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* [[Critical Backlash]]: Against Leno.
* [[Internet Backdraft]]: Debates on whether Leno is funny or not can get heated, especially after the conflict with Conan. There was debate about his conduct during that which led to some backdraft for him, but the backdraft towards NBC was pretty much unanimous.
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* [[Never Live It Down]]: Double subverted. Despite what some [[David Letterman]] fans think, Leno ''did'' live down the "talk show wars of '93" ... and that situation for Jay vs. Letterman became a popular topic once again (in which even ''Tonight'' itself gave it some [[Lampshade Hanging]]).
* [[Ron the Death Eater]]: Leno got this treatment by some Conan supporters.
* [[Ruined FOREVER]]
=== [[Conan O'Brien]]'s incarnation (2009-10) provides examples of: ===
* [[Broken Base]]: Conan vs. Jay, which has parallels in the original Jay vs. Dave [[Broken Base]].
* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: Conan's first guest during his tenure on the show was Will Ferrell, who sang a ''farewell song'' to welcome Conan onto the show. When Conan called him out on it, Ferrell replied that networks are fickle, and one never knows when the show might be cancelled. Everyone took it as a good-natured gag, thinking that booting Conan off the show would not happen - at least, not as soon as it did. Ferrell was also Conan's last guest, and dressed as a hippie, played the guitar and sang a real farewell song, accompanied onstage by his wife who was pregnant and close to giving birth at the time.
* [[Heartwarming Moments]]: David Letterman, one of Conan's comedy idols and his predecessor on ''Late Night'', going absolutely nuclear on NBC and Jay Leno. Letterman has his own reasons for disliking Jay Leno, but it's gotta be nice to know that your comedy hero has your back.
** On January 18, 2010 a large crowd of people gathered outside of Universal Studios — in spite of cold, rainy weather — to show their support for Conan. Turned into a [[Moment of Awesome]] when Conan himself came running out into the crowd to hug, shake hands, literally jump around, tell the crowd to "Keep cool, my babies!" (the crowd went insane at this), lead them on a ''Rocky''-style run to the studio, then from the roof of the studio waved and performed an impromptu string dance which drove the crowd even crazier. Similar rallies were held in cities across America, most notably in front of 30 Rockefeller Center in New York.
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** As well as Conan's speech to his audience on his [[Grand Finale]]. He told the audience that, as part of his settlement, he was allowed to say ''anything'' he wanted during the segment. He went on to thank NBC, his staff, his crew, his audience, his fans, and everyone who supported him. He advised his younger fans to shun cynicism and embrace kindness. And he did all this while choking back tears himself.
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