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Late night wars.....

Since my bedtime has changed from 8:00pm to whenever the heck I please, I have been watching some of the late night television wars. It seems that Conan O'Brien and I will have one thing in common as of tomorrow night. We will both be unemployed. However, I think Conan will have an easier time paying the bills.

Between all the jabs from Leno, Letterman, and Conan, the comedy makes for some good drama. Of course all the tabloids have, or will be weighing in with their observations, since empty inquiring minds want to know. And since controversy attracts, NBC has been getting extra viewers. And the boy riding the bike into the Kia plant probably likes that.

When all is said and done, television is still a vast wasteland.

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Unknown said…
People are attracted to negative, must be the way we are wired. I'm thinking we could all use a bit of readjusting. If this late night issue, was being handled amicably...nobody would give these guys props for good behavior, they would be ignored.
We humanoids are certainly a strange bunch!
~AM
January 22, 2010 5:35 PM
Minerva said…
Haven't seen much, but I think I'll watch "Co Co" tonight for the last time. I predict it won't be the last time we see him on TV. I think I heard that NBC is legally forcing him off the air until September. Then he's a free agent.
January 22, 2010 6:21 PM
Mike Golch said…
yes it still is.the sad thing is that Conan blames leno for this mess.Leno said it best on his show when the Network execs canned to show and decided to play around with the schedule.
January 22, 2010 6:46 PM
Awake In Rochester said…
On one hand, people need a distration from reality now and then. On the other hand, it gets a bit too much when late night TV is talked about much more then all the wars of the U.S. put together.
January 22, 2010 8:58 PM
Busy Bee Suz said…
It is a vast wasteland. I miss most of it. Ok, all of it. But I still love Conan. He is the funniest. :0
January 22, 2010 11:43 PM
Michelle said…
I watch mostly documentaries nowadays. I just can't seem to get into shows anymore. I used to like detective shows, but lately "fun" shows about murder and dead bodies just feels morbid and depressing.
January 23, 2010 6:06 AM
Anonymous said…
Conan is absolutely not funny at all. Good riddance to him.
January 23, 2010 10:31 AM
Tim Lones said…
I just think they should have kept Leno at 11:35 till Leno was ready to retire..Conan is ok, but I dont find him all that funny..
January 23, 2010 10:53 AM
Ben said…
Funny, I was just bloggin' about this myself. I thought Conan went out with a lot of class (which you don't get much of in late night TV) last night.
January 23, 2010 4:38 PM
Syd said…
I don't watch any of them. Nor much TV at all. So I guess for me the Wasteland is wasted.
January 25, 2010 2:30 PM
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