REF: Conan/Leno
CONAN! My friend! I’ve missed you so much! It feels as if an empty void in my heart has been filled… .
Did anyone else watch Conan’s triumphant return to television earlier this month? Oh man! Conan’s premier was the highest rated comedy to air on TBS since they stopped airing ‘Gilligan’s Island’ reruns during Braves rain delays.
Seriously though… Conan’s ratings rocked the house. Conan pulled 4.2 million viewers!
So, NBC fired Conan seven months into his stint hosting ‘The Tonight Show’ and gave it back to Jay Leno. Which begs the question: How did Jay Leno do? Well, Leno only received 3.5 million viewers and Letterman only received 3.4 views.
Conan couldn’t have asked for a better return.
It’s going to be very interesting to follow Conan’s rating over the coming months. 4.2 million viewers will be very hard to maintain and this number will probably drop rather quickly and fall in line with Leno and Letterman… however, unlike Leno and Letterman who merely maintain the audience they already have, Conan is in a place in his career where he will generate a new audience base and grow… which is what NBC wasn’t patient enough to wait for.
In the end, only one thing is certain: NBC will rue the day they let Conan go.
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