If you happen to watch Conan O’Brien tonight, watch for telltale signs of depression. This is what qualifies as a bad day:
Leno debuted huge: Jay Leno’s new prime time comedy/talk show copped 18 million viewers… That’s NBC’s best performance in the Monday 10 p.m. timeslot since the Summer Olympics in August of 2008… 18 million people is about 6 million more than watched Leno’s glutinous final broadcast as host of “The Tonight Show” in May, and about twice as many people as caught Conan O’Brien’s debut as host of “The Tonight Show” in June.
Conan’s younger audience has flamed out: In his 14th week as host of “The Tonight Show” — the most recent for which final stats are available — Conan clocked just 1,000 more 18-to-34-year-olds than Leno had one year earlier…Just 13 weeks earlier, Conan had attracted nearly a million more 18-to-34-year-olds than Leno had snared the comparable week one year earlier.
Obama’s going on Letterman: President Barack Obama will make the first appearance ever by a sitting U.S. President on CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman on next Monday’s show. He will be the sole guest on the broadcast. President Obama has already appeared on The Tonight Show since being inaugurated in January, making a visit to the program, then hosted by Jay Leno, on March 19.
Jesus, that’s brutal. You have to figure that Obama’s going on Letterman in part to not play favorites with NBC, which makes me think: what if the president had gone on Letterman in March instead of Leno? Then Conan would have him this time, and he’d have a chance to win in the ratings for once. That Obama show will be huge, I promise you. People are gonna tune in just to yell at their TV sets.
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Sometimes I wonder if I’m the one with the lame sense of humor because I don’t understand how more people don’t enjoy Conan.
For his Fox appearance, Obama is scheduled to host Mad TV.
Obama taking over an hour of prime time television? LIES. IT HAS NEVER HAPPENED.
Oh you know what? It’s so fashionable to bash Jay Leno. The fact is he is out there every bloody night, and he has fresh material!
Obama is not only a socialist but he hates Conan!
Conan needs to get back to being himself. His show is currently like watching paint dry 80% of the time, because they are afraid to be too quirky. If they’re going to try to be more Leno-ish, they’re going to lose to the actual Leno every time. Please no more circus acts with 15 minutes of set up for a 3 second payoff.
Conan isn’t as popular because he’s actually clever and has an actual sense of humor. Not spoon fed punchlines like Leno and Letterman.. Did anyone catch Leno’s “appearance” at halftime of the game Sunday night… It was embarrassing. Cringe worthy. It must be posted here.
Leno has fresh material? I’m guessing you don’t mean “fresh” in the hip hop sense.
Vietnamese congressmen yell “My Lai!” at their president.
Even if he’s revealed to be a pedophile that keeps children in a dungeon with Jordan Schlansky, I will defend Conan to the death. But the Tonight Show (while enjoyable) has been nowhere near as good as Late Night.
I meant “fresh” as in a Stewie Griffin line from an old episode.
F*** you, NBC. If you ruin Conan, the least you could do is cancel Parks and Rec. Not because it’s a bad show, but so we can have FJM back.
Conan is the man. Who cares if he doesn’t have as big an audience as Leno?
Used to watch Leno for them monologue and the pre-guest comedy bits. His monologues uses much more old material than before and the comedy bits are long and unfunny. This can also be said about Conan and David. Their jokes are recycled, the comedy bits lack comedy. These shows have been dumbed down. I find myself watching films or TV shows on the internet.
I wouldn’t have said this a year ago – but, at this point, the only late night talk show worth watching is Craig Ferguson. Everything else seems artificial.
I used to watch Conan religiously. Even if I had to go to class in the morning. This new show is just not as funny. So, as I watched the new show I decided he was trying for Jay Leno’s old audience. And since I never EVER thought Leno was funny, I figured Conan didn’t love me any more. *sniff* And so I stopped watching. Conan has forsaken me. If I wanted to watch lame jokes I’d tune in an hour or so earlier.
I think the problem is really the time slot. All the young folk I know watch The Daily Show/Colbert hour, which ends in the middle of Conan’s show, meaning they miss the opening monologues, first guest, etc. His time for Late Night gave his target audience a half hour for snacks, drinks, and then boom! bang! Conan time.
Maybe the problem is the coinslot?
Conan is awesome and way better than both Leno and Letterman who are old corpses. Conan relates to th younger audience better but since he moved to the tonight show it hasnt been as good and i havent been watching as much because its not the same as ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ which was a real good show, the best late night show on tv. but Leno, Letterman, Jimmy Fallon, Carson Daily, and Craig Ferguson are all TERRIBLE.
I love you, Conan,