I'm with you damonbeau...I love Conan, he brings a great sense of humor to late night...better than Letterman.
________________________________ From: "damonb...@gmail.com" <damonb...@gmail.com> To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Sent: Thu, January 7, 2010 6:28:15 PM Subject: Re: [Scuttlebutt] NBC bouncing O'Brien 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. >>For more options, visit this group at >>http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en. > > > > -- 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. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en.--
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