On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 7:48 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > This sounds about right - except for the possibility that Leno's poor > lead-in to late night prevents Conan from really establishing even a > strong niche, making him vulnerable to any return from Leno to 11:35 > on another network. Also, I still have a suspicion (based on nothing > of substance) that one or the other party has some kind of opt-out > clause prior to the end of 2 years. My main basis for this suspicion > is the comments from several affiliates to the effect that they will > wait until (end of November sweeps, after Christmas, or sometime in > January, depending on the report) to make any final judgments about > the JLS. I suppose that could just mean that some affiliates will > consider either not clearing the JLS (I am not sure what the rules are > on that) or not affiliating with NBC the next time they have a choice;
I am not an expert on the small markets, but are there still parts of the country where the broadcast networks are not represented? I ask because I don't see what an affiliate would pick up if it dropped NBC. It isn't as though MyNetworkTV is going to get them better ad rates. For an affiliate to threaten to drop NBC seems like an empty threat to me. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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
