When is a TV studio not just a TV studio? If the network that owns it takes a sledgehammer to the short-lived legacy of its previous inhabitant -- as NBC appears to have done in photos from the ravaged set of Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show -- then that's probably your first sign that there's something a little personal going on.
Former Tonight Show blogger and contributor Aaron Bleyaert passed along some snapshots of carnage likely wrought by no less than the furious Jeff Zucker himself, who I assume took time from helping to rebuild Jay Leno's image to do some demolition work at Universal Studios. A wrecking ball is forthcoming, no doubt. If the set suspiciously resembled Super Mario Bros. before, then this must be the Halo look.
And just for maximum heart-rending effect, a glimpse back to when everything was new:
Ah, television.
ยท What's left of The Tonight Show Studio [BAM via Gawker]