Jay Leno goes to Primetime?!

At least there isn’t going to be ANOTHER Law & Order at the 10/9C slot

Wow, this is a bad idea. No dramas on NBC at 9pm (CST)EVERY NIGHT? Really?? I for one, will not be watching NBC past 9pm then. Jay Leno is NOT funny. He has funny writers sometimes, but he is not funny. And what a slap in the face to Conan. I also wonder what the content of the NBC dramas will be like since they can’t show them past 9pm. No more “most controversial show ever” promos! LOL…It’s hard to be controversial at 7pm.

I hope that this fails. Not that I don’t like Jay Leno, but this is just horrible. First, late night shows are only funny b/c of the hour that they are on. Second, I think we have seen over and over that variety shows just don’t entertain people anymore. Third, no primetime dramas??? That is insane. I’ll be the first to admit that NBC’s lineup is struggling, but this is a quick fix that will just end up hurting them. And if it works then we’re looking at a whole bunch of the same from other networks. Fourth, poor Conan…what a slap in the face. I’d be looking for a new location if I were him…hello ABC.

Leno is the most annoying man on TV, so good luck with this, NBC. This is a horrible idea. Plus it will mean almost three straight hours of talk shows (with a half-hour break for the news). Overkill, to the say the least. Zucker is a fool and he has slowly torn his network down.

Conan is a funny guy but will have to tone down the weirdness for the Tonight Show. People used to Jay Leno will find Conan jarring. I think Conan can succeed if they give him a chance, though.

This is a really bad idea all around. First, the Tonight Show isn’t really geared toward Conan’s type of writing and Humor, so that was a terrible pick.
They should have kept Leno in the position for a few more years at least. Now attempting to put Leno in a similiar format, an hour earlier is sure to be cancelled and cut back. Dateline used to be on 5 days a week.
Such a waste. Maybe NBC should have put some of Leno’s contract money into development of the good series they already cancelled like Journey Man.
Doesn’t anyone else at NBC have a vision.. what a waste..

Leno is great, 10pm slot had nothing worth watching anyway and Conan’s self-deprecating humor is hackneyed. Can Leno pull off 5 nights a week, though?

Heh, sounds like not a lot of you weren’t there for the Leno/Letterman saga to replace Carson back in the day.
The *EXACT* same things being said of Conan in this comment thread is EXACTLY what was said about both Leno & Letterman.
Both were too crude, their style of humor didn’t fit the image of the Tonight Show, blah blah blah.
Yet both stepped up, both changed their show, and both adapted to the new time slot and audience.
Lets face facts, Conan’s audience now will not likely be his viewers at 11:30.
His writers will change, the material will change to match the viewer.
JUST like it did for Leno.
JUST like Letterman did when he moved from 12:30 to 11:30 on another network.
Anyone assuming the Conan you see now will be the Conan you see after he takes over is wildly ignorant.
Let me guess, the sky also tends to fall a lot too right?
Relax.