Thread: Conan Slipping Fast

As of last night, Conan was only 1/10 rating point ahead of Letterman. Has lost more than half of his opening night audience. Dave's numbers are up, so there's a lot of defection. Anyone surprised? (I'm surprised in only took a week).

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Not at all surprised...I much prefer Jay Leno over Conan, my wife can't stand Conan, and my parents switched to David Letterman vice watching Conan. We are all eagerly awaiting the return of Jay Leno to the 10pm slot in September. In my opinion, Leno is going to change the face of late-night since, in my opinion, he will quickly win back the late-night audience and many of these people will not stick around for Conan or Letterman. We shall see...

Originally Posted by KAB

As of last night, Conan was only 1/10 rating point ahead of Letterman. Has lost more than half of his opening night audience. Dave's numbers are up, so there's a lot of defection. Anyone surprised? (I'm surprised in only took a week).

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Not at all....very disappointed the first night as well. He took back his old routine and nothing was original of The Tonight Show at all. He looks really bad on a 40"HDTV. Scary!!!

Originally Posted by riffjim4069

Not at all surprised...I much prefer Jay Leno over Conan, my wife can't stand Conan, and my parents switched to David Letterman vice watching Conan. We are all eagerly awaiting the return of Jay Leno to the 10pm slot in September. In my opinion, Leno is going to change the face of late-night since, in my opinion, he will quickly win back the late-night audience and many of these people will not stick around for Conan or Letterman. We shall see...

I'm afraid I have to differ big time. Leno will tank. After about 4 weeks, they will take him back to three nights, then by Christmas, he'll be gone. (As he should have been).

Not sure how Leno will do, I wouldn't be surprised if it changes from 5 nights a week within the first year. I'm not at al surprised about Conan. I watched the first episode and part of the second, haven't watched one since. He sucks. It is really sad to have lost Leno before his time (in my opinion). I don't see Conan making it more than a few years (at most).

Conan is not Jay Leno. Jay Leno was not Johnny Carson. I don't know why people expected Conan to have the same show as Jay Leno and more than Leno to have the same show as Carson. He has a different style. I like Conan and I like Letterman. But I perfer Conan over Letterman. It really depends on people's taste. I also think that Conan appeals to a younger audience and Leno appealed to an older audience. My parents hate Conan and loved Leno. I was the opposite.

I watched the first Conan... that was enough, even Howard Stern who doesn't like Leno was saying yesterday that NBC had made a big mistake...

Letterman took over last night.

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Originally Posted by KAB

I'm afraid I have to differ big time. Leno will tank. After about 4 weeks, they will take him back to three nights, then by Christmas, he'll be gone. (As he should have been).

Gone like he should have been? After being the late-night ratings King for the past 15-years, he never should have left. Leno is in his prime and would have remained on top easily for another 10+ years. Thanks NBC!