On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Kevin M.<[email protected]> wrote: > I would guess that NBC doesn't have the bankroll to keep funding the > 10pm M-F timeslot with scripted dramas. I would also guess that NBC > execs are aware that low-budget reality fare doesn't sell well in > reruns, off-net, or DVD. They've already hacked their news and sports > budgets to bits, so a newsmagazine wasn't in the cards. All that was > left to them was some form of variety program, and it was > better/easier to include Leno (who is at least a known quantity) than > try and fail with five new shows/hosts. They aren't building Leno a > new studio, and they aren't giving his show as big a staff as the > Tonight Show... if the show were any cheaper, Dick Clark would be > producing it.
Right - and I still think the Leno move might make sense from a financial stand-point. They don't have to get real high ratings because their costs will be so low. But the question remains, when the (inevitable) point comes that Leno is canceled or retires, what will NBC have to replace him with? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
