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PLUS: MORE ON CONAN-NBC DEAL

Jan 21, 2010 9:01 AM CST

Sandler to Conan: NBC Fired Me, Too

O'Brien-NBC deal said to be $45 million; tomorrow's his last Tonight Show

(Newser) - NBC and Conan O’Brien reached a pricey divorce early today, but that didn’t slow the Tonight Show host's relentless tirade against the network last night. A constant stream of monologue disses wasn’t enough, so O’Brien unveiled his latest revenge scheme: Waste as much of the network’...

Conan Seals
$44M Exit Deal

Jan 21, 2010 6:40 AM CST

Conan Seals $44M Exit Deal

Agreement includes $32M for him, rest for staff

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien and NBC have finally made it official. The late-night host signed an exit agreement that includes $32 million for O'Brien and $12 million for his staff. The deal is also believed to bar both sides from publicly disparaging each other, and to temporarily ban O'Brien from appearing on...

NBC Fiasco
Gets Animated,
Hong Kong-Style

Jan 20, 2010 12:23 PM CST

NBC Fiasco Gets Animated, Hong Kong-Style

Video explains what's up with Conan and Jay...in Mandarin

(Newser) - Everything's better in Chinese...and that includes the Conan O'Brien-Jay Leno fracas. Hong Kong's NMA-TV has created a video animation of the debacle, as it did for Tiger Woods , complete with a plug-pulling Jeff Zucker and Jay and Conan dressed as superheros. Watch the video for a lively explanation of...

Conan Bashes
NBC en Español

Jan 20, 2010 9:13 AM CST

Conan Bashes NBC en Español

O'Brien contract talks delayed; late night trashing continues

(Newser) - As the late night hosts’ jabs at each other and NBC go on…and on…and on, the severance deal between Conan O’Brien and NBC continues to be delayed. TMZ reports the hold-up is over how long O’Brien will be barred from slamming the network—which he did...

Conan Slams
'Incompetent
Morons'
at NBC

PLUS: $32.5M PAYOUT

Jan 19, 2010 8:17 AM CST

Conan Slams 'Incompetent Morons' at NBC

'Tonight Show' deal appears close for O'Brien

(Newser) - Conan O’Brien came out swinging on last night’s Tonight Show , saying that while it's rumored he's “legally prohibited” from saying anything negative about NBC, "luckily they're not saying I can't sing anything." He then, naturally, took to song, crooning about the network’s “incompetent...

Leno: Conan's Been a Gent

Jan 19, 2010 5:21 AM CST

Leno: Conan's Been a Gent

Blames NBC for fiasco, saying he never liked 10pm idea

(Newser) - Jay Leno turned peacemaker in the late-night wars last night, insisting that he bears Conan O'Brien no ill-will and blaming the mess on NBC's original decision to replace him on the Tonight Show. He never did like the idea of the 10pm show, he said, but NBC wouldn't let him...

Logical Next
Stop for Conan:
Comedy Central

unsolicited advice

Jan 18, 2010 5:47 PM CST

Logical Next Stop for Conan: Comedy Central

Stewart-Colbert-O'Brien lineup would be a win-win-win situation

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien is about to go back on the market—but the late night talk show market is full. "ABC has already said it's not interested in hiring him," writes Patrick Goldstein. "HBO isn't prepared to get into the late-night talk show racket. And Fox has a...

Jay in 2004: 'Conan, It's Yours'

leno's original announcement

Jan 18, 2010 10:56 AM CST

Jay in 2004: 'Conan, It's Yours'

Leno promised no 'animosity' when O'Brien took over Tonight Show

(Newser) - The best piece of unintentional humor to come out of NBC’s late night dramedy is probably Jay Leno’s original 2004 announcement that Conan O’Brien would take over The Tonight Show in five years. Funny or Die unearthed the clip, which features Jay deeming Conan the best choice...

Late-Night
Mess Is
Our Fault

DAVID CARR

Jan 18, 2010 10:38 AM CST

Late-Night Mess Is Our Fault

When you can Google what's going on, why watch Tonight Show ?

(Newser) - It’s fun to point fingers, but the “late-night fratricide” at NBC isn't Jeff Zucker's fault, Leno's, or Conan's: It's ours. The real culprit is our own disaffection with traditional TV, writes David Carr, who's been following the fracas closely—on his computer. We're so bombarded by news that...

Conan-NBC
'Divorce Deal'
ThisClose

Jan 18, 2010 3:03 AM CST

Conan-NBC 'Divorce Deal' ThisClose

O'Brien's final Tonight to air Friday

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien and NBC are close to a final "divorce" agreement that will eject O'Brien as Tonight Show host—and there won't be a last-minute reconciliation, sources tell the Wrap . "All major issues" have been settled, said a source, including contract payments due O'Brien. Fox's entertainment chief Peter...

