I confess: I don’t really like either Jay Leno or Conan O’Brien, though I can stand watching Leno more than Conan. Still, I have to agree that Conan got screwed. Actually, it’s NBC that’s to blame: they basically sabotaged the shows of Leno and O’Brien by insisting in having their cake and eating it too.

No one involved in this mess will end up looking good.

Here’s an excerpt from the AP story on Yahoo! Philippines News.

“It is a PR nightmare, not just for NBC but for Leno and Conan,” said Todd Gold, managing editor of Fancast.com.

“What is most surprising is seeing this happen on the network that carries their shows,” Gold told Reuters.

Media reports on Friday suggested NBC was close to resolving the mess. The Daily Beast said O’Brien would exit NBC with a large payout and be free to take a job elsewhere, despite reported threats from NBC that it would prevent him from working on a rival channel.

You can read the full story here.

Who do you believe is to blame for this mess?

Personally, I’ve always been on Team Letterman, so I’ll just keep watching Dave Letterman.

Here’s a clip of Letterman discussing the Leno-O’Brien-NBC “debacle”.

And here he is wondering if Leno will do the right thing.

Here’s a clip of Leno and O’Brien both bashing NBC on their shows.