Earlier hopes that NBC could swiftly move Leno to his old 11:35pm time slot and push The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien back to 12:05am disappeared when O’Brien released a bitter statement refusing to participate in what he called the destruction of The Tonight Show.
Since then, O’Brien has placed a sales ad on popular Web site Craigslist for a “barely used late-night talk show,” and joked that young people should be inspired to believe they can “do anything you want in life — unless Jay Leno wants to do it, too.”
Jimmy Kimmel, late night host of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! told Leno on his show: “Listen Jay, Conan and I have children, all you have to take care of is cars. I mean, we have lives to lead here, you’ve got US$800 million. For God’s sake, leave our shows alone.”
Meanwhile late-night CBS rival David Letterman took a shot, quipping; “NBC announced it was putting the NBC peacock [the network’s symbol] on the endangered species list.”
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