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Originally Posted by Mr. E
This is all actually Conan's fault to begin with.
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Your *details* are mostly right. Your major assumption, and your conclusion, are wrong.
Conan's deal was up and he was being wooed by the other networks, particularly Fox.
NBC desperately wanted to keep Conan in the 12:35 slot, so in order to keep him they promised him the Tonight show down the road, and then NBC convinced Leno to retire in 2009. That gave them the Leno-Conan pairing for years and years before 2009, and that's what they were after. When 2009 rolled around and Leno was still doing good ratings and wasn't happy about leaving - that's when all the crap started.
So if you're paying attention, that makes it NBC's fault, not Conan's.
Conan's contract was up, NBC said "hey, don't leave, stay in late night for a while and we'll give you a boatload of money and the Tonight Show in 2009. And if we back out on the Tonight Show deal, we'll give you an EXTRA 40-million bucks."
Conan took the deal. I would imagine anyone else would have done the same thing. Just because it was a stupid deal - that doesn't make Conan the bad guy for taking it.