And he's a liar. He said he had nothing to do with the 5 year Conan transition: he did. He says now, a year later, he didn't suggest that they move up the end date of his tenure to the Olympics. He said the opposite a year ago. How can you trust him?
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Monday, January 27, 2014 12:21:02 PM UTC-5, Joe Hass wrote: >> >> From Steve Kroft's VO: "Leno’s ten o’clock show tanked and so did the >> ratings of “The Tonight Show” with Conan O’Brien, which dropped out of >> first place. NBC panicked when the network’s affiliates began clamoring for >> Leno’s return to his 11:30 time slot, and NBC agreed." >> >> Yeah: you didn't miss anything. >> >> > > I've finally gotten around to reading Bill Carter's "The War for Late > Night," and even though I'm not finished, it seems the "lies" Kroft told > match pretty well with the "truth" Carter told. Not sure what the problem > is. > > Kroft's piece was pretty superficial, and he missed a lot of good chances > for follow-up questions - perhaps because Mavis was there, he held back. > (And I wondered how much Mavis' comments, which were full of anger at those > who have lied about Jay, were edited.) Kroft did point out that there's no > other host who has Jay's appeal, thus giving Dave one more reason to bitch. > > Today's Hollywood Reporter interview allows Jay to go more in depth. His > line that "The numbers that keep you No. 1 today would have got you > canceled 15 or 20 years ago" is quite true, and his observations on the > difference between Kimmel's attacks and Letterman's attacks are pretty > perceptive. And then there's his answer when asked if he would call Conan: > "Why would I do that? No. God no." > > http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jay-leno-depth-post-tonight-674139 > > -Tim > > -- > -- > 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. > -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- 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.
