Eastoff
But it was a beginning.
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NBC had completely fucked themselves over. Conan was going to be on the Tonight Show for many many years. Sure the current older generation doesn't like him as much as we do, but they will soon be old and out of the late night picture. Eventually Dave will retire and a lot of his fans would have naturally moved over to the more established guy. Conan was probably 5 or less years away from having Leno type numbers, and he would have kept them until he retired.
Leno will give them short term success, but he has a short shelf life. Plus he does not appeal to the younger generation at all. Even if he doesn't retire for a while, his ratings will steadily decline because of that. I don't understand why NBC is choosing him.
Because a majority of business now looks for the immediate gains, not necessarily long term goals.