CONAN STRIKES DEPARTURE DEAL WITH NBC

By branjoseph, January 16, 2010

Conan O’Brien and NBC have reached a settlement in principle and the big announcement is expected Saturday, sources tell TMZ.

We’re told NBC has already given Conan’s lawyers a draft of the agreement and his hired guns were going over it Friday night. The deal should be finalized Saturday.

Once the deal gets inked, NBC will announce Conan is leaving the network. The network will also announce what we first reported — that Jay Leno will get the full hour from 11:35 PM to 12:35 AM and it will be called “The Tonight Show” — just like old times.

–TMZ

Do you know how shitty and stupid this is? I am so upset. SO UPSET.
-NBC spent more time building that set than they did using it.
-Conan was promised the show 5 YEARS ago
-The whole crew and their families uprooted from New York and moved to California just for the show and its contractual promise
-It’s not just Conan’s contract that was breached.. Andy, Max and others were also promised the stability of working for a huge brand like The Tonight Show

WORST DECISION BY NBC EVER.