Jeff Zucker on Conan O’Brien: “Nobody’s Owed Anything in Television”
He says O’Brien believed that he was “owed” Jay Leno's 11:35 p.m timeslot.
During a speech Monday at Harvard's Shorenstein Center, former NBC Universal president and chief executive Jeff Zucker said the Jay Leno-Conan O’Brien Tonight Show dispute was one of the lowest points in his 24 years at the network.
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