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Why Conan O'Brien has to GO and NOT.

Recently NBC announced that the Tonight Show will be returned to Jay Leno at an unspecified date. This has led to backlash by many loyal Conan O'Brien viewers. The I'm with CoCo campaign began through the popular social networking site Facebook. But not to be outdone Jay Leno supporters have begun their own campaign. However the Leno followers are far outnumbered by the CoCo followers. The reason for Conan's departure is due to ratings failure at the 11:35 time slot. Originally during the Leno reign, Leno averaged 5.0 million viewers a week. Currently O'Brien gets 2.5 million average per week. Also, Jay Leno has been able to keep the same number of viewers for his current 10pm show. Obrien has increased his average viewership from his late night gig of 1.9 million to 2.5 million. Conan started his reign at the tonight show very well. His first show averaged 7 million but quickly dropped to 6 million then 4 million then 2 million. Then he began losing to Letterman. Conan would have survived if younger viewers had only watched the program. Young viewers from 18-34 are the most desirable viewers for advertisers. If only they had watched O'Brien consistently, maybe today it would be Leno who would have been shown the door. But it never happened. When Leno was the host, he constantly beat Letterman in young viewers and total viewers. Now Conan, SOMETIMES beat Letterman in young viewers but only by 0.1 and has lost to Letterman in total views a majority of the time he was the Tonight Show host. Also, NBC local affiliates were losing viewers, one station lost 30% of its viewers since the Conan reign. That means a loss in revenue and angry station managers. So the decision to put Leno back at 11:35 makes a lot of sense.

Pros VS. Cons

>>>>>Conan O'Brien

PRO: he can attract more young viewers then letterman. He is young and has time to improve
CON: Youth viewers vary and don't usually watch Conan on TV, but through other means like HULU which does not get ratings

>>>>> Jay Leno
PRO: more happier affiliates. The Tonight Show can be #1 again (maybe)
CON: His image as a nice guy has suffered and his creditability damaged.

NOW who is likely to be happy?

NBC will be extremely happy and will make money
Jimmy Fallon will be happy because when Leno was his lead in Fallon averaged 2.25 million viewers a week. BUT with Conan as his lead in, Fallon has only been able to average 1.3 million viewers.

NOW who is to be blamed?

Jeff Zucker, the man who underestimated the situation
Conan O'Brien viewers because they did not tune in to his show consistently. If Conan had only won the 18-34 demo by a LARGER margin he would still be on the air today. Right now that is happening. Since the debacle began O'Brien has been getting a 1.9 in the demo vs the 1.0 he originally gets. If only o'brien gotten a 1.9 a MAJORITY of his tenure as the Tonight Show host he would still be the host. But it's too late! Right now Leno gets between a 1.3-2.2 in the same demo depending on the night.

But fear not COCO fans, O'brien will be fine with the suitcases of money he will take from NBC

POSSIBLE PLACES for CONAN:
Fox
FX
Comedy Central
HBO
Showtime
the internet.

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English Premier League Review

So today was survival sunday for four premier league teams; Sunderland, Hull, Newcastle, and Middlesborough. West Brom was already relegated to the championship. It looked like Newscastle had the best chance to survive after Hull was down one at the KC stadium. However hope for survival for Newcastle United turned south after Aston Villa scored. Sunderland played as though they really wanted to stay up! They came from 3-1 to 3-2 working hard for their loss even though they were destined to stay up. After the full 90mins and added time Newcastle UTD (for the first time) and Middlesbrough were relegated along side of West Brom to the Championship. The two teams that have secured a place in the English Premier League for next season are Wolverhampton and Birmingham City. The third team to join them will be decided tomorrow (05.25.2009) between Sheffield UTD and Burnley. more to come on this tomorrow. Now the big question is will any of the three teams make it back to the EPL. Reading f.c. made a commitment to heading back immediately this season, but came up short in the playoffs. So who do I think will make it? Well most players leave if a team is relegated. Michael Owen (Newcastle UTD) has a great opportunity to leave for Scottish Champions Celtic. If Newcastle lose any of their players they better hope to find excellent replacements. Also they need a manager! Seeing that Alan Shearer is on a temporary basis will Joe Kinnear return? Also because of thier relegation I believe there will be a backlash against owner Mike Ashley. Ashley has been viewed by the supporter as a non-sense Newcastle fan and needs to be replaced. So will Newcastle return? MAYBE. How about Middlesborough? Well they could sack manager Gareth Southgate and maybe replace him with Alan Curbishly???!!! I think Curbishly would make a great fit for Middlesbrough relatively young squad. There Keeper seems to be off in every game. Perhaps a new defense is what Middlesborough need, then again they would also need better middlefielders. So can Middlesbrough make it back? The Championship would seem a good fit for boro. Birmingham made it out so why can't they? The teams in the Championship are very experienced. Also Leister and Peterbrough (who secured promotion from League one to the Championship) look big contenders. Especially Peterbrough who were promoted last season to league one and then this season promoted to the Championship. Could they make it to the Premier League? No, not next season. There are too many experienced teams out there in the Championship like Reading, Sheffield Wednesday, now Newcastle, West Brom, Preston, middlesbrough, Cardiff and lots more) However theres a first for everything, but highly unlikely. Back to Middlesbrough, they won't make it back if their keeper does not improve. Boro survived last season becuase of Mark Schwartzer. With him gone they were obviously relegated. Now West Brom, their manager is very experience in the Championship. However he lost a lot of player during the summer transfer window during the summer of 08. WBA lost their top scorer, goal keeper, and other players which is why they were relegated. Not a good idea of getting rid of your best players right directly after promotion. This season has been excellent. Liverpool made it even close to the Premier League Title only falling short to the Champions, Manchester UTD. During the transfer window it would be interesting who Liverpool manager Rafa Benetiz will sell and bring in. I think the squad he has is the best one yet, but they need another striker like Fernando Torres. Chelsea has seen a mixed season with the sacking of Luis Felipe Scolari and the interm management of Guus Hiddinks. Also a controversal Champions League match against Barcalona, I think an FA cup win against Everton will make it all up. Arsenal nearly missed out on Champions League Footbal against Aston Villa. But do Villa fans really want to be in the Champions League group stages? I mean after they couldn't handle UEFA european cup (I think thats whats it called). Next season tends to be interesting with new signings for the big four, Sunderland recieving a big money boost, Manchester City planning to bring in quality players through their owners big purses, and Tottenham who have improved greatly under Harry Redknapp. Next season will be interesting with Chelsea expecting a new manager and maybe Arsenal id Arsene Wenger leaves for Real Madrid (unlikely according to Wenger). So overall brilliant season! Heres the final table of the 2008-2009 Premier League Season:
Premier League Table
Premier League Table - May 24 2009 Pos Team Pts

