Conan O'Brien -- Free at Last

[jrp44]

 

[and i love it]

However.. goes on talking about doing everything to support the Haiti disaster then spends 1.5 million on that scene.

Unless that's a pure lie?

 

[wings90]

The hamsters

The Bugatti

 

[zach13g]

1.5 million.

got em!

ahahahaha

 

[4wrestling]

Originally Posted by neverflopped

Bugatti mouse lol

 

[theinfinitesr]

this is great. yo go to letterman too, claire danes is looking extra

and i was never even feelin her like that before

 

[big j 33]

Originally Posted by And I Love It

However.. goes on talking about doing everything to support the Haiti disaster then spends 1.5 million on that scene.

Unless that's a pure lie?

Well NBC has to front the cost of that bit if it actually cost that much. At least he's brought up the Haiti tragedy for the past severalshows, plus you don't know if he's donated anything towards the charity himself.

 

[Master Zik]

Classic ep

 

[and i love it]

Originally Posted by Big J 33

Originally Posted by And I Love It

However.. goes on talking about doing everything to support the Haiti disaster then spends 1.5 million on that scene.

Unless that's a pure lie?

Well NBC has to front the cost of that bit if it actually cost that much. At least he's brought up the Haiti tragedy for the past several shows, plus you don't know if he's donated anything towards the charity himself.

Yeah true. I guess he could not have just made an enormous donation of NBC money or something

And I would bet he has donated some money himself.

 

[4wrestling]

Sandler was

 

[big j 33]

Yeah I only say that because I know he's made a few donations on-air before, and tons of celebrities are charitable but you just don't know about it.He's good friends with Ben Stiller so I'm sure he threw some money for his charity.

Anyway, it's really great to see all these stars come out to support Conan, you can tell they really do care and appreciate the guy. Definitely bittersweetthough, this should have been his show for years

it's a damn shame.

 

[crank lucas]

Sandler killed it indeed , this joe mccale kid better come with some heat to top the episode off

 

[jd turk]

Yo, I have faith in Joel, he hosts The Soup, he's gotta have an arsenal.

 

[big j 33]

Joel McHale is hilarious, definitely holding his own.

Everyone should watch Community too, he's great on that show.

 

[mez 0ne]

Joss Stone & Raphael Saadiq is gonna be dope.

 

[mez 0ne]

She killed that +@**.

 

[crank lucas]

barefoot chick was hot and good song, I like how adam stuck on the couch throughout the whole thing and they took the tonight show mug with them as memorabelia

excellent show

 

[hess side 978]

Conan has been killing now that NBC can't hold him back. I was rolling at most of tonights show, granted i am faded.. it still was laugh out loud funny,def tuning in tommorow night, can't wait for Will Ferrel.

 

[mez 0ne]

Craig Ferguson's interviews always crack me up with his subtleties:

Craig: ...and what is the name of your little infant'?
Keri Russell: River.
Craig: Oh...well what a lovely name for a child.
Keri: It is a lovely name isn't it.
Craig....do you smoke a lot of marijuana?

 

[dvdjamm5150]

the Bugatti Veyron Mouse

Make the morons pay,Conan!

 

[big j 33]

Well, it's over.

[h1]Conan O'Brien, NBC Reach $45Mil Settlement[/h1]
Posted Jan 21st 2010 7:28AM by TMZ Staff

Conan O'Brien and NBC worked out their final conflict hours ago and have reached a $45 million settlement ... and we've learned it's a sweeter deal for Conan than anyone thought.

Network sources tell TMZ the "mitigation" clause was taken off the table. Translation -- Conan will get a severance of $32.5 million, regardless of whether he gets another hosting gig. Not bad for seven months work.

As we first reported, NBC will pay $7.5 million to Conan's "Tonight Show" staff -- and our sources believe the network added several thousand more to the pot at the last minute.

In addition, NBC will pay a whopping $4.5 million to the executive producer.

Conan has agreed he will not take another hosting gig 'till September at the earliest.

Conan's last show is Friday. We're told NBC hasn't decided who will replace Conan for the period between Monday and the Winter Olympics.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/21/conan-obrien-nbc-settlement-tonight-show-severance-deal/#ixzz0dGrGBjZX
Good to see the staff is getting paid, definitely important in this whole mess. And Conan can go on the air in September which isn'tthat bad.

Still hoping for some positive details on the intellectual property rights of Conan's bits and characters.

 

[crank lucas]

Its official, Friday will be his last show

[h1]NBC: Conan O'Brien reaches $45M exit deal[/h1]
By FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer Frazier Moore, Ap Television Writer 27 mins ago

NEW YORK - Conan O'Brien told NBC good riddance Thursday in a $45 million deal for his exit from "The Tonight Show," allowing Jay Leno to return to the late-night program he hosted for 17 years.

Under the deal, which came less than eight months after O'Brien took the reins from Leno, O'Brien will get more than $33 million, NBC said. The rest will go to his 200-strong staff in severance.

Compensation for O'Brien's staff and crew was the final hurdle in negotiations. O'Brien was said to have been "dug in" on the issue out of concern for the workers, while NBC said this week that it had already agreed to pay "millions of dollars to compensate every one of them" and deemed it a public relations "ploy."

On Wednesday night's show, speaking of a push to get a severance deal for his staff from NBC, O'Brien joked, "At first they thought I was gullible. They said the staff would be taken to a big farm, where they'd be allowed to run free forever."

O'Brien's final show will be Friday, with Tom Hanks scheduled to appear as well as Will Ferrell - his first guest as "Tonight" host last June.

Reruns of "Tonight" with O'Brien had already been scheduled for next week. It was unclear how NBC will fill the two-week gap after that, before beginning its Olympics coverage.

Leno will return to "Tonight" on March 1.

"In the end, Conan was appreciative of the steps NBC made to take care of his staff and crew, and decided to supplement the severance they were getting out of his own pocket," his manager, Gavin Polone, told The Wall Street Journal. "Now he just wants to get back on the air as quickly as possible."

O'Brien will be free to start another TV job after Sept. 1, NBC said in its statement, released Thursday, which confirmed that "under terms of an agreement that was signed earlier today, NBC and O'Brien will settle their contractual obligations and the network will release O'Brien from his contract."

There has been much speculation on where he might go next. ABC (which airs "Nightline" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live!") has said it wasn't interested, while Fox, which lacks a network late-night show, expressed appreciation for his show - but nothing more. Comedy Central has also been mentioned.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100121/ap_en_ot/us_tv_leno_o_brien

 

[crazy ebw]

Last two nights should be great.

 

[dirtylicious]

Conan is a stand up dude... making sure his staff gets severance...AND putting in his own money too.

 

[lazyj10]

I wonder how the agreement reads...

Like can he go on the air as a guest?