1 Day 'Til Conan

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.

NBC Station: F*CK YOU, LENO!

Angry blogger, too: F*CK YOU, LENO!

Finally, somebody agrees with me about the Jay Leno primetime jump to 10 p.m. For the record, I think Leno's planned move to a nightly primetime schedule, which will end 35 minutes before The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, is so wrong on so many levels. Leno knew he was losing his spot four years ago and, being the hard-headed prick that he is, he used his so-called "pull" at NBC to keep his name in the social conscious. NBC froze, then flinched, and essentially let Leno butt-rape them and Conan O'Brien into creating the new show. Leno's move just steals the thunder of Conan's stint on The Tonight Show. The only way TTS with Conan O'Brien will work is if the Leno show is entirely different from the Conan show, or some body assassinates this Leno weasel into oblivion.

There's also the move WHDH in Boston, MA reportedly pulled. The NBC-affiliated station owned by the good folks at Sunbeam Television announced through its website that it will launch a new 10 p.m. hourlong newscast essentially pre-empting the Leno show this fall, Variety reported today. And sure enough, when NBC caught wind of this news, the smell of a shit storm was on the horizon. NBC said the pre-emption will put WHDH in breach of its affiliation contract and they will not hesitate to pull its affiliation. WHDH said the move was "purely financial," aka the hell with Jay Leno! Who gives a shit about NBC anyways? They are a far cry from the days of Seinfeld and Friends. They recently aired that Momma's Boy reality dating show essentially putting the net on "jump the shark" status. And the best part of this is that this is happening in Leno's hometown. May I also mention that it's Conan O'Brien's hometown as well. WHDH definitely let everyone know who they are behind.

Now, all NBC stations! Follow your affiliated brethren in taking Jay Leno off the air! Oh, yeah, F*CK YOU TOO, KEVIN EUBANKS!