucker.

 

[CELTICPRED]

Conan's statement made me truly sad.

 

[Go Web Go!]

It was pretty sad. It just goes to show you how much the man truly cares about the show and the hard work that he's put towards getting it. Such a shame what they're doing to him.

 

[JP]

Um, no. Not okay. Conan has been in my house every night since I was 16. I just can't deal with him not being on right now.

 

[hippie_hunter]

And to think, Comcast is considering keeping Jeff Zucker.

I don't think Comcast is very happy with this situation.

This is just bringing negative publicity to NBC Universal and their Jay Leno debacle has cost them at a conservative estimate of up to $200 million (along with losing another $200 million due to the Winter Olympics).

Losing $400 million in a short time is going to make it hard for Comcast to convince it's investors to approve it's takeover of NBC Universal, the same investors that didn't want Comcast to take over the Walt Disney Company which is a much stronger company.

 

[Raiden]

Hah. No, it didn't. It just shot his leverage through the roof seeing as everyone is talking about how ****** Leno and NBC are and how stand up Conan is being.

I don't see how it undermines Conan's leverage, either. NBC now knows that they can't push Conan around and expect him to put up with their BS, and Conan is now telling them that he'd rather walk away from The Tonight Show than putting this legendary show on 12:05AM. If anything, he gets more leverage because the only alternatives for NBC is either move Leno to a different timeslot, fire him, or put him back to The Tonight Show, and none of these options are palatable for them.

 

[Dr. Evil]

It will be interesting to see who in Hollywood will take Conan's side and who will take Jay's side.

 

[MSwift]

It will be interesting to see who in Hollywood will take Conan's side and who will take Jay's side.

Seinfield already took Jay's side.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Seinfield already took Jay's side.

And Patton Oswalt is on Conan's side. So is Letterman.

I would not be surprised though if upon Conan's departure from NBC one of the terms of his release is that he won't show up on Letterman.

 

[Raiden]

Seinfield already took Jay's side.

I'm not surprise considering that NBC is still signing his paychecks.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Seinfield already took Jay's side.

But it sounds like the only one siding with Leno is Seinfeld. And that's because Leno and Seinfeld are close friends.

But the agencies, the press, and the creative ends sound like they're in support of Conan.

 

[MSwift]

And Patton Oswalt is on Conan's side. So is Letterman.

I would not be surprised though if upon Conan's departure from NBC one of the terms of his release is that he won't show up on Letterman.

Jim Gaffigan also said he's on Team Conan on Twitter.

I'd love to see Conan on Letterman, but you're probably right.