Jan
2010
Conan O’ Brien Talks With NBC Still Ongoing
Every time it looks like the whole Conan O’Brien war with NBC is about to come to an end, something new drags it out even longer.
On very early Saturday, I reported that it looked like Mr. O’Brien and NBC were within reach of a settlement, and that it might even be reported that day, but here we are two days later and still nothing. Well, it appears it may be the fault of the Masturbating Bear.
Yes … you read that right.
It seems that NBC has the intellectual property rights to all the characters created by Conan O’Brien and his writers while working at the network. This means that Mr. O’Brien may not be allowed to take characters such as the Masturbating Bear, Pimpbot 5000 and more with him. The only character that may not belong to NBC, and probably the most important, is Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog. He was brought on to the show, and is therefore not part of the deal.
The rumor now is that NBC may be trading Conan all of the characters for his silence in regards to attacking the network after he leaves. However, considering Mr. O’Brien addressed this rumor in Monday night’s opening monologue of The Tonight Show by singing a song about NBC executives being morons, it seems safe to say that this rumor is not true.
The Hollywood Reporter has now said that we should learn the final settlement on Tuesday, but considering the tone of Mr. O’Brien’s jokes on Monday night, there is no longer any doubt that he is leaving the show, it is only a matter of how much he will be paid.
All that is left at this point is to learn where the comedian will end up next.
