Leno to 10 PM

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 8 Dec 2008 at 22:18, Paul Anderson wrote:

> Why wouldn't WHDH do that?  Are their ratings for the 10 PM WLVI news 
> that good that they wouldn't mind saving the extra cost of producing 
> that hour?  They could just put something else on WLVI at 10.
>
> Do you think NBC will allow stations to run Jay Leno after news at 
> 10?  Would stations have the leverage to change schedules like they 
> did years ago?

That would create a real problem for NBC, since it would pit Leno 
against Conan O'Brien, which they obviously don't want to do.  I 
think one main reason for their putting Leno at 10 was to prevent him 
from moving to ABC opposite Conan. 

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