{"id":6037,"date":"2010-05-03T00:13:23","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T05:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=6037"},"modified":"2010-05-03T00:23:26","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T05:23:26","slug":"media-rips-conan-obrien-for-60-minutes-video-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/05\/03\/media-rips-conan-obrien-for-60-minutes-video-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Rips Conan O’Brien For “60 Minutes,” Video Online"},"content":{"rendered":"

Up against a contingent of Goliaths–whether a massive corporate structure in NBC or a talk show veteran in Jay Leno–Conan O’Brien naturally comes off as a likable underdog for television fans. Anyone who ever felt ‘wronged’ by an employer or colleague–or, simply, anyone who hates Jay Leno’s brand of humor, can empathize with the quirky O’Brien.<\/p>\n

But Sunday’s “60 Minutes” interview, O’Brien’s first television interview since the debacle with NBC, did not endear the comedian to the television media.<\/p>\n

Variety’s Brian Lowry ripped O’Brien’s account of the NBC situation as “self-serving” (notably referencing the fact that NBC primarily set the five-year timetable for Leno’s “Tonight Show” exit to appease O’Brien–it was actually counter to pure business logic) and ripped Steve Kroft’s interview questions as “softballs.”<\/p>\n

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