Jump to content

No more 10pm dramas! Jay Leno gets new show!


Toups

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 10
  • Created
  • Last Reply
  • Members

Saw it on PerezHilton too. Does NBC even get any ratings in their 10pm spots now? They're ranked 4th. I don't see how things would get any worse. If they're worried that his normal viewers wouldn't follow him to the earlier spot, would they stick around for Conan at 1130 anyway? It's not like the 4.8 million are automatically going to transfer to Conan. If they're going to lose some of those viewers with him leaving completely, why not potentially gain some by moving him to primetime?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

NBC is a lost cause, and it's run by idiots who want to be "hip" and "innovative." They just can't see that what they like just doesn't bring in the ratings. I guess the talk of a major executive restructuring could help, but with Zucker still running Universal, I wouldn't be so sure.

And Leno at 10 PM EVERY NIGHT? That's bound to bomb with the stiff competition from CBS and ABC from Monday to Thursday. It can save them money, but I doubt it will bring in the ratings, and especially the demos.

I won't be shocked when NBC is bankrupt and goes under pretty soon.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

NBC Universal was up 10% in profits the last quarter of 2007, but how much of that came from the network television division?

The CBS dramas especially will crush a talk show like Leno's every night at 10PM. I just can't see this fairing well demo-wise, which means they'll make nothing in ad revenue from it.

Here's some profit info from an article CNN did just yeasterday, regarding this year's profits, it appears very little comes from the main broadcast network television division, when it used to be a major cash cow for them. In fact, they appear to be LOSING money from their main broadcast network division.

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articl...06_FORTUNE5.htm

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Administrator

He is right about that. Businesses can no longer do business the same way they've been doing it the past.

Sure ABC and CBS are doing great in the ratings, but they're also making cuts.

I wonder what NBC's schedule will look like next year. I think it'll be something like:

Monday

8pm: Heroes

9pm: Medium or new show

10pm: Leno

Tuesday

8pm: Biggest Loser

9pm: L&O: SVU

10pm: Leno

Wednesday

8pm: Kings (if it's successful) or new show

9pm: L&O

10om: Leno

Thursday

8pm: My Name Is Earl (it'll be their last season to get them into the right about of episodes for syndication)

8:30pm: Amy Poehler's Show

9pm: The Office

9:30pm: 30 Rock

Friday

8pm: Deal Or No Deal

9pm: New Show

10pm: Leno

Sunday (after Football)

Open slots.....possibly Apprentice....or put Kings on here and a new show.

There's also David E. Kelley's new show that you have to slot somewhere.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

It's a bold move alright, but it saves them from having to pick up 5 mediocre and expensive pilots hoping that at least one will be the next ER, LA Law, Law & Order or CSI, etc.

Not sure how well it'll do. Time will tell how this goes for them.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



  • Recent Posts

    • May 11, 2025: Brian Austin Green and Tori Spelling appear on "The $100,000 Pyramid". episode photos: https://www.dgepress.com/abc/shows/100000-pyramid/episodes/malin-akerman-vs-tom-papa-and-tori-spelling-vs-brian-austin-green/photos/ People interviewed them: https://people.com/tori-spelling-teases-brian-austin-green-about-forgetting-their-first-hookup-exclusive-11732066
    • LMAO this is the funniest hill I'll die on. Here is what I'm saying ⬇

