More on Leno and O’Brien
For a full analysis on everything going on in NBC late night these days, go to Mark Evanier’s blog. Evanier’s followed late night television for a long time — and even if he does prefer Leno over Letterman — he knows what he’s talking about. Interesting stuff.
Scroll down to the story headlined “Tonight’s Tonight Show” and read up the page.

30. September 2004 at 16:06
While I agree that Conan probably doesn’t want to repeat the same repetoire or players he’s using now and want to move beyond it five years from now, I still don’t think he’d be right “watering down” his act for the Tonight Show. I’d rather have seen him move to Fox or ABC in the 11:30 hour and keep his “edge.” I mentioned to a friend the other night that I thought Jerry Seinfeld would be a better replacement host for Leno instead (or maybe even Drew Carey).