I’ll tell you the real problem that goes far beyond Jay and Conan... it’s the guests. The celebrities themselves have become less and less interesting (and less talented and well-overrated) over the years, most of them have nothing to offer and are often mindless morons and it’s just painful to watch (and that’s BEFORE you even get to what passes for “musical talent” today, which is beyond execrable).
If you ever see an old “Best of Carson”, even their worst shows featured guests you didn’t mind seeing, the “Old Hollywood” types. Most of those folks are almost all dead now, or long since retired. About the only one left worth watching is Don Rickles. His interactions with Carson were classic (remember when Don broke Johnny’s cigarette case and Johnny crashed Rickles’s set ?). There’s just almost nothing on these talk shows today that rises to that level of talent and entertainment.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3niwv_johnny-carson-confronts-don-rickles_fun
Here’s the segment. They don’t get much better than this.
I don’t like this move by NBC to put Leno on primetime.
It was done so he wouldn’t go to ABC and take his audience with him. If they wanted to keep him then why did they agree years ago to turn the TS over to Conan? (it was to keep Conan from defecting).
Now you have five less hours of primetime shows on NBC, they canceled “Medium” a show with pretty good ratings and CBS will now air it. I think it will all backfire on 4th place NBC and cement their poor position. I bet reruns of CBS shows will still beat Leno at 10/9 central especially if he’s barred from having a-list guests (which is retarded).
Never watched the show much but this isn’t surprising.