Jimmy Kimmel presents “The Late Night War,” a stirring account of betrayal and bloodshed
As we draw close to the last episode of “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien,” take heart.
The trauma we’ve experienced as television viewers has not been in vain.
In fact, these few fateful days will live on in the form of “The Late Night War.”
Modeled after Ken Burns’ brilliant “The Civil War,” this short-subject documentary recently premiered on ABC’s rival late-night show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” It’s a clever take on the trials and travails of Lenogate, as the squalid squabble between NBC, Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien has been dubbed.
We see NBC executive Jeffrey “Jeff” Zucker as a general, Leno as his second-in-command and O’Brien as the hapless rival who is trampled under their boot heels. Good stuff.
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Watch Conan’s last stand tonight at 11:35 p.m. PST on NBC. (That’s KSBY, Channel 6, for you Central Coast residents.)
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I was no fan of Leno or Conan, but all the hype got me interested and I tuned in for Co-Co’s finale. I remember listening to Johnny Carson’s farewell. (I had to listen, because we lived without a TV and could only listen to the show on our FM radio.) Conan’s finale wasn’t historic — but it was classy. He seems like a good guy. He could have bad-mouthed NBC — maybe should-of, but he didn’t. He thanked them for giving him the opportunity of a lifetime. Way to go, Conan. He’ll be back.
I’ll be brief: Leno will fail.