SNL Jabs at Conan, Jay

Jan 17, 2010 11:07 AM CST

SNL Jabs at Conan, Jay

But it's Larry King who's the brunt of most of sketch's jokes

(Newser) - With NBC's late-night stars smacking each other around all week, Saturday Night Live could hardly wait to get its own licks in on Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien—one of its own alums. But, as David Itzkoff notes in the New York Times , given SNL's ties to NBC's late night,...

10 Ways the
Golden Globes
Beat the Oscars

OPINION

Jan 17, 2010 10:28 AM CST

10 Ways the Golden Globes Beat the Oscars

Food, drink, and fashion flubs start awards season off right

(Newser) - Awards season unofficially begins with tonight's Golden Globes ceremony, an alcohol-addled free-for-all that makes the Oscar telecast feel like a prayer meeting. Breeanna Hare of CNN runs down 10 reasons the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's shindig beats the Academy Awards:

Booze: "The Globes would not be the Globes if

...

As the End
Nears, O'Brien's
Ratings Soar

Jan 17, 2010 6:03 AM CST

As the End Nears, O'Brien's Ratings Soar

Nation of jobless tunes in to watch him jab at NBC execs

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien is about to be out of a job, and his bitter cracks on NBC execs are doing what his show did not—viewership has soared. O'Brien's ratings have been rising through the week, and Tonight ratings Friday were 50% higher than they've been this season. O'Brien beat out...

Conan O'Brien Can't Take His Comedy Bits With Him

Jan 16, 2010 2:16 PM CST

Conan O'Brien Can't Take His Comedy Bits With Him

NBC putting its foot down again over 'intellectual property'

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien may be about to leave NBC with $30 million in his pocket, but he won't be able to take along his masturbating bear, his predictions for the year 3000, or any other of his comedy bits. Sources tell the Hollywood Reporter that the network won't let Conan resurrect...

Leno? Conan?
Bah! Bring
Back Arsenio

OPINION

Jan 15, 2010 11:29 AM CST

Leno? Conan? Bah! Bring Back Arsenio

(Newser) - Jay Leno failed at 10pm, but one host could make that time slot work: Arsenio Hall. For one thing, prime time needs some color. Minorities have made some inroads on the late-night schedule, from BET’s Mo’Nique Show to Fox’s Wanda Sykes Show, “but let’s be...

NBC Exec Calls Conan
'Chicken-Hearted and Gutless'

'ASTOUNDING FAILURE'

Jan 15, 2010 10:34 AM CST

NBC Exec Calls Conan 'Chicken-Hearted and Gutless'

Dick Ebersol clearly Team Jay Leno in 'Tonight Show' flap

(Newser) - Though his fellow comedians are lashing out at Jay Leno, the comedian at least has the NBC brass on his side. Conan O’Brien is “chicken-hearted and gutless” for blaming his “astounding failure” on Leno, says Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Universal Sports. The bottom line? O’Brien...

NBC Will
Allow Conan
to Walk

Jan 15, 2010 7:00 AM CST

NBC Will Allow Conan to Walk

Network will let O'Brien start a new show at another network

(Newser) - The soap opera is nearing an end. Despite threats to the contrary, NBC will allow Conan O'Brien to leave the network and start a new show elsewhere before his contract expires, sources tell Kim Masters at the Daily Beast . The network will give O'Brien a hefty parting check, but the...

Jay, Conan Take Gloves Off

Jan 15, 2010 5:46 AM CST

Jay, Conan Take Gloves Off

Leno, O'Brien continue trading digs over fate of 'Tonight Show'

(Newser) - As Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien continued to take swipes at each other last night (and everyone else continued to take swipes at Jay Leno), rumors and new developments in the NBC shake-up continued to come out. Watch highlights from last night in the video gallery, and read on...

NBC Threatens
to 'Ice' Conan
O'Brien

Nikke Finke

Jan 14, 2010 1:20 PM CST

NBC Threatens to 'Ice' Conan O'Brien

Zucker wants him off the air, O'Brien thinks it'll wind up in court

(Newser) - NBC honcho Jeff Zucker is now threatening to take Conan O’Brien off the air entirely and “ice” him for the remaining three-plus years of his contract, preventing him from appearing on NBC or any other network, O’Brien’s reps tell Nikki Finke . Jay Leno would then get...

Jay, Conan Turn on Each Other

LETTERMAN REACHES OUT TO CONAN

Jan 14, 2010 7:24 AM CST

Jay, Conan Turn on Each Other

As Tonight Show saga continues, Leno and O'Brien face off

(Newser) - As the late-night shakedown gets messier, Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien seem to be turning against each other—and David Letterman is clearly on Team Conan. The Late Show host wants O’Brien to appear on his show “not to rub NBC's noses into their huge mistake, but...