Conan Just Quit (The host not the barbarian)

[EMCE Hammer]

if they pay off Conan don't expect to see him anywhere anytime soon. They have him under contract so techincally they can pay him to sit at home and triddle his thumbs. If he quits and breaks his contract he probably has a no compete clause that will prevent him from doing a similiar show on another network

He won't quit; he'll negotiate a buy-out. His contract stipulates that he'll be the host of the Tonight Show for x-years, and his leverage is that the schedule for the show is implicit, even though the contract doesn't guarantee verbatim that the timeslot will always remain the same. If he didn't have leverage, they would just fire him. Conan may or may not push for a no conditions release. I'm sure he would want to get started on a new show while he's hot.

[The Toyroom]

It's official......Conan is done as of Friday and gets a $45 Million pay-out...he's off TV 'til September and NBC retains all "intellectual properties"

[MEMEGO]

Ifor one Love Jay Leno, he is a great Host as well as Comedian. He is not to blame for what is going on with the shows is no more Leno fault then it is Conan's. The ones who did this and are doing it are the heads of programming. So blame them not the Hosts.

[JDeRouen]

I have to disagree, Leno has a choice. He could say, no, I don't want to bump a show with the legacy of the Tonight Show, I don't want to screw over the host of said show. He should just retire from hosting and do stand up and play with his cars.

[kingdom warrior]

Leno is a Turd!! Hope his ratings plummet for being such a snake!!

[toys2cool]

dam he $45 mil

Leno is still the man

[starsky]

that's a nice little payout....lucky dude

[Mikey]

I never liked or watched Leno to begin with so i'll just keep on not watching him.

As for Conan, to be honest I never watched him either since he went to 11:30

I personally hate watching late talk shows before 12:00 or 12:30.

They're all just too old people oriented before 12:30

[JDeRouen]

I just read that approximately a third of Conan's 45 million will go to his staff. That's his doing, not NBC's. Seems like an honorable guy to me!

[megocrazy]

I just read that approximately a third of Conan's 45 million will go to his staff. That's his doing, not NBC's. Seems like an honorable guy to me!

Yeah that was the holdup on the buyout. I believe Conan's number was $32 million, the debate was the severence for the 150-200 staff members he had on the show. If $32 million and 200 staff is right they'll split 13 million or $65,000 each. Nice severence, plus how many will follow him to his next gig? Probably most of them so they'll be working again by Halloween the latest. Fox is looking like the most obvious choice right now. I'm guessing same time slot as the Tonight Show. Should be interesting to say the least.