Comments on: Is Conan O’Brien a Victim of His Own Ambition? http://www.dcrblogs.com/2010/01/15/is-conan-obrien-a-victim-of-his-own-ambition/ Motivating readers to believe, act, and achieve by looking at life with wit, wisdom, and engaging creativity Mon, 21 May 2012 17:59:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Hollydale Kennel Club http://www.dcrblogs.com/2010/01/15/is-conan-obrien-a-victim-of-his-own-ambition/#comment-30129 Hollydale Kennel Club Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:34:12 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/?p=2707#comment-30129 Hey, am I caught in a cue? Hey, am I caught in a cue?

]]> By: Hollydale Kennel Club http://www.dcrblogs.com/2010/01/15/is-conan-obrien-a-victim-of-his-own-ambition/#comment-30128 Hollydale Kennel Club Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:33:37 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/?p=2707#comment-30128 What about the ION network? I like that one What about the ION network? I like that one

]]> By: Joshua http://www.dcrblogs.com/2010/01/15/is-conan-obrien-a-victim-of-his-own-ambition/#comment-30125 Joshua Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:11:38 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/?p=2707#comment-30125 I get the point, but it wasn't as Conan wasn't willing to move to another network. You can't blame Conan for wanting to advance. Does anybody buy that if Leno was fully against the move five years ago, would NBC have forced him out? There is a difference between "ready to retire" and thinking you may be ready to retire in 5 years, but most of us don't have contracts for our jobs. If I'm at that age where I can retire now, or 5 years for now, I don't need to make that decision because I'm not contracted. You can't have a "we'll see" attitude towards it when your employment is based on a contract. But, I do think Leno gets too much blame. I think he didn't act smartly 5 years ago, and he isn't acting smartly now. But the execs at NBC really dropped the ball. Not only did they pretty much force Conan out, and give him loads of sympathy. They basically took Leno off the Tonight Show for a year, saddling him with a damaged public perception, and gave Letterman a year to hook in some of Leno's audience. Leno may not be able to win them back, and now NBC may be getting the same ratings they were with Conan, with a guy who won't have the longevity (from here on) as Conan would. And now many people think your Tonight Show host is a dbag. I get the point, but it wasn’t as Conan wasn’t willing to move to another network. You can’t blame Conan for wanting to advance. Does anybody buy that if Leno was fully against the move five years ago, would NBC have forced him out?

There is a difference between “ready to retire” and thinking you may be ready to retire in 5 years, but most of us don’t have contracts for our jobs. If I’m at that age where I can retire now, or 5 years for now, I don’t need to make that decision because I’m not contracted. You can’t have a “we’ll see” attitude towards it when your employment is based on a contract.

But, I do think Leno gets too much blame. I think he didn’t act smartly 5 years ago, and he isn’t acting smartly now. But the execs at NBC really dropped the ball. Not only did they pretty much force Conan out, and give him loads of sympathy. They basically took Leno off the Tonight Show for a year, saddling him with a damaged public perception, and gave Letterman a year to hook in some of Leno’s audience. Leno may not be able to win them back, and now NBC may be getting the same ratings they were with Conan, with a guy who won’t have the longevity (from here on) as Conan would. And now many people think your Tonight Show host is a dbag.

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