![]() Sweeney and other late-night TV insiders agree that NBC's current fiasco has been brewing for decades. But then they fell into third or fourth place." "They got rid of Bill Cosby, 'Cheers' and Johnny Carson within the same year, and thought that was an achievement because they saved all that money they were paying to the stars. "It was '92 when Jay took over 'The Tonight Show,'" Sweeney said. I hear things, I can't believe they do what they're doing." I think everybody who works with him loves him," said Don Sweeney, who served as "The Tonight Show's" musical director from 1975 to 1995 and wrote " Backstage at the Tonight Show: From Johnny Carson to Jay Leno." "People kid about him being the nicest guy in show business, but he very well may be. Those who know the 59-year-old comic well agree that he's the victim of network stupidity. But none of that means that Leno's the bad guy. Critics agree that O'Brien out-classed NBC, and his fans continue to corral around him on the Internet, tweeting their support for "#TeamConan" and bashing the bigwigs who denied him a fair shot at "The Tonight Show." He put out a scathing, smoothly-worded statement Tuesday saying that he refused to compromise the integrity of the "Tonight Show" franchise by starting the show at a different time from its days under the late, great host Johnny Carson. ![]() start time.īut no, O'Brien's not having any of that. Conan O'Brien, the redhead quick-witted funny man who inherited " The Tonight Show" from Leno? NBC figured he'd fall into line and be happy with a 12:05 a.m. time slot because of sinking ratings and pressure from affiliate stations. ET experiment and move him back to his old 11:35 p.m. Jay Leno has been made out as the villain in the late night comic battle royal that NBC set off Sunday, when it announced it would cancel Leno's 10 p.m. Team Leno: the real war is Team Talent vs. ![]() 14, 2009 — - Forget about Team Conan vs. ![]()
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