Coco returns to TV via 60 Minutes
Not on NBC’s Dateline? SHOCKING!
Breaking his silence regarding the whole Tonight Show drama, Conan O’Brien was interviewed by 60 Minutes to give his thoughts and his side of the story (much like Jay Leno did with Oprah earlier this spring).
No major earth shattering revelations were made in the interview, although it appears that while Conan walked away with a $32 million buy out, had Leno left, it would supposedly have cost the network almost five times as much.
Suddenly, NBC’s decision regarding the Tonight Show and Jay Leno makes a lot more sense.
As for Conan,while he did say he’d occasionally get a major case of the sads following his departure, ($32 million notwithstanding) going on The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour over the next few months and returning to late night on TBS this November has probably been pretty therapeutic.
