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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 1,136 |
| | Posted: | | | | Looks like the fighting has ended (or has it) Jay Leno has agreed a deal with NBC to host a new 5 nights a week talk show "before" the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien It will air from 10pm each week night This brit likes Leno, and I am glad to see him doing what I think he does so well, but... it does seem odd More here | | | Signature? We don't need no stinking... hang on, this has been done... blast [oooh now in Widescreen]
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,394 |
| | Posted: | | | | I don't think NBC has anything to lose. Except for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit they haven't done very well in the 10:00 hour for quite some time now. Maybe Leno will change that. | | | Another Ken (not Ken Cole)
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Posts: 663 |
| | Posted: | | | | I think that NBC started to get worried that he might go to another network like ABC or FOX and have a new late night talkshow competing against the Tonight Show (like Letterman did). It's probably one of NBC's best moves lately, seeing how the network isn't doing to good right now. So if Leno's new show survives, he has a built in audience for his 10pm show and then a half-hour break for the local news followed by the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. | | | We're on a mission from God.
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| Registered: March 28, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,299 |
| | Posted: | | | | Why is he leaving if he wants to continue doing the same thing? Why not just keep doing the Tonight show?
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Posts: 663 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Astrakan: Quote:
Why is he leaving if he wants to continue doing the same thing? Why not just keep doing the Tonight show?
KM I believe he had no choice in the leaving when NBC announced that they were going to replace Leno with Conan in 2009 back in 2004, which upset Leno. These past few months Leno had been talking about going to another network to the same type of show, which would be competition for them. According to Joy Behar he even asked her how she likes working for ABC, when she appeared on the Tonight Show recently. Also they seemed to have remembered that they let Letterman go, when he didn't get the Tonight Show, which he of course went to CBS after they gave him the Ed Sullivan Theatre to use. So keeping Leno at NBC basically ties up the late night block with the half-hour local news between Leno and Conan. | | | We're on a mission from God.
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| Registered: March 19, 2007 |  Posts: 581 |
| | Posted: | | | | So the new show will be pretty similar to the Tonight Show, including Kevin Eubanks? So basically both Conan and Leno continues like before, only under a different name and timeslot? | | |  |
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| Registered: March 28, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,299 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting eagle61397: Quote:
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Why is he leaving if he wants to continue doing the same thing? Why not just keep doing the Tonight show?
KM
I believe he had no choice in the leaving when NBC announced that they were going to replace Leno with Conan in 2009 back in 2004... Interesting. And this begs the question why NBC would do something like that, only to turn around and end up keeping him. Odd. KM | | | Tags, tags, bo bags, banana fana fo fags, mi my mo mags, TAGS!
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,372 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Astrakan: Quote:
And this begs the question why NBC would do something like that, only to turn around and end up keeping him. Odd.
KM Pretty simple really, all of the major networks have been trying to figure out how to save money. One of the ideas being tossed about is to go to only 2 hours of prime time programming. That's what Fox has done since it started and it has worked well for them. My guess is the Leno show at 10:00 5 nights a week is an easy, cheap solution to the 'what to do with the 3rd hour' issue. Something that was not planned even as of last year, but with prime time network TV viewership tanking this year it makes sense to do this. If it succeeds watch for CBS and ABC to follow suit with something similar. The end of the 3 hour prime time is near I believe. Personally I don't like the idea. the 3rd hour of programming was where many of my favorite shows always were. Also, if all four networks end up doing this for those who live in the Central time zone of the USA their "prime time" viewing will end at 9:00  |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 171 |
| | Posted: | | | | From what I remember hearing, back in 2004, Leno had agreed to 'retire' in 2009. He later had regrets and didn't want to leave. Since NBC had already made promises (and probably contracts) with Conan, they were stuck between a rock and a hard place.
This move is definitely good for NBC. It stops Leno from competing with them and it gives them a CHANCE to win back some of the 10pm market they have lost.
For the viewers... I'm not sure how this will work. I will not be watching Leno at 10pm every night. I like The Tonight Show, but usually only watch when I can't sleep or just want some background noise. An hour earlier will put it in competition with other activities. I always felt the 10pm hour was good for the programs that were inappropriate for younger viewers. Many networks have already been moving some of these shows to earlier hours, making it tough on us parents of young teenagers. If all of the networks follow and eliminate that third prime-time hour, we'll see more and more programs intended for more mature audiences showing up in the 8pm-10pm lineup.
I wish no ill will on Leno at all, but for my viewing preferences, I hope this doesn't work out. |
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| Registered: October 8, 2008 | | Posts: 24 |
| | Posted: | | | | I like the idea of a traditional late night talk show in the 10:00 time slot. My preference has always been for Letterman over Leno, but I rarely watch either because I have to get up early for work.
Not being a fan of the CBS crime shows that are dominating the ratings right now, I'll most likely check in on Leno in the earlier slot. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | 50 years ago, 10 pm TV was filled with somewhat similar shows -- only each was on just once a week, and hosted by a different person, who had different talents (if any at all). Gary Moore, Dinah Shore, Perry Como... eventually Andy Williams, Sonny & Cher, Carol Burnett and many, many others would host an hour-long variety show.
Except for the monotony of the same host and writers five nights a week, this could herald the return to variety programs on TV. Inexpensive and entertaining (sometimes). | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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