I thought the idea of taking a break this soon was idiotic at first,
but it occurs to me now that it may be a great idea. Given the
developing meme that Conan's Tonight Show is a flop, this is an
excellent chance for the creative staff to step back, look at what's
working -- and what's not -- and
NBC - where they won't let new shows get in the way of bleeding ratings...
I still think it's stupid. Not as stupid as the CBS golf highlights in the
same timeslot, but damn close. I can't see enough people in the tennis
audience needing what NBC gives in those 15 minute recaps that they
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 9:20 AM, David Bruggemanbru...@yahoo.com wrote:
NBC - where they won't let new shows get in the way of bleeding ratings...
I still think it's stupid. Not as stupid as the CBS golf highlights in the
same timeslot, but damn close. I can't see enough people in the
NBC may be under some sort of contractual obligation to the All
England Tennis Club to air the highlight show before a certain hour.
Either that or tennis fans don't stay up until 12:37.
I'm actually wondering about the Winter Olympics next year. In recent
years, they've had Leno do a
Then I guess the issue is whether it's a good idea to let new eyes sample old
shows or not. If they're writing off the week regardless, I get it. And if
Conan had started in March instead of 25 days ago, I'd have said nothing about
this.
David
From: Tom
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote:
From the daily Facebook blog:
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=93618064683ref=nf
Briefly,
Max Weinberg will be on leave for a while as he rejoins Bruce and the
E Street boys for their concert tour
The
How about it's stupid to think Conan will be in reruns after 20 shows. Has his
lead-out been in reruns? It's the first of Max's hiatus weeks that begins on
Monday. As the band is tight enough to deal without him, we just don't get
jokes about Max being a pervert for a few weeks.
As for King
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:56 AM, David Bruggemanbru...@yahoo.com wrote:
How about it's stupid to think Conan will be in reruns after 20 shows.
It's the week leading up to July 4, when a lot of families travel.
NBC will be showing Wimbledon highlights for 15 minutes or half an
hour each
