Comments on: Affiliates, Leno and the end of NBC (or: Is it time to panic yet?)

By: NBC Juggle Leno, O’Brien, and Fallon « My Generation X

NBC Juggle Leno, O’Brien, and Fallon « My Generation X — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:34:54 +0000

[...] TV watching boomers plus Jay. Also, the affiliates are hemorrhaging viewers and they’re complaining because the Baby Boomers viewers are the biggest audience of the local news. NBC is also [...]

By: Matthew Greenberg

Matthew Greenberg — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:01:57 +0000

Brian,
Indeed… the cancelling of “Southland” without even airing one of the second season episodes was a really telling moment. NBC painted itself into a corner — it had a critically acclaimed show and no where to put it b/c of the committment to Leno’s program. And it’s options aren’t getting any better…

By: Brian Donovan

Brian Donovan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:48:19 +0000

The thing that’s really killing NBC is they’ve given themselves 5 less slots to develop new shows. Without the 10pm hour M-F they have so few chances to try out their hour-longs and discover the next Law & Order, ER, or West Wing. Predicting what shows will hit is too hard before airing them and letting the audience decide, and if they keep up with this Jay Leno nonsense NBC’s schedule is going to look even more lame in the years to come. It’s already nudged out the best two hour-longs on the network (and possibly all of TV) Friday Night Lights and Southland. The smart move is to give up on Jay, but I don’t think they have the balls.

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SouthLAnd - Page 3 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:17:37 +0000

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By: The Jay Leno Show should be cancelled. « Heady (Ir)Reverence.

The Jay Leno Show should be cancelled. « Heady (Ir)Reverence. — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:30:52 +0000

[...] is not funny, wastes NBC’s decrepit airtime, and ruins their ratings. I honestly feel bad for local news shows that are losing ratings to other local affiliates because of Leno’s [...]

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By: Lewis DVorkin

Lewis DVorkin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:10:26 +0000

And perhaps NBC should bag broadcast news and just put it all online… What do you think about that? But CBS might beat it to the punch.