Conan O’Brien fans showed their support for the fiery comedian on Tuesday night by tuning in to his Tonight Show in large numbers. According to The Los Angeles Times, last night’s Tonight scored a 1.7 rating / 7 share among adults 18-49, up 40 percent from Monday airing.
Early Tuesday, Conan released a statement saying he would not accept NBC’s request to move the show to 12:05 AM to accommodate Jay’s move back to 11:35 PM from primetime.
“I sincerely believe that delaying ‘The Tonight Show’ into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting,” he wrote in a humorous letter addressed to “People of Earth.”