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Andy Richter Lets 'Er Rip on NBC, Jay Leno

Posted on: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 21:03:37 +0000 (UTC)

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Andy Richter Lets 'Er Rip on NBC, Jay Leno
By PopEater / Wire Services Posted Mar 9th 2010 03:39PM

Andy Richter, Conan O'Brien's sidekick at 'The Tonight Show,' is
acknowledging some ill will toward NBC and Jay Leno in the wake of the
network's late-night upheaval. "Why wouldn't I?" said Richter, who was
filling in Tuesday for Regis Philbin on 'Live! with Regis and Kelly.'

Richter told Kelly Ripa he was frustrated that Leno was allowed to
reclaim 'The Tonight Show' host chair just nine months after O'Brien
had inherited that plumignment.

"NBC, definitely, everybody said they were going to do something and
they didn't," said Richter, implying the network broke long-standing
commitments it made to O'Brien.

O'Brien left NBC and 'Tonight' in January amid complaints by NBC of
low ratings. NBC had proposed reinstating Leno in the 11:35 p.m. EST
slot and bumping O'Brien back a half-hour.

O'Brien's future is unclear. So is Richter's, though he said, for now,
he's still an NBC employee, "so we'll see if those checks keep
coming."

He called a rumored live concert tour for O'Brien and Co. "a distinct
possibility."

It all ended much quicker than he could have imagined, said Richter,
who figured his 'Tonight' job was "as good as it gets in show
business."

He said he figured "I'm a tenured professor of show business now," but
quickly learned otherwise. "I guess I'm really good at getting kicked
off the air, because it's what I've been doing for the last 10 years."

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