Well, of course "O'Brien's own ratings performance in the 'Tonight Show' time slot has been very disappointing." Low Leno ratings --> lower local news ratings --> lower "Tonight Show" ratings. Though it's worth noting that Conan has the numbers that count: on Friday, he outdrew Letterman in the 18-49 demo by about 50%.
--Rose (still rounding up the details on this at www.redcarpetcrash.com) On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Kevin G. Barkes <kgbar...@gmail.com> wrote: > January 11, 2010 > BY BILL ZWECKER Chicago Sun-Times Columnist > > While on the face of it, Conan O'Brien's professional future may look very > challenged, several broadcast sources said Sunday that the late-night host > and comic could end up having the last laugh. > > O'Brien has yet to weigh in on the peacock network's announcement it was > canceling Jay Leno's prime-time program and hoping O'Brien would accept > being bumped back to follow Leno's return to the 10:35 p.m. time slot. > > However, a major NBC player said Sunday, ''If Conan plays ball, swallows > his pride -- which certainly is not easy -- and accepts a return to the > later slot, he stands to be paid a very hefty bonus in return.'' > > From the network's standpoint, paying O'Brien several million more dollars > annually still would be preferable to being forced to pay the TV personality > an estimated $20 million per year for the remaining four years on his > contract, and have him do nothing. > > Reportedly, even if O'Brien did agree to jump to Fox or ABC -- as have been > floated as serious possibilities -- NBC still would have to shell out any > differential that might remain between O'Brien's new contract and his old > NBC deal. > > For example, if Fox or ABC paid him $15 million annually, NBC reportedly > would still be obligated to pay him an added $5 million to fulfill the terms > of his NBC contract. > > A source very close to O'Brien, who requested anonymity Sunday, said, > ''Conan is extremely upset about all this, and how the news leaked out and > how it has been handled by NBC -- so far. While he understands Jay's show > hasn't worked, he thinks he's being made the fall guy,'' even though > O'Brien's own ratings performance in the "Tonight Show" time slot has been > very disappointing. > > > 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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