I also find it amusing that the teabaggers continue to take their shots at NBC based on its news channel (and calling that channel's main conservative voice a "RINO") while seemingly not noticing that the man currently moderating "Meet the Press" has been regularly accused of being a Republican Party shill on that show.
Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:40 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Back on Saturday (10), Mark Jeffries replied to Greg Diener: >>> >>> Meanwhile, you may've noticed in the comments section that there are >>> actually people calling for broadcast Fox to pick Leno up [SNIP] >>> >> >> Another is Greta... >> >> >> http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/2013/08/12/fox-broadcast-should-hire-jay-leno-on-february-7-2014-of-course-no-one-is-asking-me/ >> > > I had to stop reading the comments on the Greta Blog after the first few > because I saw I was leaking IQ points and do not have much to spare. But I > did enjoy these two (I have a dyslexia that ruins my spelling, so I am not > one to judge, but I would have thought Fox commenters would at least be > able to spell the word "white" in an Obama-bashing sentence): > > > - "I sometimes wonder why they are letting him go. Is it because he is > not 'left' enough? Though, nothing NBC does surprises me. Since they now > own the weather channel, they have been pushing 'global warming' down our > throats." > - "probably Jay is being let go because of Obama insistence; for Obama > does not like the joke lines Jay lets go with that ridicule Obama, his > administration and the whtie (sic) house." > > Greta specifically notes she is suggesting Fox broadcasting to pick up > Leno, and Fox has always made a big deal about the distinction, and there > is no doubt that if in some strange universe Leno did do a late night show > at Fox, half his go-to jokes in every monologue would be making fun of Fox > News, but people still seem to make this some kind of political thing. I > actually did not realize that Leno was the late-night comic of choice for > the political right - when did that happen? Is it because of his friendship > with our former Governor? I have always thought Leno's personal politics > were somewhat to the left of Dave's, though it is true that Dave has drunk > the kool-aid of all that, you know, science, that supports climate change. > > There is room to second-guess what NBC is doing with the Tonight Show, but > I don't see the point in approaching it with the question "why is NBC > replacing Leno?". They have been fair transparent with their thinking about > this. We know why they are doing it: 1) Leno's contract and budget is based > on an earlier TV era when the Tonight Show was a gushing cash oil well. NBC > cut Leno's salary from $25M to $15M recently, and will save millions more > by switching from Leno to Fallon, who will make something between $8M and > $12M ( > http://www.forbes.com/sites/dorothypomerantz/2013/03/26/jimmy-fallon-could-double-his-payday-with-tonight-show-move/) > - let's call it $10M. There was probably a time when that extra 45M in > savings was rounding error at NBC late night, but in the current > environment that is a meaningful part of their profit margin on the show, > and they want it. 2) Leno is current time slot ratings leader, but he and > his audience are aging, and ABC has a rising young competitor on against > him. Even if Leno could win his slot for the next three years, NBC thinks > they are bleeding young viewers who are establishing late night viewing > habits that will stick with them for the rest of their lives, making it > harder on Fallon to win them back whenever he would take-over. > > So the question is not: "Why is NBC replacing Leno?", but "Are NBC's > reasons for replacing Leno correct?" That remains to be seen (check in on > Fallon's rating in the demo relative to both Leno's now and Kimmel's in 2 > years to find out), but I think NBC is making a better decision now than > they did the last time around. And if Jon Stewart was hosting the 12:35 > show at CBS right now, I think you might see similar pressure on them to > pull the trigger on Dave. > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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. 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