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Originally Posted by octothorp
Ah, you sound exactly like an NBC executive. Here's the problem with that logic: if the young demographic is not engaged, then the network's overall audience shrinks as time goes by, unless you hope that they'll reach a certain age and all the sudden the shows they've been ignoring for years suddenly become funny. If you simply assign a demographic as being an internet users and not try to engage them, you're essentially writing off an entire generation of potential TV viewers. Fox is the #1 network on TV largely because they have a huge advantage in the younger demographic, while holding their own in more mature viewers. That demographic does watch TV; the distinction is that they don't watch late-night TV. The current potential gain for a network like Fox is about shaping the viewing habits of that audience.
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Jay Leno had more of the young demographic during his time on the tonight show than Conan has during his
I liked Conan on late night just as much as anyone but their isn't some conspiracy against him. If his show had done well in the ratings, like it did when it followed Leno before, than there would be no problem here.
And the reason polls on the internet don't work is because they are not a random sample, they are targeted at a specific website etc. To get a fair bearing on the general public you need an absolutely random sample. The people who are more invested in this story and to take the time to vote are on Conan's side no doubt. Which skews the results of an internet poll