Whether you hate or kinda sorta like Jay Leno, there's no doubt that the big wigs at NBC know how and who to put in that 11:30 p.m. slot. Leno was Johnny Carson's replacement in 1992. Carson followed Jack Parr and Steve Allen, two staples of late night television that many in this current generation would certainly not know.
So it is refreshing that NBC went with Conan O'Brien to fill the role at the Tonight Show. I am eager to see how this turns out. I expect it to be weird at first to see the pale, milktoast ginger do a monologue at 11:30 p.m. rather than the 12:35 a.m. slot we're accustomed to seeing him in. But you gotta keep an open mind here. He did, after all, write for The Simpsons.
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