Heeeeere’s Conan

Re “Leno keeping NBC up at night,” Oct. 15

Ever since NBC made the announcement to replace Jay Leno with Conan O’Brien on “The Tonight Show” in 2009, I have been hoping the network would change its mind. Why must youth always be served? The baby boomer generation will be the largest group over the age of 45, and the advertisers should finally open their eyes to this. More disposable income than ever, and able to stay up later as well.

It’s painful and annoying to watch O’Brien try to talk to his guests. He’s like this overeager little boy who constantly interrupts his guests. Leno is fun, easygoing, and you know he’s going to ask the right questions and get some good laughs.

All I can say is, if “The Tonight Show” goes to O’Brien, I can finally get some sleep.

Dee Dee Messina

West Hollywood

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If Leno goes to another network, I’ll follow, and I suspect many others will. He has established an audience, and it is not O’Brien’s audience. I doubt O’Brien will change his material to fit the earlier, older audience. If O’Brien comes to the earlier hour, he will simply bring his own audience, and NBC will see a drastic drop from Leno’s to O’Brien’s numbers. If there is anyone who wants to watch both in the same time block, there’s always TiVo.

Phil Van Camp

Murrieta