If you think Leno's innocent, check out the pattern of treachery, laid bare here:

http://www.therestrainingorder.com/?p=2250

First he says he's retiring, then he says he never wanted to leave.

I am one person who never thought that Jay Leno was all that funny. When I heard that Conan O'Brien would be taking over the time slot that Jay Leno had used, I was thrilled. Conan actually makes the audience, as well as the viewers, laugh. Johnny Carson was also funny, but Leno just didn't have it, as far as I was concerned. I won't be watching NBC at that time, from now on, if Jay Leno has won the spot .

I think the majority of the blame for this goes to the NBC Execs for this one. They have seemingly run this network practically into the ground to the point where it has become a joke. I remember when I was growing up NBC had the best programming there was. Now it's just dumb decision after dumb decision. Everyone is trying to make Leno out to be the bad guy, but I actually liked him and was one of the few that was rooting for him. I think NBC screwed this up by making this deal years ago. I actually feel sorry for Leno, conan and Jimmy cause it seems like they just got caught up in a bad situation that was the result of bad decisions on the execs part.

So now I can watch the Daily Show and Colbert before changing the channel to Conan.

If he wants to work so bad, but him on after Conan.

I liked watching Jay Leno's show at 10pm - I liked when he hosted The Tonight Show, but rarely watched because I didn't want to stay up late for it. At 10pm, I could watch his monologue and then go to sleep - because let's face it, the guests were boring.

I don't like Conan O'Brien's show, never have and probably never will. His brand of humor is just a bit too juvenile for me.

Jay moving back to 11:35pm virtually does not affect my viewing habits of NBC shows. Or any other show really. I simply wouldn't want to watch anything at 10pm unless it was a really good show and even then, I would probably just tape it or watch it on Hulu. I think the nature of tv changing is playing a big part in this whole Jay Leno/Conan O'Brien debacle. People have so many choices these days, nobody has to watch anything at the time slots the networks choose.

The biggest loser in all of this is Carson Daly. He wasn't offered the "Late Night" slot at 12:30am, which went to Jimmy Fallon. Although his new format is better for Carson, he will now lose his "Last Call" show.

Conan has been screwed. Yeah, right, "The Tonight Show" name is important, but the time slot is, too.

Jay Leno shouldn't be blamed as much; the part he shouldn't have done is to agree with NBC 6 years ago to give up the "Tonight Show." He tried to be a team player, but got screwed, too. But, the format of "The Jay Leno Show" at 10PM was really awful. It wasn't funny.

This fall, NBC should get some credit in trying something new at 10PM, but the "JLS" wasn't it. All well.

NBC is just an embarassment. They continue to make inept move after inept move. Leno is now a damaged brand. If they push back Conan, they risk losing Conan, and I think they could upset the prize demographic in the process. Do you think fans will simply go back? I think OLDER fans will enjoy Leno, however the whole mess has the potential to collapse around them. And no matter what, they're going to ALIENATE somebody.

In my opinion, NBC should have NEVER put Leno on at 10pm five nights a week. That was a HUGE mistake. To rectify the mistake, they should simply cancel Leno and be done with it. But nothing NBC does surprises me anymore. It's basically following the plan on what to do if you want to run a major network into the ground.

Can they now please give Chuck the final three episode order?

Joy To The World!