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Acey · 01-23-2010, 02:43 AM

At the end of the day, Conan took the Tonight Show's rating lead and squandered it in a matter of months. Bandwagoners fail to mention this before throwing pointless shots at NBC.

trackercowe, it's the affiliates that wanted Leno out of primetime because he was giving them a poor lead-in for their 11 o'clock news (which is where affiliates make their money, through ad revenue), but the general sentiment is that NBC has no dramas for 10 that would do better than Leno anyway. Yet another misconception about this whole thing - that NBC just randomly decided to beat up Conan. Truth is, NBC has no choice but to give a damn about its affiliates.

In the future I bet NBC becomes a cable network, or turns over 10 o'clock to local programming like FOX and the CW. Conan needs to go to HBO or Showtime or something, just get out of broadcast TV. I don't think people are considering what will happen after about 2 months on FOX.

01-23-2010, 02:43 AM	#470
Acey Franchise Player Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Calgary Exp:	At the end of the day, Conan took the Tonight Show's rating lead and squandered it in a matter of months. Bandwagoners fail to mention this before throwing pointless shots at NBC. trackercowe, it's the affiliates that wanted Leno out of primetime because he was giving them a poor lead-in for their 11 o'clock news (which is where affiliates make their money, through ad revenue), but the general sentiment is that NBC has no dramas for 10 that would do better than Leno anyway. Yet another misconception about this whole thing - that NBC just randomly decided to beat up Conan. Truth is, NBC has no choice but to give a damn about its affiliates. In the future I bet NBC becomes a cable network, or turns over 10 o'clock to local programming like FOX and the CW. Conan needs to go to HBO or Showtime or something, just get out of broadcast TV. I don't think people are considering what will happen after about 2 months on FOX. Last edited by Acey; 01-23-2010 at 02:50 AM.