So, Jay Leno is back to #1 in his old time slot, and NBC-U is $200 million poorer--that's a minimum estimate--for its disastrous Conan O'Brien detour.
Leno, a genuinely nice guy, probably won't hold a grudge. But O'Brien, of course, will be mad, forever, and no doubt his Team Coco Coolaid drinkers will be mad, too. They will vent most of their venom on Leno, but some will spill over onto the NBC suits, the suitiest of which is Jeff Zucker, who has to be bidding now for the title of Worst Television Executive Evah.
No doubt outgoing NBC-U prexy--he is on his way out, even if Comcast hasn't told him yet--will have some PowerPoint slides put together, explaining how things are going swell at NBC, but nobody is listening.
Everybody knows the score, Jeff. You effed up, big time, and it's only Jay--the man you trashed, six years ago--who is saving NBC-U's bacon.
