The battle of late night TV in America is just getting started and for good reason. Viewers are all choosing sides in this battle for the prime time spot in late night television, if there is such a thing. Apparently as far as Conan O’Brien’s corner is concerned, the prime time spot does exist for the program that follows our late local news in America. Most know that Johnny Carson held this spot for many years on NBC. Since his departure we have seen a variety of night show hosts try to fill the Carson spot. At one time Jay Leno was pretty successful with this duty, but soon he would give it up to Conan O’Brien and Conan has did a terrific job.

Now it appears Jay Leno wants to get back in the business and NBC welcomed him back with open arms. They liked the idea so much, they actually gave Leno a real prime time spot on NBC and this was at the 10 PM hour; before the local news would come on. This didn’t work out too well and after 4 months of declining ratings, the Jay Leno in prime time has not worked out. For some odd reason, the producers at NBC think it would do better, if they move Jay Leno back to the spot right after the local news and push Conan O’Brien down 1 hour. This news didn’t sit too well for Conan O’Brien and to this point; he has refused to make room for the big-chin Leno that America didn’t want to see at 10 PM and they certainly don’t want to see him replacing the talented Conan O’Brien.

The NBC troubles is making one late night host smile from ear to ear. David Letterman seems to be benefiting from the early struggles between Leno and O’Brien, but don’t look for this pattern to continue. David Letterman isn’t that great to watch either and his ratings may see a decline if NBC allows the feud between Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno to continue. Since no talk show host has a gag order yet, this could work out well for NBC in the long run. It might have been planned by NBC the whole time, who knows? We do know that America loves controversy and if this feud continues on NBC; then late night TV watchers will be tuning in to see what Conan has to say about Jay Leno. I wouldn’t get happy too fast over there Letterman, you may just be walking into a clever trap set by NBC. It doesn’t help when David Letterman uses his air time to talk about the Leno/O’Brien battle and this only gives more reasons for viewers to tune in to NBC.

I won’t pick between broadcasting networks and tell you which station to watch late at night, but I will throw my support in the Conan Obrien corner. I think Conan has did really well for the past 5 years, entertaining the sleepy-eyed Americans as they go to sleep watching his show. Not sleeping due to the content of the show’s material, but going to sleep to wake up for their 9 to 5 jobs that the people in this country do 5 days a week. Conan has worked his way up the ranks and has did nothing to get pushed down those ranks. We can certainly say that Jay Leno has did nothing to over take Conan’s Show and Leno’s talents are average at best. I don’t think NBC should blindly grant Conan Obrien this spot forever, but as for now, we choose Conan Obrien over Jay Leno.

Who do you want to see in the NBC time slot immediately following your late night local news?

A. Conan O’Brien

B. Jay Leno

C. Other?

My vote is for “A” and I will take the wittiest late night personality currently on the air and that is hands down Conan O’Brien. I strongly urge NBC to keep Conan in his rightful time slot and give the hour after his show to Jay Leno or you could do midget wrestling? I would just like to see if Jay Leno is man enough to accept the spot behind Conan O’Brien and I think most Americans are more curious about that than anything. Let’s see if Leno could hold up during the graveyard shift like Conan did so proudly before he got his rightful time on NBC.

No matter if you’re on Jay Leno or Conan Obrien’s side, I think we can all laugh at Letterman for thinking he’s the winner in all of this. Big mistake on his part to keep this public feud going; as his viewers click away from his show to see what Conan O’Brien has to say about Jay Leno.

By the way….

For any late night show host that mentions my blog post on the air, I will instantly give you my support on this blog and all of my other blogs. My support can be bought for a little exposure on late night TV. I think I might just have the power to sway votes and grow NBC’s late night viewership numbers with the words I can cleverly craft on the World Wide Web.