Jeff Zucker Talks About NBC & Conan O’Brien

Jeff Zucker talked to the NY Times about the NBC/Conan O’Brien/Jay Leno kerfuffle and came out with this response: “We Didn’t Have Time to Make Everyone Happy”. Nice one.

Jeff Zucker Talks About NBC & Conan O'Brien

Couldn’t he have tried to make at least some of us happy? Instead, NBC has opted to kiss the ~~chin~~ butt of former “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno.

In the interview, Zucker said that he has been receiving death threats over ditching O’Brien and called it merely a “business decision”.

Sure, it’s nothing personal after you and your staff have uprooted all of your families to move out here to tape a show. Nothing personal at all.

The Wrap reports:

Zucker admitted that NBC had tried to find a compromise solution. But O’Brien didn’t seem interested, he said.

“Ultimately he couldn’t get his head around it,” Zucker said, according to a Twitter report from Broadcasting & Cable. “We didn’t have all the time and all the room to make everyone happy.”

Twitter reaction to Zucker’s interview indicated that Rose may have been unusually tough on Zucker, asking at one point whether his company was “in shambles.”

Zucker said, “We made a business decision here, and so we believe weâ€™ve made the right business decision. We think that Jay, who was the ratings champ in late night for almost 15 years, will go back to 11:35 and be successful.”

Coco had it right with this little bit: