From: Kevin M. <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 10:33 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Did Fallon need to introduce himself last night? If your point is that NBC had nobody worthy of the legacy, I couldn't agree more. What they had was Leno-as-placeholder, maintaining the top ratings, but instead of taking time to find and cultivate someone, they thought short-term (as usual with network executives) and signed Fallon. Fallon is the result of a rush-job. Ask any plumber what the inevitable result of a rush-job is. ----- I'd agree that NBC had nobody worthy of the legacy, because that would be the equivalent of replacing Carson of 1992 with Letterman of 2014. Carson didn't bend the curve for late night hosting, he broke it. The scrambling for Tonight host pre-Carson was arguably more dynamic than it's been since 2009 (The plumber wouldn't have approved). There never was a farm team for NBC late night the way there was (is?) for NBC news. 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.
