Leno/O'Brian Timeslot Change Fallout, sad AND hilarious

After much speculation, Conan O'Brien released a statement yesterday addressed to "People of Earth," in which he said that he "cannot participate in what I honestly believe is [the show's] destruction." He was referring to NBC's decision to take Jay Leno out of prime time and give him a half-hour show at 11:35 p.m. NBC executives were hoping that O'Brien could follow at 12:05 a.m. But in his