On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... are not exactly newsworthy to regular readers of this message > board, but this report notes he dropped below Conan's ratings over the > summer (in the 18-49 demo). > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100903/media_nm/us_leno > We are now about three or four weeks from the point last year that Conan began to drop, and where Leno will have a chance to catch and maybe pass him. I suspect the NBC brass already have their press releases typed and ready to go claiming the victory over Coco (and, oddly, themselves). They probably wont mention that, if this happens, the difference will be in the ratings of the 10:00 lead-in that each show had. To be fair to Leno, the summer comparison is a bit unfair to him - it is including Conan's curiosity look-ins the first few weeks, plus Leno has been in reruns several weeks this summer, while Conan probably was not in reruns at all. ' One potentially ominous sign for NBC is that, while Leno is down vs the Tonight Show last year (and his own version of the TS 2 years ago) the other 4 network late night shows are either stable or up from last summer. And of course, while its meaning is suspect, I do like the note from yahoo that this summer Leno has pulled the lowest ratings in the history of the Tonight Show (I am sure Leno will soon be announcing that he is quitting since he has ruined the Tonight Show franchise, and ratings losers do not deserve their own tv show). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
