Conan To Sue? O'Brien Won't Go Down Without A Fight

Go get'em ginge!
Conan O'Brien, who reportedly got the final shaft this afternoon when Jay Leno was given back his Tonight Show gig, is prepared to take his former D-Bag employers to court.
Sources are saying that Conan is lawyering up to sue NBC over this whole late-night, time slot war.
It ain't over yet!
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I feel bad for him that he moved his whole family and staff out to LA to take over the show from Leno. I can't stand Leno because he is so bland and predictable, but it's great that we're finally getting some drama back on tv. I'm so sick of reality and talk shows. Let's see some interesting plots and people who can act!
Even tho i dont really like him…i have to say i dont blame him if he does sue..
He SHOULD sue! NBC went back on their agreement!
I'm With COCO.
Bunch of rich spoiled brats. Grow up, there are MUCH more important things going on in the world right now.
He should totally should sue those corporate twats. I hope NBC's ratings hurt from this. Jay Lenos a douchebag
Team COCO–NBC sucks. Makes you wonder what the hell Leno has on the NBC execs. If anyone else had a show with ratings like that? They would give them the boot and not even look back. How does Leno have that much power?
SUE THE SHIT OUT OF THEM COCO!!! then BUY nbc hahahah
TEAM CONAN!
Team Coco! FU Leno!
LOL I don't understand all the support for this loser. 7 months is a big chance when all you are doing is moving up an hour on the same channel. Not funny except his hair.
I'm with Team CoCo. But Perez, you are such fickle bitch. I recall you ragging on Conan and making up false ratings news when he first started the Tonight Show last year. You seemed happy that he was "failing". And now you want to be on Team CoCo? We don't want you on our team. Sorry, you are not cool enough.
get that $ coco!!!!
oh palease…his time is up. go away now conan. your time has been up you spoiled idiot.
Team Coco!
Team Coco!!! Jay Leno sucks and so does Jeff cock-zucker
Wow, Leno's dbag, how could he screw over Conan that way? Conan at least stood up to NBC and for what The Tonight Show stands for and yeah what does Leno have on the NBC execs? I'm with Conan! Go sue em!
I don't get the big deal - TV shows get cancelled and moved around all the time. If a show is getting low ratings, they try it out at a different day/time, and then if no improvement it gets cancelled. How is this Leno/Conan thing any different than any other show that gets canned/moved?????????????
Leno is the one who should have sued. Conan ran him out of his #1 rated tonight show. I don't know why anyone feels sorry for Conan. He didn't get the numbers.
I have no dog in this fight, but he works for the network. They don't work for him. It has always been so. Just saying. They'll likely decide based on the existing contract.
Leno is such a dirtbag! I cant get over what a hard on Zucker has for him, he's not funny…this is insane!
He can lawyer-up until he's blue in the face, but that's not going to change the fact that he blindly negotiated his contract with all the NBC-esque legal jargon in place, with no definitive anything in writing, soooooooooo, he'd be better off donating the legal budget to the Haiti rescue efforts. Oui / Non ?
Oh, and people who keep on saying they feel sorry for him, this/that, whatnot …… the guy makes fucking 10 figues a year, sooooooo, I'm finding it a massive stretch of the imagination to get into that headspace. Sorry, but people in Haiti have FUCKALL right now. Ask them if they feel sorry him Conan !!!!
no1 puts Coco in a corner!!
he's not as funny as he was on the late night show and i liked jay's tonight show better, but i am totally team conan on this one. what jay is doing is wrong. that's show business but it doesn't make it right.
Git 'em, Conan! Run 'em over with your desk!!!
Sue their pants off Conan.
Bleed them dry Coco.
Re: 1helluvatym –
"Bunch of rich spoiled brats. Grow up, there are MUCH more important things going on in the world right now."
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And yet you choose to read this post on PerezHilton.com and comment on it.
Re: Dick Hurtz –
The difference is that instead of bowing out gracefully when his contract expired, Jay instead chose to stay in the spotlight at Conan's expense. The 10-o'clock-sorta/kinda-Tonight-Show was a format that was unprecedented. And it was especially risky because if it failed you're not talking about one unsuccessful show on NBC in the 10pm slot, you're talking about FIVE nights of an unsuccessful show in a late prime time slot. This could have disastrous consequences because even though everyone has a clicker to change the channel, it IS still a big advantage to have high-rated shows as a lead-in.
And now, to actually have the balls to waltz back in to the Tonight Show because he has changed his mind and wants it back, and to just let Conan and his staff hit the road, shows how extraordinarily self-centered and slimy Jay is. Just because NBC offers him the Tonight Show back, it doesn't mean he should take it. If he had any sense of class—or any sense of consideration for Conan and his staff—he would politely decline.
Bring them to their knees Conan!!!
