Dear NBC,

Keep Conan, let Jay go.

Really, you should have parted ways with Jay when he left the Tonight Show. You had no obligation to create a new show for him, and made a mistake in replacing 10pm dramas like Law and Order: SVU.
Affiliates are pissed because Jay is a poor lead-in for the 11pm local news. I am not sure if this has occurred to you, but they are the lead-in for Conan. So if their ratings are tanking because of Jay, Conan's are doubtlessly effected similarly.
There are a lot of families who moved across the country to be part of the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, a show that has been in the same time slot for decades.

Jay has a hangar full of cars, and a long, successful run on the Tonight Show. You don't owe him anything else. Like a parent without control of their kids, you didn't have the temerity to tell him his turn was over. You need to suck it up and tell him it is Conan's turn.
Conan isn't even through his first season and you are jerking him halfway back to his old timeslot. The way you are treating him is despicable. For the amount of work he has done for you, and the loyalty he has shown, the utter lack of respect you are showing him, and your cowardice in dealing with Jay Leno is pathetic.

It was your mistaken decisions that got you to this point, and I am sure you are aware of the firestorm of criticism that you are at the center of currently. You can argue that Conan's contract doesn't contain a set time slot for the Tonight Show, but what is legally allowable is not necessarily right. Get it right this time. Convince Jay that it is time to retire. And if you can't convince him, let him go mad. You owe it to Conan O'Brien to let him host the Tonight Show, in the slot it has always been. At this point, you also owe him an apology.

I promise, if you move Conan to a later time slot, I will stop watching any NBC Universal content that will generate revenue for you. I will encourage everyone I know to do the same. I love your thursday night lineup, but I will make sure that when I see it, you are not making a cent.

So please, give Conan a chance, say goodbye to Leno, and let me watch The Office, 30 Rock, and Community without hassle. I will even start watching Parks and Recreation.

Sincerely,
Andrew Cox



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