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NBC Admits That Conan Probably Isn’t the King of Late Night (Yet)

  • 8/6/09 at 09:55 AM
NBC Admits That Conan Probably Isn’t the King of Late Night (Yet)

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Whoopsy daisy! At yesterday's TCA conference out in California, NBC's late-night chief, Rick Ludwin, admitted that the network's press release branding Conan O'Brien as "The King of Late Night" just one week into his tenure was probably not their greatest moment. "I think it was premature," Ludwin said, before adding that NBC is "not disappointed in Conan's ratings at all." Surprisingly, he then launched into a spiel about a some prime swampland in Florida he just put on the market. [Wrap]

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