Anchorhead said:

I have to say, I'm getting a little worn out on Conan's grandstanding & complaining. It's back to my earlier statement & long-time feeling that Conan is just too narcissistic.

I might be a little more sympathetic to his childish complaining were he just a victim of NBC's poor planning, but he doesn't have the ratings to back all of this up. He had his own devoted fans for 16 years (or were they?), but they didn't follow him to 11:30 - blame them, not Leno. Leno's show did poorly in prime time, but it was the only real gamble.

Conan, on the other hand, stepped into a 56-year-old proven time slot - on a 56-year-old late night dynasty - THE standard for all who followed & copied. A show that until the day he took over was #1 in the ratings. When he took over, the ratings sunk to the lowest in the show's history.

Conan - shut it.

What I don't get is that everyone is pretending that Conan was the victim when, in fact, it was all his scheme! He was the one that demanded TTS in 2009 with his 2004 contract. He, along with the all too willing folks at NBC, pushed out Leno. Now he and his fans are making out like Leno is the bad guy, and the worst part is that people are buying into it!

If Conan had truly in respectful, he would have waited until Jay was ready to retire and them graciously took the helm, not force him out.