      Please register in order to view this content

      The shoulders and sleeves are too tight. He'd benefit from a larger size. The yellow arrows show where the shoulder cut should actually be placed in my opinion. I don't mind the granpa fashion per se, I just have an OCD with sizes LOL
    • Today May 11, 2025, Pope Leo briefly addressed the crowd in the square.  He sang the prayer to Mary and then said:   Dear brothers and sisters, The immense tragedy of the Second World War ended eighty years ago, on 8 May, after having claimed sixty million victims. In today’s dramatic scenario of a piecemeal third world war, as Pope Francis stated many times, I too address the world’s leaders, repeating the ever-timely appeal: “Never again war!”. I carry in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people. May everything possible be done to reach an authentic, just and lasting peace, as soon as possible. Let all the prisoners be freed and the children return to their own families. I am deeply saddened by what is happening in the Gaza Strip: may there be an immediate ceasefire! Let humanitarian aid be provided to the stricken civil population, and let all the hostages be freed. On the other hand, I have welcomed with satisfaction the announcement of the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, and I hope that through the upcoming negotiations, a lasting accord may be reached soon. https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/angelus/2025/documents/20250511-regina-caeli.html
    • Lol! I'm quite sure it would. 
    • But that is pretty much situation normal for all soaps. They do not tend to continue to show things like surgical scars. They also play fast & loose with hospital procedures.
    • re: prior two posts about Trump's new opulent plane contrasted with utter starvation in Gaza... Trump and Netanyahu are giving "Let them eat cake".  And it's horrific. In 2013, Pope Francis removed a bishop from running the Limburg Germany diocese because he was constructing an opulent 31-million-euro building. This is from Reuters obit of Francis: https://www.reuters.com/world/obituary-pope-francis-shook-up-church-with-simplicity-raising-conservative-ire-2025-04-21/ From the start, Francis sent clear signals to priests and bishops about the type of Church he wanted. He said there was no room for "careerists or social climbers" among the clergy, told cardinals they should not live "like princes," and said the Church should not "dissect theology" in lush salons while there were poor people around the corner. "If investments in banks fall, it is a tragedy and people say 'what are we going to do?' but if people die of hunger, have nothing to eat or suffer from poor health, that's nothing. This is our crisis today. A Church that is poor and for the poor has to fight this mentality," he said early in his papacy. -- Pope Francis stood up for the poor, the unhoused, the migrants of all faiths.  He lived simply and ordered that when he died, that he wished to be interred in a simple wooden coffin. I sincerely hope that the new pope Leo will follow Francis' example.
    • Co Sign!!!!   I have been watching the show regularly over the last few weeks and am pleasantly surprised by how much easier it is to watch each day. This definitely is confirmation for me that Paula and Jeanne wrote the stroke episodes, cause I felt the same way watching those. Could be more exciting for sure, but interactions now make more sense and everything seems to be a bit more character driven which is great. I will add though, there are still about 10 or so characters i'd love to see gone, and hope a few will exit in the future! Otherwise, happy with the changes so far. 
    • Sean Freeman looks good in anything. Would not change one thing. Arielle Prepetit looking cute. 

      Please register in order to view this content

    • There is suffering everywhere you look, says mother of emaciated baby girl trapped in Gaza https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrv5rl73zdo Quoting excerpts from BBC article: The baby's mother Najwa, 23, is changing Siwar's nappy. She weighs just over 2kg (4lb 6oz). A baby girl of five months should be around or over 6kg. "There was no food when I gave birth to her," says Najwa. "If I wanted to feed myself so I could breastfeed her, I had no nutrients to make my health better... She now only drinks formula milk, and we don't know how we'll be able to provide it for her." Israel has banned international journalists from entering Gaza to report independently. According to Siwar's doctor, Ziad al-Majaida, "Nothing enters through the borders, no milk, food or anything. This leads to big problems here for the kids. This baby needs a specific type of milk. It was available before, but because of the border closure, the stocks have run out for a while now." Since the beginning of the year, according to the UN, about 10,000 cases of acute malnutrition among children have been identified. Food prices have rocketed by as much as 1,400%. Charity kitchens, which have helped hundreds of thousands of Gazans, are shutting as food supplies run out. Twenty-five bakeries supported by the World Food Programme have been forced to close. Israel cut off all humanitarian aid and other supplies from entering Gaza on 2 March, and resumed its military offensive two weeks later The United Nations has said the Israeli blockade constitutes "a cruel collective punishment" on civilians. The UN's humanitarian director, former British diplomat Tom Fletcher, said that international law was unequivocal. "As the occupying power, Israel must allow humanitarian support in... Aid, and the civilian lives it saves, should never be a bargaining chip," he warned. From the BBC reporter: I put this point to Boaz Bismuth, a leading member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party. He (Bismuth) denies there is an aid crisis caused by the blockade. "There is food in Gaza... Israel wouldn't do such a restriction if the population didn't have food. I mean, I know my country perfectly well," he (Bismuth) said. BBC reporter: I put it to Bismuth that he was denying the evidence of people's eyes, that children were starving. "There are not starving children. I repeat again." He (Bismuth) said that there had been allegations months ago of famine, ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza "which was crap". ----  ----  ---- A UK-based advocacy group for Israel has the nerve to claim war may reduce obesity in Gaza https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/10/uk-lawyers-for-israel-condemned-over-claim-war-may-reduce-obesity-in-gaza
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy