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NBC's Move Around, A pretty stupid idea? or what?

So I'll admit I like Jay Leno and I like Conan O'Brien. I'll admit Leno has the better monologue but Conan's the more entertaining guy. Leno's got the better guests, but Conan's interviews are a lot funnier. Leno's headlines are entertaining, and so are Conan's sketches. The thing I like is that they are the perfect two man tagteam combination.

Think about it? You go from a bit "classier" comedy from Leno (if you can call it that, AHEM Dancing Itos) to the surrealist brand of Judd Apatow humor from Conan O'Brien. Its like switching channels from the Baby Boom Generation to Generation X. So what happens when Conan tries to leave NBC? Well NBC allows him the Tonight Show but the boneheads at NBC realize that Leno's a bigger draw for the Older audiences, so they keep him on at an Earlier timeslot. So Conan's out of New York, who do they bring? Jimmy Fallon from SNL! Screwing up the whole distortion of power on NBC.

Meanwhile Dave Letterman (not as great as he was in the 80's) has beaten his competitor in Leno, and Craig Ferguson (much more talented then Fallon) competes with him in the same time slot. So they first remove Conan and replace him with Fallon, and well he's new and so he's a bit bad but he still manages to get enough viewer support to come close to Ferguson's ratings or at times beat him.

Now you got Conan on the Tonight Show but because it's a institution for higher comedy, Conan's got to step up the standards and not be silly, because people find him a bit pompous. Perhaps what the NBC branch though when they put Leno over Letterman on the Tonight show? Whatever the case Conan's now a Los Angelino and I'm sure it'll effect his comedy, seeing as he'll be getting guests better then he ever imagined but at the same regard guests that he can't make fun of as much, ahem Tom Cruise.

Then you got Leno, the face of Late Night on NBC, whether you like him or not coming in prime-time competing with CSI, do you think enough people will watch Leno over a CSI episode? It just seems a bit ridiculous and all could have been prevented had NBC not tampered around with their schedule, now everything is a roll of the dice. To see whether it works or whether it fails