Dear Internet,

Today is a sad day.  Conan O’Brien, host of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, bids the show and NBC adieu.  Before I go on, please allow me to get this off my chest:

JAY LENO, NICE GOING.

After only seven months at The Tonight Show, NBC decided to remove Conan from the show.  The Jay Leno Show experiment failed, The Tonight Show was not receiving high ratings, and so the executives at NBC have chosen to course correct this mess by replacing Conan with Leno.  It’s like the whole switcharoo never happened.  I am angry with NBC and Leno for various reasons.  Although Conan’s ratings were not blasting through the roof, he was connecting with the coveted 18-49 demographic and slowly gaining a larger following.  NBC is kicking Conan out just seven months into the gig; he’s barely got his feet wet!  And then there’s Leno.  As you can clearly see in the video above, he initially attempted to be a gentleman in 2004 when he addressed his audience about the passing of the baton with Conan which would come in 2009.  After his failed experiment show at 10PM, Leno should have recognized his time was up and leave The Tonight Show with the man who worked so hard and for so long to reach his position.  Instead he tells NBC he is absolutely willing to replace Conan and end this legal mess on a low, sad note.

That said, let’s reflect back on Conan’s short stay at The Tonight Show: Continue reading An open letter; The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien is no more →