I can see why that old phrase about “watching a train wreck” is so true. Horrific as it may be, you are compelled to keep watching.

Take, for example, the ongoing late-nite talk show feud. Nasty as it is becoming, the hosts are sure having fun trying to make the best of a bad situation.

Leno was nowhere to be found last night but to be fair, I may have missed his early broadcast before I remembered to set the recorder.

Letterman is the proverbial cat that ate the canary – he’s loving every minute of the suffering over at NBC. You can almost hear that MacDonald’s theme song ("I'm Loving It") after every wisecrack he makes. But I think it’s pretty clear as well that even though he wouldn’t go back to NBC on a dare, not getting The Tonight Show host spot (again) still bothers him.

Hey, his sore spot, our bonus as his lengthy bits on the late-nite feud have been as hilarious as they have been bitingly right-on-the-money when it comes to the bad decisions from “the suits” at NBC.

As of last night, I also seem to believe that the patching up of his relationship with Leno may have been a bit over-estimated. Just sayin'...

Over at NBC, Conan is now on the record as unwilling to move to a later spot. Regardless of your opinion of Leno versus young blood messiah O’Brien, if The Tonight Show was doing even halfway-decent numbers in the ratings, that push from the execs to move to a later time slot wouldn’t even be on the table. Despite his ambitions, and his bald-faced attempt to push Leno out to pasture, it turns out Conan may not be up to the task of what he coveted. I say let him move over to Fox, or ABC, or Home & Garden TV – his take on a mess he’s primarily responsible for in the first place has just become nasty. Well, and pretty funny as well, but primarily nasty.

Who knows where the wind will blow? Will Conan end up on community television? Will Leno actually be able to return to his old time slot without having terminal amounts of egg on his face? Can Letterman possibly contain his glee over the whole damn thing as it spirals even further downward for the last-place network?

We’ll just have to see – none of this can be bad for ratings…

Chow for now!!