FOX Already Telling Local Stations to Clear 11 O'Clock for Conan O'Brien
Submitted by Frank the Movie Guy on January 25, 2010 - 5:02pm
If you are going to miss Conan O'Brien's late night show, you likely won't have to wait too long. FOX is already starting to court the redhead who left NBC's Tonight Show after Jay Leno took his time slot at 11:35. It looks like O'Brien is going to get a jumpstart on the late night shows by starting at 11 p.m. according to a report today.
The New York Post writes:
Indications are that Fox execs began quizzing local affiliates last week to see if time at 11 p.m. -- now reserved mostly for reruns of comedies -- can be cleared.
Talks between O'Brien and FOX could start as early as next week. It looks like the only losers in the late night scandal of 2010 will be NBC and Jay Leno who has been the butt of all jokes for the past few weeks.
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Telling or asking? Your headline doesn't match your content.
For anybody who is too young to recall - or, perhaps, just wasn't interested in late night TV, back then - it might help to get some background on this whole Leno vs Letterman feud. Here's the full story of how Jay Leno acquired 'The Tonight Show' hosting gig from Johnny Carson, in 1993.
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http://bit.ly/6FjAQq (complete article - NY Times; 1994)
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