Jay Leno to stay at NBC and air at 10 p.m.

Nikki Finke is reporting NBC is going to hand over the 10 p.m. Monday through Friday slot to Leno (anything to avoid developing a scripted show that people watch). http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/source-nbc-may-strip-leno-at-10-pm/

I'd be pissed if I were Conan O'Brien, but other than the Law and Orders, NBC has had zero luck programming the 10 p.m. hour. Another decision made from weakness and not strength.

 

Do we need five more hours a week of chats with Wanda Sykes (Wednesday's lead guest) and person-on-the-street interviews?

 

Cool. Something decent to watch at 10.

 

Conan can count his cash when he's depressed.

This comes on the heels of Jeff Zucker asking if NBC could even support the current number of hours it shows programs. Guess that writer's strike isn't working out in the long run.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-12-08-nbc-reorganization_N.htm

 

The problem is is that the creative folks are staying away from NBC - the network hasn't launched a top 15 show in a decade or so. And their current highest rated show, L&O SVU does air at 10 p.m.

 

More Leno is the last thing NBC needs...

 

NBC's still the best network by miles though.

Which isn't saying much, but still.

 

Sad thing about the move is, NBC will only have 10 hours a week of programming on, probably at least two hours will be reality crap, so eight hours of shows and 17 and half hours of talk shows every week to promote them on. So they'll end up promoting the other networks shows even more.
How Zucker gets away with this kind of stuff amazes me.

And b-bread, by what measure is NBC still the best network by miles?

 

Good god almighty, not if they do this.

You do NOT give up the 10-to-11 slot 5x week.

What an ill-conceived idea. Absolutely disastrous.

 

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Yeah ... that, too.

 

Yeah, the world really needs more O.J. Simpson jokes.