Shut Up It's On

Friday night was the final episode of The Tonight Show hosted by Conan O’Brien. Seven million people watched.

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The latest:

-This is the final week of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.
-Team Conan and NBC are close to a deal that would give Conan around $35-40 million dollars and enable him to move to another network in less than a year. Two sticking points are intellectual property rights and the severance package. TMZ reports that O’Brien can keep all of his recurring bits and characters if he stops trashing NBC. Tough call… Read more…

Here’s the latest:

-First TMZ becomes a reliable source of information, now Bill Simmons – a.k.a ESPN’s “The Sports Guy” and Jimmy Kimmel Live writer for about a week – got the scoop that Conan plans to do his final Tonight Show episode on January 22nd. People magazine confirms this. Read more…

“If I was treated this way, I would walk.” –Johnny Carson advising David Letterman in The Late Shift

Conan O’Brien released a statement today announcing that he would not do The Tonight Show if it follows Jay Leno:

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