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Old 01-07-10, 08:12 PM
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They could make The Biggest Loser three hours. There, that's Tuesday!
If people won't watch one hour Leno, what makes you think they'll watch three hours of Leno?
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Fuck Leno, fuck NBC. Fallon is the best thing going on network late night, so as long as they don't fuck with his show, I'm OK.
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Zuh?

Try some Ferguson and post back in the morning (unless you mean NBC late night specifically).
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
Here's what I don't understand about how things have played out with The Jay Leno Show:

Movie and music stars go on day-time and late-night talk shows to promote their work.
A prime-time show would (theoretically) be a platform to reach a bigger and broader audience...

I figured that A-list movie stars would be lined up to be on the show. But even from the beginning, Leno's show was not packed every night with superstar guests. Even his buddy George Clooney didn't appear to promote Up In The Air.
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
If people won't watch one hour Leno, what makes you think they'll watch three hours of Leno?
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Fuck Leno, fuck NBC. Fallon is the best thing going on network late night, so as long as they don't fuck with his show, I'm OK.
Does everything always have to be just about you, or "The U"?
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
If people won't watch one hour Leno, what makes you think they'll watch three hours of Leno?
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
If people won't watch one hour Leno, what makes you think they'll watch three hours of Leno?
Well played.

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Evidently, Jay joked about being canceled on tonight's show. Wonder if Conan will say anything?
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
If people won't watch one hour Leno, what makes you think they'll watch three hours of Leno?
It's more about filling Friday with cheap programming than having much hope of big numbers.

Nobody is going to watch a half hour of Leno's failed show at 11:35, either.
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
Originally Posted by DJariya
This is what NBC apparently has available to fill the 5 hours of timeslots available for the rest of this season as was posted by someone on The Hollywood Reporter:

() Number of episodes

· BREAKTHROUGH WITH TONY ROBBINS (8)
· DAY ONE (4)
· LOSING IT WITH JILLIAN (8)
· PERFECT 10 (8)
· PERSONS UNKNOWN (13)
· UNITED PLATES OF AMERICA
· WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? (6)

There is also Friday Night Lights 4th season with 13 episodes as well. But, that isn't a 10pm show so something would need to be bumped to 10pm so FNL could take an 8 or 9pm timeslot.
NBC could easily raid their cable networks of original programming to shore up the prime time line-up temporarily with the likes of Caprica, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Burn Notice, and maybe even WWE.
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Nobody is going to watch a half hour of Leno's failed show at 11:35, either.
Eh, later works better for me personally. I still like to catch Jay's opening and the headlines, but half the time I forget about it or I'm doing something else.
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
We've learned Jay's 10:00 PM show will go on hiatus February 1. After the Olympics, Jay will take back his 11:30 PM time slot. What has not been decided -- whether Jay's show will be a half hour, followed by Conan, or whether Jay's show will be an hour and NBC says sayonara to Mr. O'Brien.
http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/07/jay-le...-tonight-show/
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
Some more details at Hollywood Insider.
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
Conan can either move to midnight or leave the network, according to TMZ.

http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/08/conan-...medium=twitter
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
Originally Posted by wendersfan
NBC was really hoping this would work out for them so they could transition away from scripted shows and towards this sort of crap. Thankfully it backfired.

It's amazing, but it wasn't that long ago when NBC was synonymous with high quality programming; they were the gold standard of broadcast TV. Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, LA Law, The West Wing, Seinfeld, Cheers...
But NBC has an agenda now. There's a reason America watches FOXNEWS over MSNBC. And it's the same reason they don't watch NBC.
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
Originally Posted by wm lopez
But NBC has an agenda now. There's a reason America watches FOXNEWS over MSNBC. And it's the same reason they don't watch NBC.
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
I also forgot that Trauma still has 6 more episodes left. So that can fill a 10pm timeslot temporarily.
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
Originally Posted by wm lopez
But NBC has an agenda now. There's a reason America watches FOXNEWS over MSNBC. And it's the same reason they don't watch NBC.
Only you could come up with this.
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
There's always the option of putting on Law and Order reruns(of this season) on at the Wednesday slot. I've missed a bunch of episodes since its move back to Friday nights.
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Maybe the promos for Southland airing on every other network BUT NBC got to them?
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
Originally Posted by Double_Oh_7
Why are people so surprised Jay sucked at 10pm? He sucked at 11:30 for years!!
Tv programing is big business and shows are nothing more then products. The Tonight Show was a top rated show, for years.. Pulling lots of ad $$$$$ and pretty good market demo number for NBC..

I don't care if one hates everything about Leno, from a biz point of view he "sold" the Tonight Show well. The problem is NBC got themselves into a mess of contract promises and sort of drove their network programing off a cliff.

Leno and Conan share a little of the blame too. With both of them unwilling to just sort of leave well enough alone for a few more years, with Leno on the Tonight Show and Conan running Late Night..

I have no idea how NBC can save this mess.. Someone has to be thrown under the bus and I guess we wait and see who becomes the fall guy. If I had to guess, it's Leno back at 11:30 for half an hour, then the Tonight Show starts later, with Conan. Being from what I read that's the cheapest, least contract penalty thing for them to do.

Being again, it's all a business and NBC is just trying to save what they felt where two marketable products that could survive change. If nothing else it makes for interesting rabble rabble rabble as to what they might do.

I know I use to catch a little of the Tonight Show, depending on the guest star, and then watch Conan's show being I just liked Late Night. Now I don't watch Leno's show at all, Conan's Tonight Show is not "Late Night" at 11:30, so much like most everyone else I just stopped watching NBC's late night programing for the most part.
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Originally Posted by Darknite39
Conan can either move to midnight or leave the network, according to TMZ.

http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/08/conan-...medium=twitter
If they both stay, which one will officially be "The Tonight Show"?
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
Originally Posted by Double_Oh_7
If they both stay, which one will officially be "The Tonight Show"?
Hopefully Leno.

In my ideal world, Leno is back for the full hour and Conan steps away. Conan screwed himself over by thinking he was capable of taking over the Tonight Show in the first place. Just because you are offered something does not mean you should take it. He is not someone who appeals to the masses and then to top it off he brings back the annoyance of Andy to push viewers away. I use to really enjoy Conan on Late Night (once Andy left), but I can't take his Tonight Show. Something just never jived.
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Re: Report: NBC to Cancel LENO?
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Does everything always have to be just about you, or "The U"?
Don't most people post here whats good for them ?
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