Numerous readers have asked what my take is on NBC's announcement that Jay Leno would be moving into primetime five nights a week at 10 pm next year. Will it work? What does it mean to the industry?My answer, in the form of a skit, gets posted later tonight.
And can you also tell us how Conan O'Brien has managed to keep his job all these years?
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ReplyDelete10:00 Obama joke
11:35 Obama joke
12:35 Obama joke
1:35 Carson Daly achieves the impossible & comes off even staler... Obama joke
P.S. - Check out Jimmy Fallon's webisodes that began this week, which begs the question... Why him? The future Late Night could be Carson Daly/Magic Johnson/Chevy Chase all over again.
So now you're doing teasers.
ReplyDeleteWhat does Ken think of Jay Leno?
Film at 11.
The world to end in five minutes. Why?
Tune in at 11.
Basically, NBC has just thrown in the towel. They're announcing to the world that they don't know the first thing about programming and they are not even going to bother to try anymore.
ReplyDeleteBut does the mean all my friends making a living working on the various Law & Orders are gonna be out of work? Or is rape moving to 8:00pm?
ReplyDeleteLaw and Order creator Dick Wolfe will write Jay's "economy is so bad" jokes. Instead of ending in a rim shot, it will be a "doink doink" sound.
ReplyDeleteWhy not 10 minutes of a Leno monologue and then an infomercial. NBC wants to make money ... Jay has no talent so I think it would work!
ReplyDeleteA late-night host moving to prime time? It's genius! No one has done it since Jack Paar in 1962.
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(sorry, I can't stop)