NBC Makes It Official: Jay Leno's 10PM Show Axed

[Paul Anderson]

Folks,

Let me ask a stupid question.  Don't people usually have a favorite newscast?  If so, wouldn't they turn the channel at 11 PM to watch it, even if they were watching another channel before 11?  People can't really just watch whatever comes on after their 10 PM show, do they?  People aren't that much like sheep, are they?

Personally, if I were watching a 10 PM show on WHDH and my favorite news was on WBZ, I'd change channels at 11:00.

I wish WHDH had not aired Leno at 10 PM like they had threatened.  I can't believe NBC would have that much clout to force them to air the show.  I guess it's not like the "olden days" when affiliates pre-empted network shows all the time and had control over their own station's schedule.

Paul


On Jan 10, 2010, at 2:07 PM, Mark Watson wrote:

> From the Boston Herald website, NBC has made it official: Jay Leno's nightly prime time hour has been cancelled as of the start of the Winter Olympics Feb.12th. Saturday's Herald had front page headlines stating Channel 7's opinion on the low rated Leno's show and it's effects on their 11PM news ratings: "You're Killing Us" was the headline. The article recalls Channel 7's owner Ed Ansin's battle with NBC when he announced plans to air local news in place of the Leno show as he predicted Leno at 10 would be a flop and harm his 11PM news ratings. Guess Ed was right: in the November sweeps, 7's 11PM news fell to third place overall and lost 21% of it's viewers in the 25-54 age bracket.
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> Article announcing the end of Jay at 10:
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> http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/television/general/view/20100110nbc_jay_leno_in_prime-time_to_end/srvc=home&position=recent
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> Article from Saturday's Herald about 7's ratings woes:
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> http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view/20100109jay_leno_lead-in_a_joke_whdh_ratings_sink_with_funny_guys_show/
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> Mark Watson
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