C 1 Manchester United 90 CHAMPIONS OF PREMIER LEAGUE - CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
2 Liverpool 86 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
3 Chelsea 83 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
4 Arsenal 72 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - QUALIFICATION STAGES
5 Everton 63 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
6 Aston Villa 62 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE
7 Fulham 53 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - QUALIFICATION STAGES
8 Tottenham Hotspur 51
9 West Ham United 51
10 Manchester City 50
11 Wigan Athletic 45
12 Stoke City 45
13 Bolton Wanderers 41
14 Portsmouth 41
15 Blackburn Rovers 41
16 Sunderland 36
17 Hull City 35
R 18 Newcastle United 34 RELEGATED TO CHAMPIONSHIP
R 19 Middlesbrough 32 RELEGATED TO CHAMPIONSHIP
R 20 West Bromwich Albion 32 RELEGATED TO CHAMPIONSHIP

LATE NIGHT LAUGHS - ratings

In the past few months Late Night has seen a big change with the change of hosts on NBC's "Late Night" and change is show format with NBC's "Last Call with Carson Daly. However all that matters are the ratings that follow. NBC has been the ratings king being led by "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. When Conan O'Brien held the reign of Late Night succeeding David Letterman (after CBS promised him an earlier time slot back in the early 90's) has been in a ratings fight with CBS's the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. However recently Jimmy Fallon came in to take over "Late Night" as Conan prepares to host the "Tonight Show" as Jay prepares to how the "Jay Leno Show" in the fall on NBC at 10pm. WOW LOTS OF CHANGES. BUT THATS NOT IT. Carson Daly has decided to take his show on the road, thus changing the format of his show. There has been a lot of positive reaction to the change in format. Now back to Jimmy Fallon and his ratings. In the first couple of week Fallon topped Ferguson with over two million viewers versus Ferguson's 1.9 million. Also Fallon has been able to retain at least 50% of Leno's audience. However in May Fallon's numbers cooled as his ratings began to decline. During the week of May 8th Ferguson beat Fallon in total viewers and virtually tied Fallon in the key demographics. WTF happened?! Well IDK, if the episodes that appeared during the week of May 8th were repeat episodes than ok! New numbers are out and heres the break down:

11:35pm
NBC's Tonight Show 5.0 million viewers
ABC's Nightline 3.8 million Viewers
CBS's Late Show 3.7 million viewers

*Notice Night Line a news division of ABC news is beating David Letterman's show. CBS's competition at that time is mostly with ABC. However when Conan takes over in June will there be a ratings change? Will the Tonight Show lose viewers? I think the first night there will be interest to see what Conan does. If he hits it out of the park then the Tonight Show will continue to beat ABC and CBS. However if he dosen't Letterman could see a possible chance at stealing away O'Brien's audience.*

12:35am
NBC's Late Night 2.1 million viewers
CBS's Late Late Show 1.9 million viewers
ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live 1.7 million viewers
*note Kimmel's show begins at midnight exactly*

1:35am
NBC's Last Call 1.1 million viewers

CABLE RATINGS

The Daily Show 1.5 million viewers
The Colbert Report 1.1 million viewers

Imagine if Stewart and Colbert where on basic TV, their ratings would be huge!

NBC's Saturday Night Live also had a huge ratings gain! it had 7.3 million viewers
*note Fox's Mad tv has been canceled....