On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 11:55 AM, donz5 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 10, 2:50 pm, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > > Now for the post 11:35 PM fallout. Will Conan be a good soldier and do > > "The Tonight Show" tomorrow morning? Will Jimmy Fallon be grateful > > that he's getting beaten in the ratings by the Shamwow ad instead of C- > > Ferg in the last half-hour of "Late Night"? And will Carson Daly enjoy > > doing a program on public-access? > > I think the last sentence in the following article speaks volumes as > to CO's and JF's stances: > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100110/ap_en_tv/us_nbc_leno > > (SNIP) "Asked if O'Brien and Fallon expressed anger at his proposal, > Gaspin said > both men were professional and understanding when they talked. Beyond > that, it was a private conversation," Gaspin said. >
I wonder, Donz, how you think this is going to impact Dave? Early betting I have seen so far is that (assuming Leno and Coco go for it), Leno will get better ratings at 11:35 than Conan, but not as good as he was getting before. The first half hour of Coco at 12:05 could either do better than the 2nd half hour does now (since the monologue and comedy bits are most popular) or worse (since his monologue will be sloppy seconds to Leno). CBS yesterday said they felt good about Dave's audience regardless of what happens at NNC, but that may have been bravado. Also, if Conan does eventually go to Fox (though that seems less likely than it once did, and ABC seems like a non-starter) it will further fractionate the 11:35 audience, which has to lower Dave's ratings.
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