<p>In 2010, NBC tried to hand The Tonight Show, the 60-year-old crown jewel of American late night, to two different comedians. The five-year succession plan they spent years building collapsed in seven months, took down the entire network's primetime line-up with it, and ended with $45 million in severance, one million people in "I'm With Coco" t-shirts, and one of the great public-image collapses in TV history. Sixteen years later, Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno have still never spoken. This is Just The Gist of the Tonight Show battle between Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno.</p><br><p>......</p><br><p>We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's Breakin' Nooz, JTG After Show AND Bonus eps! You can access them by joining the Gistener Club via the<a href="https://www.patreon.com/justthegist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Just The Gist Patreon</a> or Apple Premium Subscriptions.</p><p>Watch Just The Gist episodes on<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@JustTheGistPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Youtube @JustTheGistPodcast</a> Follow Just The Gist on<a href="https://www.instagram.com/justthegistpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Instagram</a> and<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@justthegistpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> TikTok</a> @JustTheGistPodcast Follow Rosie in all the places at @RosieWaterland Want to give us a SuGISTion? Tell Rosie to stop singing so much? Email us at [email protected]</p><p>Just The Gist is a Just The Network production. Executive Producer and Host: Rosie Waterland | Senior Producer and Editor: James Joseph | Producer: Kate Leaver | Additional production support: Hayley Staveley | Acast Legends: Guy Scott-Wilson and Simon McDermott | Production Assistant: Pocket</p><p>Don't forget to follow and give us 5 stars, which means something apparently! Thank you, as always, for Gistening. Now go say something impressive at a dinner party.</p><br><p>......</p><br><p><strong>Resources:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8201411-the-war-for-late-night" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The War for Late Night by Bill Carter (Goodreads, 2010)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/961605.The_Late_Shift" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Late Shift by Bill Carter (Goodreads, 1994)</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Tonight_Show_conflict" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2010 Tonight Show conflict (Wikipedia)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmDYXaaT9sA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Conan O'Brien's 2011 Dartmouth Commencement Speech (YouTube, 2011)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UUBJmUAOKg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Conan O'Brien Can't Stop documentary (YouTube, 2011)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/odonnell-to-leno-hand-over-tonight/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">O'Donnell to Leno: Hand over Tonight (CBS News, 2010)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/jay-leno-and-the-tonight-show-controversy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jay Leno and the Tonight Show Controversy (Oprah.com, 2010)</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>