Then they fire Jim Bell and/or Steve Capus. And many of the experts who have been telling us that it was obvious that Ann Curry was mistake even though they didn't say that when she was hired will be telling us that it is obvious that they should have gone with Hoda Kotb, or tweaked the format to match their particular preferences more exactly (more cooking segments! fewer cooking segments!). And, of course, they will tell us it was obvious that Ann Curry wasn't the problem and they knew it.
On Jul 2, 3:10 pm, Hank Fung <[email protected]> wrote: > And if Savannah fails, then what? At least Jay was a proven commodity > in the late night time slot. > > On Jul 2, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 11:42 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> The link that ties the Conan situation to Curry is NBC's cultural inability > >> to make tough decisions (a culture apparently unaffected by recent > >> corporate > >> changes). In latenight, they could not really commit to one host; keeping > >> them both around tempted them to give into dickishness when times got a > >> little tough. In terms of being dicks, they would have been better off > >> either going all in with Conan originally and wishing Leno the best in > >> whatever future endeavors he wanted to pursue; or going all in with Leno > >> and > >> telling Conan he could either wait around until Leno decided to hang it up, > >> or wish him well on his future endeavors. Similarly with Curry, they could > >> have (should have, IMO) passed her by in the first place as co-host, but no > >> doubt were afraid she would burn them somehow at CNN (or wherever). > > >> Now, that is just on the dick-scale; maybe just in terms of business both > >> decisions have been pretty good. When NBC made their original Conan deal > >> they thought Leno was going to either retire or be waning in popularity by > >> the time the transition rolled around. When it turned out Leno was both > >> interested in continuing and still popular, NBC engaged in a complicated > >> series of moves the result of which kept the guy with the proven track > >> record in harness. In the morning, they have found a way to get a more > >> popular female co-host while keeping a potentially effective rival away > >> from > >> their competition. > > > Part of a business's brand is the way they treat their employees. > > People who watch a show regularly build up an attachment to the stars > > or hosts and they hold it against the show or the network if they feel > > the star/host is badly treated. Not promoting Ann Curry after 14 years > > on the show is disloyalty even if there are better hosts out there. > > NBC comes off as dickish when they are trying to deal with impossible > > situations. As your last paragraph suggests, if they end up looking > > like dicks and their decisions work out in the long run, they are > > probably happy with those outcomes. > > > -- > > 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 -- 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
