This looks like one heck of a coup for TBS.

Check his amusing tweets right here.

During Conan’s final words as Tonight Show host, there were tears and there was plenty of class in everything said.

And this request of his fans: “Please do not be cynical.  I hate cynicism, for the record it’s my least favorite quality, it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.”

Here’s Mediaite’s coverage, including video of his statement.

I’m sadder that we might never see Robert Smigel’s fantastic Triumph The Insult Comic Dog than any other part of the Conan/NBC breakup.  Once realizing I might have nothing left to do but reminisce, I went looking for all the Triumph classics.

Fortunately, MSNBC put them all together right here.

‘Leno remains disingenuous to an intolerable extreme. He's always playing the injured puppy — the good-hearted lug in the blue-collar shirt who gets trampled over by the big guys.’

via Tom Shales – Tom Shales on the villains in the Leno-O’Brien fiasco at NBC – washingtonpost.com.

We’re with our colleague Appanage over at Exquisite Contrarian: Jay Leno’s gentlemanly explanation of events doesn’t wash.

We also got a chance to see the show last night and found ourselves noticing the contrived nature of Jay’s eyeballs lined up twenty feet off camera while rending a heart warming account that seemed something less than warming of the heart.  MSNBC offers more here, but somehow they missed what we saw.

…including Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, if things go as they seem to be headed: Conan O’Brien Will Triumph Over NBC | TMZ.com.

Here’s a great, easy to follow legal explanation behind why NBC actually did breach Conan’s contract.

I hope this thing ends soon.

Conan O’Brien is having way too much fun with this. Now he’s listed “The Tonight Show” on Craigslist.

via Conan Lists The Tonight Show on Craigslist | TV | Mediaite.

The Late Night War Reaches Its Boiling Point: All the Clips You Missed – TV – Gawker.TV.