January 17th, 2010 at 8:47PM
The Peacock owns the intellectual property behind such popular O’Brien characters as Pimpbot 5000 and Conando, as well as recurring segments such as In the Year 3000 and Desk Driving. Sources involved in the settlement negotiations say NBC is keeping the copyrighted and trademarked elements of O’Brien’s shows as part of the deal. That means the bits and characters will likely never be seen after O’Brien’s “Tonight” ends its run Jan 22. ‬ —

NBC to keep Coco’s masturbating bear—The Live Feed | THR

Poor Coco. I’m glad that this era is coming to an end. I work with thousands of shows at blip.tv, and none of them had to sign their rights away just to get permission to make a tv show. Here’s hoping Conan demands full ownership of his next project.

Of course, Conan is a a damn good comedy writer.  He doesn’t need to rely on his old bits.  He’ll have no trouble whipping up something new.

(via ericmortensen)

Conan should start a web show.  Help put the nails in the status quo network TV coffins.

(via evangotlib)

NBC pulled the same crap on Letterman when he left. I remember there being a problem with having Larry “Bud” Melman appear on the Late Show because NBC claimed his “character” was their intellectual property. In the end the Late Show just renamed segments and characters: the “Top Ten List” became the “Late Show Top Ten”, etc.

I expect the ”Masterbating Bear” will just renamed “Jeff Zucker” and they’ll be done with it.
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