And Conan was right.  But since Conan wouldn't move, NBC has essentially dumped him and now Conan is out of a job.

It wasn't supposed to be this way.  All the way back in 2004, Conan O'Brien signed a contract which stated that he would take over the Tonight Show from Jay Leno in 2009.  At the time, Jay Leno seemed perfectly fine with this arrangement....

So what happened?

Well, it turns out that Jay Leno was consistently number one in his time slot from 2004 to 2009. So when the time came, NBC has this grand idea that they could move Jay Leno to 10 PM and that viewers would adjust and Conan could have the Tonight Show at 11:35 and everyone would be happy.

But there was only one huge problem.

The whole thing dramatically failed.

So NBC decided that they wanted Leno back at 11:35 and Leno accepted.

But this pissed off Conan O'Brien to no end.

Of course Howard Stern warned Conan that this would happen all the way back in 2006....

So now Conan is gone and Jay Leno is going to be doing the Tonight Show again at 11:35 every night once the Olympics are over.  Needless to say, a lot of people are NOT happy about this....

So in an attempt at damage control, Jay Leno went on Oprah to explain his side of the story....

Regardless of who was right and who was wrong, the reality that we all have to adjust to is that Jay Leno is back doing the Tonight Show and Conan O'Brien is off the air.

So what does the future hold for Conan?

Well, Rupert Murdoch has expressed a strong interest in bringing Conan O’Brien over to Fox, but it is being reported that no serious negotiations have taken place yet.

But in a media conference call to discuss News Corp’s second quarter performance, Rupert Murdoch did have something to say about Conan....

"Certainly if the program-people can show us that we could do it, and be fairly confident of making a profit on it, we’d do it in a flash."

So will Conan end up at Fox?

Will he eventually compete head to head with Jay Leno?

That would be a beautiful thing to watch - one can only hope.

In the meanwhile, we are all stuck with watching fossils like Letterman and Leno at 11:30.

Perhaps it is time to pick up a new hobby or something until Conan comes back on the air.

The sad thing is that Brittany Murphy never learned how incredibly dangerous prescription drugs can be.  The truth is that thousands upon thousands of Americans die each year from reactions to prescription drugs.  In fact, there are rumors that prescription drugs played a key role in Michael Jackson's death.

Just because a doctor gives them to you does not mean that they are safe.  Especially when you start taking many different kinds of prescription drugs at the same time.

The reality is that many of these prescription drugs are only slightly different from illegal drugs.  In some instances the differences are extremely small.

If you are taking a bunch of different prescription drugs please learn a lesson from the death of Brittany Murphy.  People do die from the abuse of prescription drugs.  If you think that you could be in trouble please consult with your doctor as soon as possible.

And let us all remember the best days of Brittany Murphy.  She was a great actress who should have had a much brighter future ahead of her.