Conan O'Brien Calls NBC's Bluff

As you've likely heard, Conan O'Brien told NBC to take a flying leap after they asked him to move the start time of the Tonight Show to accommodate Jay Leno.

Conan's days at NBC appear to be nearing an end, unless NBC changes course and fires Jay Leno - along with the idiot chief of programming Jeff Zucker who botched everything to start with. (update: that's not going to happen, NBC is negotiating with Conan to leave the network permanently - his final show could be any day, perhaps even tonight)

Conan is rumored to be heading to Fox, which I hope doesn't happen. Fox has a history of not supporting their own late night shows, and Fox is already learning their own affiliates aren't too sure about getting out of contracts of syndicated re-runs like Seinfeld in order to put Conan on the air. Another problem with Conan moving to Fox is he would compete for the same younger viewers who watch Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, going head-to-head with an 11 p.m. e/t start.

That leaves few other options, if Conan does leave NBC. ABC re-iterated tonight that they are not interested in him, "he's too similar to Letterman," one quote read. ABC did say they would be interested in Leno if he became available. Leno isn't similar to Letterman or Conan, because Leno isn't funny.

My hope would be Conan lands at Comedy Central. A trifecta of Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, followed by Conan O'Brien would be a powerful lineup, and Comedy Central has a history of supporting their stars and letting them get their legs under them. The only question's are, is Comedy Central interested? Can they afford Conan? And would Conan be willing to start at midnight e/t, which he's not willing to do on NBC?

Mark McGwire Blames Steroid Era? HE CREATED STEROID ERA!

Get this crap, read his last sentence:

"Mark McGwire finally came clean Monday, admitting he used steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998.

McGwire says in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and off for nearly a decade and he apologizes for his actions.

He says: "I wish I had never touched steroids. It was foolish and it was a mistake. I truly apologize. Looking back, I wish I had never played during the steroid era.""

McGwire CREATED the steroid era along with teammate Jose Canseco. What kind of crap is that? If he played in a different era he wouldn't have cheated? He's a hypocritical scumbag. If he played in a different era he wouldn't have made the majors. He was a one dimensional player who only hit homers. He didn't play defense. Couldn't hit for average. Didn't hit doubles, couldn't steal bases. All he did was hit hr's, and he's admitted that the reason he could hit hr's was cheating. He's a piece of shit who should not be allowed to coach or even look at a ballgame on TV. Fuck him.