ESPN blogger and former ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ writer Bill Simmons did a podcast in which he discussed the situation with Conan O’Brien and TBS. In it, he claims that TBS gave Conan “an offer he couldn’t refuse.”
In that regard, he’s probably right. TBS offered Conan ownership of the show, a whole lot of money and more creative freedom than he could ever wish for compared to what he would get from any of the networks.
Simmons is also correct in that Conan’s 11 P.M. show on a cable channel will put him more in competition with ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’ and ‘The Colbert Report’ than either Letterman or Leno. That’s ironic when you consider the sketch the three of them put together during the writer’s strike.
While Simmons is correct about all this, we don’t appreciate being called “the egghead crowd.” Give us some dignity, man. We don’t call you “the dumb jock crowd.” It would be a cliché.
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