Conan has a face for radio.
I love Conan…and he'll prevail wherever he goes…because he's smart and funnysmart….it will be NBC's loss….and he's principled which you probably don't find much in Hollywood
Team Coco. Leno is a douche.
Move to FOX, then when Leno retires in 5 years after his ratings dropped because now everyone realizes Leno is a scumbag, nbc will have no replacement. Meanwhile, Conan will own the 11pm slot on fox.
Re: Apt. 54 – nobody gets a promise in this business, but it is true, THEY all moved out to LA, got a few months…. now what? Conan will have money, but it sucks for anyone that moved from NY to LA thinking they had a longterm job. NBC gave Leno a LOOOOONNNNNGGGG time for leno to build his audience after carson retired. conan got 7 months. I only watched Leno because of the shows that were on at 10pm, the news than a few minutes of him. I have not seen conan because I have not had any interest in leno at 10. I can not find the shows that were on at 10pm and were shuffled around to different days and times. nbc shoot themselves in the damn foot and somehow it is conan's fault. not surprised, they took alot of government money and I just heard that the gov. is blaming officials at fort hood for the shooting there. Not the shooter, the higher ups. (maybe they should have gotten rid of the guy, but who can see the future? and who pulled the trigger?). I guess it is always the other person's fault. pass it on
These people think they're ineresting and important. I find late night television to be sophomoic and boring…just one big snipe-fest. Kind of like this blog.
Leno sucks. He is a scumbag.
Re: Dily – Re: moviefan – Why are you guys pissed at Leno? This mess is NBC's fault. They took Leno's job away from him when he didn't want to go. (he was #1 !!!) Then NBC cancels his new show and tries to move Conan's Tonight Show. Once again, how is this Leno's fault? Conan's rating were not good, either. Even if Jay bows out now, like you're suggesting, what make you think NBC will let Conan keep an 11:35pm Tonight Show???? Conan isn't safe, regardless of what Leno does now.
Leno is SCUM — Team Conan all the way.
Perezzie, even if ginger loses this will go down toward his immortality. Conan has the popular vote in his back pocket for life and Leno better watch out because we'll be watching him!
It's already been reported that he's been let out of his contract and he can go elsewhere. He's also getting a big payout.
Honestly… WTF? Okay, he moved everyone out to LA, but seriously, it's not as there isn't any other job out there. Just get another show witzh someone is appreciating you more than NBC does. Karma sucks and will come at some point. This whole 'Leno said… Conan did… Kimmel made fun of … Ferguson commented on … Letterman decided to' crap… seriously has none of them anything better to do??? Just King is missing in the mix. It seems like the whole Late Night presenetrs gang up on each other and take sides, rather than sticking together.
JAY IS BACKSTABBER AND HIS LATE NIGHT REIN IS OVER…
yeah I hope conan wins a shitload of money after this! How f'ed up!! He moved his family their kids their staff! Not to mention the staff's family if they had kids, new homes ect.. to only be on the air a few months to wiat 5 yrs for this! My goodness what a mess! NBC sucks big time screw that network and screw Jay. I bet Jay lost alot of fans.. And NBC never has any good shows on anyway. Thats what they get for cancelling all the dramas at 10 ruining those peoples lives.. UGHH Team conan all the way!! I will watch him on any network but nbc
I am not watching NBC for any reason…………….I am not supporting a network who has total disregaurd for all the people who moved thier familes from the east coast to the west coast for Conan's show…………they uprooted their familys………and its just not fair …………NBC is doomed……………who is going to watch this after Conan leaves, not me
i don't know how Jay has done with the 10p show, i used to watch all the late nights because there was nothing else good on, maybe 10p is a bit early lol anyways i hope both of them keep their jobs and they sort this mess out, both are funny enough. come on nbc think think!
Good for him.. It's beyond me why NBC is kissing Leno's ass…
if rang-ers are good for anything
its a fight!
go conan
I hope no one watches Leno's show! I never liked Leno to begin with, but I'll definitely not watch it anymore!
I'll ask once again, why are people pissed at Leno? All the decisions, from beginning to end, have been NBC's. Even if Leno turned down NBC's offer to move back to the Tonight Show, Conan would be on his way out because his ratings sucked. Yes, it's horrible that a bunch of people and their families moved across the country for nothing, but showbiz is a fickle bitch….
wow, reading these comments has left me depressed. these are tv shows, people. i like leno, i like conan, but get serious–both of these guys have loads of money, and you feel sorry for them? i wish i had problems like theirs. geez.
YEAAAAAAAAAA!! For Conan!!!! We LOVE him!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: TorontoBitch – So you, too, noticed that this was a clusterf*ck.
Re: @v@ – LOL! Yes. All this drama is NBC's doing. People need to stop making it into a war between Jay and Conan.