The Wire, the bad, and the ugly

After watching the return of late-night television last night, I can’t help but think that it is only a matter of time before the executives cave in to the demands of the Writers Guild of America and end the ongoing strike.  As usual, the funniest of the big three (Leno, Letterman, O’Brian) was Conan O’Brian.  Even then, it was like pulling teeth at times.  That isn’t to say he wasn’t funny – he was, and there was more “just Conan” than in your typical episode – but what made it funny was how obvious it became that he had a lot of time to kill, and few ways to do so (i.e. – trying to beat his 43 second record for spinning his wedding band).  I can’t imagine that being successful for very long.