On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > Sadly, I keep forgetting how much shilling Leno does for the affiliates. > > I've always believed that there's that group that would follow Leno to > the proverbial ends of the TV listings. But I think what we're going > to find out is how big that audience really is. The fact that Leno is > going on Winfrey's show (and really, I fear that a significant portion > of downtown Chicago will be swallowed whole by the black hole of those > two egos that close together) says to me that there's some awareness > that Leno isn't going back to June 2008, and that the audience won't > be there. I think PGage is right on the money if not slightly high. > > The quote I pulled earlier about one affil saying all Leno needs is > another Hugh Grant is telling: they're preparing themselves for the > idea that Leno will regularly lose to Letterman. And I'd also be > interested to hear if any of the affiliates got any blowback on the > whole thing (justified or not).
I think there are 2 factors that will affect Tonight Show ratings as Jay returns. First, people are creatures of habit and a lot of people who casually tuned into the Tonight Show with Jay and not with Conan now have new habits at 11:35. Whether it's sleep or catching up on the DVR, the automatic function of having the TV on NBC will be gone. The second factor, as Kevin and others brought up, is that there's no new energy coming with the return of Jay. It's hard to build buzz around that kind of show. Tom -- 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
