WTFNBC
I'm 90% sure the folks that "run" NBC are on the crack. And it must be good crack because lord almighty... they obviously don't care about anything other than gettin' high.
Exhibit A - Jay announces his retirement... and then pulls a Brett Favre and decides last minute to UNretire. How does NBC handle this? Rather than lose Jay to Fox or ABC, they put Jay Leno on every night at 10 pm. That was as bad an idea as a bad idea can be bad. "Hey. Let's put Jay Leno - truly unfunny in his funny business - on five nights a week smack dab at the end of prime time... let's cut five hours of mediocre-to-decent scripted programming as an FU to the writers who went on strike last year... let's throw Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - a show about violent sexual predators - on at 9pm (8 central) AND let's screw over our affiliates in a royal way. Because it'll make Jay happy and save us money."
Sure that makes sense.
*rolleyes*
The only decent part of that decision was to put Conan on the Tonight Show. YAY CONAN!! :) He's a thousand times funnier than Jay, way more relevant and he has red hair. Cool beans.
Woulda been better if NBC had thrown even $5 at promoting the new (and improved) Tonight Show instead of investing a bajillion dollars in promoting Jay Leno every five freakin' minutes.
Exhibit B - NBC spins Jay's lackluster ratings and still calls him a success because they're STILL making money even though his show is for crap... it's still cheaper than paying for five hours of drama so voila! SUCCESS!
Unless you're an affiliate news program... or Conan OBrien. Without a decent lead in, your local news and Conan are left only with their extra loyal "OMG I MUST DVR THE NEWS/CONAN AND CAN'T MISS A MINUTE" fans. But that's not Jay's fault and that's not NBC's problem because they're making money.
Oh but wait. It is.
Exhibit C - So the affiliates and, presumably Jay, complain loud enough so NBC decides to put him BACK on at 1130. Forget that Conan guy... his shit ratings are because Conan sucks... not because NBC doesn't know how to manage their shit. "Conan will do whatever NBC wants, right? He'll take the heel to the face and suck it up and give Jay his Tonight Show spot and be happy to be on at 1205 (which, btw, is no longer "tonight"). Because he's Conan and he's not as important as Jay and we like Jay more because we're high on the crack 23 hours a day."
Whateverthefuck, NBC.
They prolly didn't count on Conan saying "SCREW you guys. I'm going home."
Please lord... please let me take over programming at NBC. Please.
Sincerely,
karen
PS *waves* at flist...
PPS Jay Leno is a tool.
Exhibit A - Jay announces his retirement... and then pulls a Brett Favre and decides last minute to UNretire. How does NBC handle this? Rather than lose Jay to Fox or ABC, they put Jay Leno on every night at 10 pm. That was as bad an idea as a bad idea can be bad. "Hey. Let's put Jay Leno - truly unfunny in his funny business - on five nights a week smack dab at the end of prime time... let's cut five hours of mediocre-to-decent scripted programming as an FU to the writers who went on strike last year... let's throw Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - a show about violent sexual predators - on at 9pm (8 central) AND let's screw over our affiliates in a royal way. Because it'll make Jay happy and save us money."
Sure that makes sense.
*rolleyes*
The only decent part of that decision was to put Conan on the Tonight Show. YAY CONAN!! :) He's a thousand times funnier than Jay, way more relevant and he has red hair. Cool beans.
Woulda been better if NBC had thrown even $5 at promoting the new (and improved) Tonight Show instead of investing a bajillion dollars in promoting Jay Leno every five freakin' minutes.
Exhibit B - NBC spins Jay's lackluster ratings and still calls him a success because they're STILL making money even though his show is for crap... it's still cheaper than paying for five hours of drama so voila! SUCCESS!
Unless you're an affiliate news program... or Conan OBrien. Without a decent lead in, your local news and Conan are left only with their extra loyal "OMG I MUST DVR THE NEWS/CONAN AND CAN'T MISS A MINUTE" fans. But that's not Jay's fault and that's not NBC's problem because they're making money.
Oh but wait. It is.
Exhibit C - So the affiliates and, presumably Jay, complain loud enough so NBC decides to put him BACK on at 1130. Forget that Conan guy... his shit ratings are because Conan sucks... not because NBC doesn't know how to manage their shit. "Conan will do whatever NBC wants, right? He'll take the heel to the face and suck it up and give Jay his Tonight Show spot and be happy to be on at 1205 (which, btw, is no longer "tonight"). Because he's Conan and he's not as important as Jay and we like Jay more because we're high on the crack 23 hours a day."
Whateverthefuck, NBC.
They prolly didn't count on Conan saying "SCREW you guys. I'm going home."
Please lord... please let me take over programming at NBC. Please.
Sincerely,
karen
PS *waves* at flist...
PPS Jay Leno is a tool.