>From what we've been reading about Zuck and Coco during their Harvard days, this is clearly the most expensive payback ever for a silly prank. Zucker is the real joke here.
On Jan 16, 10:31 am, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > WK 2-3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 > M: 5.7 4.3 4.9 4.7 4.6/1.3 4.3/1.3 4/1.2 4.6/1.2 > T: 6.7 6.2 5.8 5.4 6.1/1.8 6.5/2.0 5.7/1.4 6/1.8 > W: 6.2 5.7 6.2 5.2 5.0/1.5 4.7/1.3 4.6/1.4 5.2/1.4 > Th: 4.9 4.9 5.2 5.0 4.4/1.6 4.7/1.7 4.6/1.6 4.8/1.6 > F: 5.6 5.3 5.0 6.2 5.1/1.2 4.6/1.2 4.7/1.2 5.1/1.5 > *AVE: 5.8 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.0/1.5 5.0/1.5 4.7/1.4 5.0/1.5* > > WK 11 12 13 14 15 > 16 17 18 > M: 4.5/1.4 4.7/1.3 4.7/1.3 4.8/1.5 5.8/1.6 3.2/.9 > 4.8/1.5 4.8/1.6 > T: 4.9/1.9 DARK* 8.4/2.9 5.2/1.8 5.2/1.5 3.0/.9 6.4/2.2 > 6.2/1.9 > W: 5.1/1.6 5.6/1.5 4.5/1.3 5.5/1.6 4.6/1.1 4.4/1.3 5.2/1.6 > 5.4/1.6 > Th: 5.0/1.5 4.7/1.5 5.8/1.3 5.2/1.7 DARK DARK 4.6/1.4 > 4.4/1.3 > F: 3.5/1 4.8/1.4 5.8/1.9 5.6/1.4 3.7/1.1 3.4/1.0 > 5.8/1.4 5.4/1.4 > *AVE: 4.6/1.5 5.2/1.5* 5.8/1.8 5.2/1.6 4.8/1.4*3.5/1.0* 5.3/1.6 > 5.2/1.6* > > Viewership numbers for Conan this week don't seem to be out - the TV By The > Numbers guys say that Dave still beat him in eyeballs. But Conan really got > a Late Night War Bump in the demo, beating Dave most or all of the week. > Unfortunately (and this must really burn over at NBC) Leno did not get much > if any bump. In a week in which there was more buzz about Leno in the media > than any since his premier week, his viewership was down and demo rating > flat over last week (including, in the teeth of the media storm, his worst > Thursday demo rating ever). Actually, I report the demo rating rounded to > the 1st decimal, but Leno was down fractionally here too for the week. > > Leno was against all regular, first run competition this week, with no > football, which may be the first completely "regular" week since Week 11 > (week before Thanksgiving) when he finished 5 consecutive weeks averaging > 4.9M viewers and a 1.5 in the Demo. In that sense, his 5.2/1.6, which is > only a tick down from the previous week, might be regarded as an improvement > over what he would have had if it had not been for the controversy and hype. > > Looking at all 18 weeks worth of these numbers just reminds me again how > low-class NBC's claim this week that the problem was Conan's "failure" with > his Tonight Show Ratings really was. It is not just that the JLP provided > the worst lead-in to the late local news and Tonight Show in history, but > for the first time the Tonight Show followed another comedy talk show every > night. A significant fraction of the audience that likes this kind of > program must have felt like they already got their fix and either went to > bed after the news, watched Nightline or a Seinfeld rerun. When Leno returns > to the Tonight Show, he will not only likely get a stronger lead-in than he > gave Conan, but, whatever that lead-in, he will still be the first talk show > on NBC that night. > > I think we can now look back over this entire period and blame Zuck for > consistently being an asshole and a liar. And the lies and assholatry were > almost always designed to protect Leno and put Conan in the worst possible > light. I guess they thought they were being real smart when the signed Conan > to the Tonight Show 6 years ago, but their really problem began when the > time came and Leno was still strong in the ratings, and Conan was already > showing signs of weakness against Ferg. They got cold feet and wanted their > cake too - it is at that point that their lack of integrity caught up with > and doubled down on their lack of intelligence. More straightforward men, > persuaded that they were backing the wrong horse at 11:30, would have either > tried to convince Conan to wait another 2 or 3 years, or paid him off and > cut him lose then, rather than put in place a scheme designed to humiliate > Conan.
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