On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 2:03 AM, Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote:
> > This whole thing makes me wonder why they're fighting so hard for > Leno. He seems to me to be damaged goods at this point. His 11:35 > viewers haven't followed him or stayed with Conan, and I see no reason > why they'd come back if they move Jay to after the news. For that > matter, Conan seems to be no prize, either. I like the guy, but he > really hasn't done much with TTS. I'm just delighted that this whole > thing has blown up in NBC's corporate face. I'd like to see "30 Rock" > do something with it, but doubt they will; too much inside baseball. > But late night tv was one of the areas where NBC has been able to count on ratings dominance (and thus juicy profits). This whole grand strategy has been about NBC seeing itself as having learned from the last mess they made of their late night transition (which resulted in a major fractionating of thier late night audience) and proactively taking steps to keep both Leno and Conan from becoming competitors. The tragic irony is that it seems to be just these proactive steps that have made things worse - not only are they in danger of losing one of Conan/Leno, but, as you say, both of them have had much of the shine taken off thier luster. I think the next step here is all about Conan - unlike Leno (or Ferguson) Conan did not reference this in his monologue last night, and I have not heard anything about where his head is at. He is getting screwed, and it remains to be seen if he will take it. 30 Rock has referenced more arcane matters than this, I am sure we will see something soon.
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