Even with it all but sealed that Conan will be leaving NBC, there was a huge turnout for the “Team Coco” rallies in NY, Chicago and LA. And with good reason: Conan’s audience likes to protest, and they’re young enough to do it.
Just imagine a pro-Leno protest. First of all, it’d never happen. But if out of some miracle it did? Who would be there? A bunch of angry midwestern grandmas, Jerry Seinfeld (so long as his “Marriage Ref” was profiting) and Kevin Eubanks, maybe.
Conan’s ratings surge is no fluke — it’s just all his fans actually watching on live TV, as opposed to the way we usually watch, on Hulu or DVR. I wonder if NBC is kicking themselves yet.
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