Craig Ferguson skullfucks Conan O'Brien

[AdmiralViscen]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080410/ap_en_tv/tv_ferguson_s_first

NEW YORK - Recently sworn-in U.S. citizen Craig Ferguson is being embraced by his new countrymen: The late-night comic hit a ratings milestone last week with his first victory over NBC's Conan O'Brien.
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The CBS "Late Late Show" averaged more viewers than O'Brien's "Late Night" (1.88 million to 1.77 million) for the first week during which they each competed with all-original shows since Ferguson started in January 2005.

It caps a slow and steady climb for Ferguson and raises a red flag for future "Tonight" show host O'Brien, although NBC says it is still happy with O'Brien's audience.

"He's getting looser and looser all the time and for the last few months it's clear that he's having such a good time that you can't resist it as a viewer," said veteran late-night hand Peter Lassally, Ferguson's executive producer.

NBC must be thrilled to have him replace Leno.

[Human Snorenado]

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[Joe Molotov]

The first few times I saw Craig Ferguson, I didn't really like him, but I've seen his show recently and I liked it more. He seems to have a really good time with his guests. He's not as funny as O'Brien, but I'll watch him if I'm up that late.

[Tauntaun]

eh, never been a C-Ferg fan but I'll give his show a shot if I'm up late enough.

[Robo]

You left out the line that entirely discredits this as news:

NBC acknowledged Ferguson's victory but noted O'Brien — the designated successor to Jay Leno when Leno steps down next year — still led among viewers aged 18-49, the youthful demographic the network bases its advertising sales on. Among the younger half of that demographic, O'Brien gets more viewers than David Letterman, NBC said.

Conan reigns in the key demographic while ABC boasts about old farts dozing off during Letterman.

Conan the Destroyer

[Trent Dole]

Craig Ferguson fucking sucks

[FancyFeast]

Craig Ferguson is a fantastic host.  FANTASTIC.  The most real and likable guy on tv by far.

[FancyFeast]

Meanwhile here is Conan's monologue in a nutshell.  I haven't seen the show in 3 yeras but I'm guessing he still rely's on this:


*nasty joke*
"oh 2 people laughed, thank you"

*mean spirited joke*
"well those 2 people aren't laughing at this joke now?  I offended the two people that liked 'nasty joke' How Max, how?!?!"

*lame joke*
"Well this half of the audience loved that joke, blah blah blah"


The show has sucked since Andy left, Max is horrible on the air and you can tell(at least I could 3 or 4 years ago) that they hate each other.  Not fun to watch.

[Vizzys]

joke post...?

[FancyFeast]

joke post...?

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