Conan O'Brien's 'Tonight Show' Nominated for Emmy, Nothing for Jay Leno

By PopEater Staff Posted Jul 8th 2010 08:58AM

'The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien' earned its first and only Emmy nomination this morning.

Conan will compete against 'The Colbert Report,' 'The Daily Show,' 'Real Time With Bill Maher' and 'Saturday Night Live' in the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series category.

'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno' was not nominated, although NBC submitted Leno's work, while O'Brien's own people submitted his.

NBC forced Leno to leave 'Tonight' in 2009, handing the reigns over to O'Brien and giving Jay his own primetime show. But after only seven months, Leno's 'The Jay Leno Show' failed to catch on and Conan's ratings lagged, so the network booted Conan from the 'Tonight Show' and reinstated Leno.

O'Brien will have a new show on TBS beginning in November. Interestingly enough, TBS launched a campaign to nominate Conan for an Emmy.

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Thursday 08 July

By Donna

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Now I know these emmys are fixed Conan over Leno you have got to be kidding. and I bet that he will win too just because he sucks.

By Dobs

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Regardless of one's feelings about Conan, I'm not surprised Jay's Tonight Show redux didn't get nominated. I haven't laughed at Jay Leno in longer than I can remember.

By Magnolia

Yeah. No kidding. No politics. No payback. No. None at all.

By James

Right on, Conan got this nomination because "he was wronged" and not because of talent or viewers. His show sucked, hence, cancellation.

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By Ben

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I'm actually Team CoCo but I'm not sure why he would even submit himself for this. I mean considering how poorly he was treated, why would you want an award for that?

By bobrien

Conan was terrible and Jay Leno is so much better. I love his Jay walking, his funny newspaper ad and his show in general. Leno should have gotten the nod for the emmy not Conan. I'm glad he is gone.

Monday 12 July

By Gary D

It doesn't bother you that Leno stole his "jaywalking" bit and his "funny newspaper bits from Letterman?

By cara

This whole debacle was a ridiculous misstep for NBC, Jay Leno, and the Tonight Show legacy. Life goes on, Conan will have a great show on TBS, and perhaps even an Emmy to boot. A small part of me hopes that Jay woke up to this news today and felt like crap, although I doubt he has any conscience left.

By tony

hope he wins,leno sucks donkey peters!

By Scott

What a joke.

By mary ann shackelford

Well, I am glad that Conan was nominated. I was disappointed in
a statement I heard Jay Leno make...It was reagarding the "birds"
in the Gulf cooking in oil, and somehow brought KFC into the statement. That was VERY distasteful ! MANY people, not only in the Gulf area were very depressed over those sights. Were the writers that hard up for " laughs"?

By Mario

Just because Leno took over the show ?Boo hoo he left with 40 million dollars and turned around and did to George Lopez exactly the same thing they did to him??????

By Dave

Except for the fact he talked to George Lopez before he made any decision to make certain he wasn't doing the same thing done to him...

By chris

Someone who tanked the Tonight Show's ratings to an all time low gets a nomination. Yea awards aren't bought....much.

By Debaser

Oh, yes. An "all-time low." So since Leno's ratings are currently lower than Conan's were, what would that make Leno? An all-time lower?

By Coco Fan

I'M WITH COCO!!

By sandy-jack

I am glad Conan got nominated. Make way for new talent. Jon Stewart should get the Emmy. He is really funny! Don't worry about Jay or Letterman - they are just fine. They have tons of money and fame. Time for a new generation.

By Amelia

Conan may get an Emmy ..Can you say payback time ? I think it's hilarious .Go CoCo !!!

By Annie

and what payback will Conan get for forcing Leno out first? And then pushing Lopez. Yeah Conan talked to Lopez, after TBS told Lopez he had to move. Lopez was like Leno and gracious about it. Only Conan whined like a baby.

And people seem to forget that Leno wasn't eligible for an emmy with the Tonight Show because he wasn't on it during that time period.

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