Carson did a good job on hosting NBC's New Years Eve in NYC big tv broadcast,,,the celebs seem to like him,,,and he is not so east coast weird as Conan(the talking lips Bush photo is his best bit), who i can not believe is a lock for the west coast's old Tonight Show of Johnny Carson fame, and Jay Leno , who has done well. There is ,and long live !!, a huge difference between east and west coast. Network managers don't get it yet. Dave Letterman, with or without writers, has been getting weirder(those stagehands,,,ugh,,,) and the famous" Top 10" is not as good as it use to be. And Carson has done his time, with seminary and dating that Hollywood blonde ditz. Bill Mayer and John -------, the news cynic are both so smart, current, and funny,,,but for talk show hosts, i hope Carson gets a shot at an earlier than 1am slot.