This is making me madder by the minute. Leno is the failure here. I can't believe he could be rewarded for it. NBC is the worst ever at everything.
====== AIM/Gmail Chat: damonbeau www.facebook.com/damonbeau www.twitter.com/damonbeau On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 19:17, Kevin G. Barkes <kgbar...@gmail.com> wrote: > And from Bill Carter at the Times, who's usually pretty on-target: > > NBC May Be Considering Reinstating Leno on 'Tonight Show' > > By BILL CARTER > > NBC executives held discussions with both Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien > Thursday about the future of the network's late-night lineup. And while > executives said that no final decision has been made, they did not deny > that > the network was considering moves that could include returning Mr. Leno to > his old job as host of "The Tonight Show." > > NBC executives said a decision would definitely not be announced Thursday > but did not deny a report posted by TMZ that NBC was considering making the > switch and replacing Mr. O'Brien at "Tonight" with Mr. Leno. > > TMZ reported that NBC would make the move soon to take advantage of the > natural break in its schedule when it covers the Winter Olympics next > month. > > The discussions at NBC are directly related to pressure that has been > brought on the network by its affiliated stations, which have seen ratings > for their 11 p.m. local newscasts plummet this television season because of > much-weakened lead-in audiences from the network in the 10 p.m. hour. > > That hour has been filled by Mr. Leno's new prime-time show. NBC has said > for months that Mr. Leno's ratings are not out of line with what they > promised advertisers, but the network acknowledges that it underestimated > the negative impact on the affiliated stations. > > Mr. O'Brien, meanwhile, has seen his own ratings suffer. He has trailed the > CBS late-night star David Letterman by about two million viewers a night. > Mr. Leno had easily been the winner in that time period previously. > > If Mr. Leno does return to his old slot, there is some question about what > will happen with Mr. O'Brien. He had been recruited by other networks in > the > past but how his contract may be resolved and how his experience at > "Tonight" may affect his future prospects are unknown. > > Earlier Thursday, NBC executives denied a rumor that appeared on the Web > site FTVLive that the network had made a decision to cancel Mr. Leno's 10 > p.m. program. At the same time, the network acknowledged that low ratings > for the show had become a serious problem for its affiliated stations. > > In a statement, NBC said, "Jay Leno is one of the most compelling > entertainers in the world today. As we have said all along, Jay's show has > performed exactly as we anticipated on the network. It has, however, > presented some issues for our affiliates. Both Jay and the show are > committed to working closely with them to find ways to improve the > performance." > > > Regards, > > KGB > > ----- > Kevin G. Barkes > Email: kgbar...@yahoo.com > KGB Report: > http://www.kgbreport.com > Commentwear by KGB: > http://www.commentwear.com > National Temperature Index: > http://nationaltemperatureindex.com > DCL Dialogue on line: > http://www.dcldialogue.com > Random Quotations Generator: > http://www.goodquotations.com > Over 13,000 searchable quotations. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "World News Now Discussion List" group. > To post to this group, send email to wn...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <wnndl%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en. > > > >--
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