Amazing - NBC did it right!
Well, looks like NBC read my blog, took my advice, and finally came up with the right resolution to the Leno/Conan nightly verbal slugfest!
Just kidding! I doubt those NBC suits read blogs - maybe they have others read it for them? But as I had suggested - it was time to let Conan go and reinstate Jay to the Tonight Show.
It is also time to stop blaming Leno for forcing these moves - the NBC affiliates - more correctly the NBC O&O’s - forced the network to stop the bleeding before and after local newscasts. The timing is right for NBC. The Olympics will give NBC a boost - and they come out of the Olympics high viewership with the right lineup in late night.
The only downside is I will really miss the nightly war of words between Leno, Conan and Letterman.
Jim
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January 26th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Jim
Disagree with your take on NBC. I think the mistake was the Leno Prime Program. It didn’t work. They should have cut their loses… get him out of Prime and fix Conan’s lead in. To blame it all on Conan and his show is wrong.
They could have given Jay some Prime Time Special and other duties to keep him happy.