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He bombed so badly that Letterman re-runs were beating new Tonight Show episodes over the summer. And that was BEFORE Leno's variety show started up in the Fall of that year.

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Conan was always a nod and a wink...as David Letterman started out on Late Late night. The subversive "is this guy funny or not?" not ready for prime-time player.

Everyone thought Letterman's shtick wasn't mainstream enough - he was too late late night and college crowd guy.

One of the main reasons he got passed over for Leno.

Dave then became mainstream boring and got the CBS deal.

Conan...always had a small audience...he was a late late...do whatever. Leno became apple pie and Mayberry to the masses...Vanilla latte and a gluten-free scone.

Plus, Conan just hit at a really bad time. Unpluggers and late night shows becoming unpopular as a relic of 3 channels.

I mean who gives a shite? People have been turned off by celebs and Hollywood and nobody wants to see some old 1960's variety talk show with over-inflated egos of celebs who are going to lecture us.

People have Hulu and Netflix and HBO...who the frick is watching late night TV on a dinosaur network?