personalities are very different. jay was comfort food, you know what you were going to get. lured in way more viewers. so they had lost the number one spot. in an effort to stop the tonight show viewership dropoff, they wanted to push conan s show to midnight. jay agrees, conan declines. then it became these camps. the jay camp, the conan camp. it just was a disaster. when that curtain between reality and perception is torn, everybody feels uncomfortable. that s a real problem for a host. the uncomfortable situation resolves when nbc pays conan and his staff $45 million to step aside. jay resumes his role as host of the tonight show in march of 2010.
tonight show viewership dropoff, they wanted to push conan s show to midnight. jay agrees, conan declines. then it became these camps. the jay camp, the conan camp. it just was a disaster. when that curtain between reality and perception is torn, everybody feels uncomfortable. that s a real problem for a host. the uncomfortable situation resolves when nbc pays conan and his staff $45 million to step aside. jay resumes his role as host of the tonight show in march of 2010. when we came back, was he number one almost automatically? no, there was a hangover. and it damaged jay. what had happened ran counter to his brand which is i m not hardball player, but yes, you
you anyway, but you have asked the questions, and you are fair and balanced and then they talked about your affiliation with fox. guest: some all honesty they will be back-and-forth and the white house will want to if back because they need to if they we ask questions they may not want to answer. jay camp carney and i have a great relationship. neil: so he is the warm fuzzy guy? guest: he is but she a red sox fans. neil: and the other white house guys they are not getting food tasters for you? guest: i am doing my job and they have been straightforward. neil: sense you came there has been an earthquake in japan, one calamity after another and we now have, i think, $2.5