Right off the bat, NBC saves about $12 million/week (vs. scripted programming) with Leno stripped @ 10 ET. No one would have to watch for it to fail financially. Big question is why would Carson Daly renewed? I'd rather watch color bars.
On May 19, 12:32 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 19, 10:01 am, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > NBC’s prime-time schedule for the fall: > > Monday > > 10 p.m. — “The Jay Leno Show” > > Tuesday > > 10 p.m. — “The Jay Leno Show” > > Wednesday > > 10 p.m. — “The Jay Leno Show” > > Thursday > > 10 p.m. — “The Jay Leno Show” > > Friday > > 10 p.m. — “The Jay Leno Show” > > Is there any kind of scenario under which A) the Leno show fails, and > B) what they replace it with? I know it'll be dirt cheap to run and > needs almost no ratings to succeed, but what do they do if it gets > wiped out by the competition? Stick with Jay, or drop a night or two, > and "cut" their losses with more expensive programming? Seems like a > big risk, even if it's cost-effective. > > --Dave Sikula --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
