It's amazing how many people to this day still buy NBC's pathetic PR campaign to babyface Big Jaw that it was because Conan's ratings were bad and not because Big Jaw bombed at 10 PM causing the ratings to tank.
Greg On Friday, June 25, 2021 at 10:05:45 AM UTC-4 PGage wrote: > Thus is the last sentence from the AP story on Conan’s final TBS show: > > “After ratings for “Tonight” faltered with O’Brien, Leno ended up > reclaiming the show and O’Brien found a new home and, he said, more > creative freedom at TBS.” > > https://apnews.com/article/cbb0c2a2dfd5eacd527c58c77bcd3d6c > > This pisses me off. Conan’s Tonight Show ratings were improving at the > time he was replaced, and better than Leno’s at a comparable time in their > tenure. It was Leno’s prime time show whose ratings were faltering, > simultaneously draining potential talk show viewers from Conan and > providing him (and local news) with a dramatically reduced lead-in. > > Leno stabbed Conan in the back first by not retiring as he had initiated > to do, but basically moving his show 90 minutes early, and again when, > after humiliating failure, he forced his way back to 11:35. > > On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 at 9:42 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> At least if my DVR is to be trusted. 10-11:15 pm, with a repeat >> immediately following. >> >> David >> >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/553310384.494737.1624596166121%40mail.yahoo.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/553310384.494737.1624596166121%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a1bbd344-5306-4cca-b35f-3353dab95a1en%40googlegroups.com.
