Late Night Highlights: Leno Spits on Conan, Jimmy Fallon Kisses Ass and Jack Bauer Wears a Dress

The NBC fallout continued last night in a bizarre sequence of events. Jay Leno fired a few shots at Conan O'Brien, the very person he should be supporting if he wants to maintain any of the golden demo that Conan has brought The Tonight Show in the past seven months. Meanwhile, Coco sat back and let Ricky Gervais drive three acts of the Tonight Show into the ground with a flurry of curse words and insults directed at him and the network. And then, Jimmy Fallon hopped on air to offer up his sincerest thanks to both of his feuding lead-ins without actually mentioning the feud. After the jump, Movieline has compiled the top five moments from last night's after hours programming, including one host's thoughts on that Avatar sex scene.

5. Jimmy Fallon Finally Address ConanGate

Like Movieline's Unsung Hero Carson Daly, Jimmy Fallon managed to not address the shake-up at NBC all week. This was hard, because there are only so many karaoke segments, rounds of Taboo and Air Drum Challenges you can stage with audience members. Seriously, it's a lot more difficult than it seems. But Fallon abstained all week until Wednesday night. Realizing that Conan O'Brien saved his show from the ratings vacuum of 1 a.m., Fallon delivered his thanks. Someone, hit the lights.

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Comments

  • KYLE says:

    "Leno Spits on Conan"... really? I watched that twice and he doesn't say anything that can be considered a slam of any kind against Conan. It was a joke against NBC for not giving his 10pm show a chance.

  • HwoodHills says:

    Gervais is awesome. He's a guy who says what people think with a fantastic laugh and good-naturedness about him.
    He's like "Simon Cowell 3.5" (ergo the "Bush Baby" comment.)

  • SunnydaZe says:

    Wasn't getting away from pompous twits like Ricky Gervais and Simon Cowell the reason America was started in the first place?
    It completely defeats the purpose to start shipping them over here!
    RETURN TO SENDER.

  • Majean says:

    Don't mean to be a nit picker but Stephen Colbert has been doing Movies That Are Destroying America ever since his show first premiered.

  • Tv Viewer says:

    Leno = prick
    Conan = jerk
    Falon = worm
    Letterman = ass
    To me jerk is better, rest you'd have to hold your nose.

  • SunnydaZe says:

    TV VIEWER = I hate people