On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 8:40 PM, Kevin M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "We are not trying to compete," Mr. Graboff said. > > There's an ego shot aimed at Leno. The exec is stating he is > intentionally backing a losing horse. Words every stockholder will > love to read.
I'm not sure about that - after all, Leno made the same point himself on Countdown. They are not competing with other 10:00 shows, they are trying to earn more money than it costs to make the show. As far as local news is concerned, while the ratings may be down 20-25% on average, there will be 2 or 3 nights when they are higher, and a higher percent of Leno watchers are likely to stick around to see local news anyway, so I bet they will come out okay in the end. Leno made a point on Countdown that I had not thought of previously - he will still be doing 40+ weeks per year. So NBC and local news can also factor in relatively higher ratings in the summer compared to repeats of NBC dramas. The bad news - KO indicated that Leno is planing on bringing the entire format with him to 10:00. Yikes, Insight into Leno: being interviewed by Keith he displayed the intelligent, likable guy we remember from the old Letterman show, and saw glimpses of during the strike (and almost always see when he is being interviewed). But in talking about the process of deciding on the 10:00 show, he said that he is a believer in low self-esteem, never things anything he does is any good until other people tell him he likes it. I suppose that insecurity is common among many performers, but Leno seems to suffer from it to the extreme, and it seems to be the source of his pandering, low common denominator take on the Tonight Show, which he seems to be determined to bring with him to 10:00. I think this may prove to be his big problem - how can The Office and 30 Rock be edgier and riskier at the 9:00 hour than Leno is willing to be at 10:00? Maybe the brass was right in their original impulse to put Leno on at 8:00? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
