The Tonight Show - Don Ohlmeyer on the battle for late night

[MegaObserver1]

One of the things that turned things around for Leno was the O.J. Simpson case. Letterman wouldn't touch it. Leno ran with it, with jokes, sketches ("The Dancing Ito's") and bits. Leno's O.J. bits became "water cooler" material. The same thing happened with the Michael Jackson stories and allegations. Leno constantly used those for comedy, but Letterman wouldn't touch it, and it cost him.

[gswoop40]

Mr. Ohlmeyer is/was a genius but wondering if he sold his soul in order to succeed at NBC. A true spots pioneer who turned Leno's "Tonight Show" around. Not sure what my point is, but feel that Mr. Ohlmeyer got screwed by the beast that is NBC....

[useyourdelusion]

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