This article:
http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2014/02/why-you-shouldnt-care-about-fallons-tonight-show-ratings/358234/ Makes all the ratings points we've bandied about today, but raises a point that's new to me. Quoting Mark Harris (or at least his Tweets), the article noted that 'some' critics saw Jimmy introducing himself last night as, well, old news. (FWIW, this is the first I'd heard of it.) The conventional wisdom on these transitions (though the sample size be tiny) is that there are some adjustments to make moving from 12:30/5/7 to one hour earlier. Part of the reasoning is that many of those watching the earlier program aren't watching the later program and therefore, aren't the same audience. So I don't find it odd that Jimmy opted to tell the audience something about himself. After all, while he was on the Weekend Update desk for a while, that ended back in 2004, and Jimmy was off of television on the regular until 2009. But I have to ask whether or not being on the late shift really relegates you to that much more obscurity to the folks tuning in at 11:30. Pre-time-shifting I thought it could. But I'm not as certain of that now as I was even three hours ago. Rambling over, David -- -- 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.
