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Report: Leno to stay at NBC, moving to prime time
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| 12-08-2008
Posted on 12/08/2008 6:36:52 PM PST by My Favorite Headache
NEW YORK – The New York Times is reporting that NBC has signed its late-night star Jay Leno to a contract that will keep him at the network and move him to prime time.
Under the new deal, Leno, whose "Tonight" show hosting job will go to Conan O'Brien, would have a new show airing 10 p.m. Eastern every weeknight.
The deal reportedly will be announced Tuesday.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: deathwatch; dinomediadeathwatch; dinosaurmedia; leno; nbc; staying
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To: My Favorite Headache
4 night time talk shows on NBC...a true echo chamber of talentless hacks...
Leno, Conan, Fallon, and Daly.
Junk
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:38:33 PM PST
by
My Favorite Headache
(Forget the 3AM phone call. Obama can not even answer the phone at 3PM.)
To: My Favorite Headache
Leno is the unfunniest man in the USA. Proof was when the writers were on strike and he had to come up with his own jokes.
The 10 o’clock spot will kill him. Good riddance!
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:38:47 PM PST
by
Palladin
(Obama on Ayers: "He's just a guy in my neighborhood." LIAR!!!)
To: My Favorite Headache
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:40:25 PM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Read FR First....Then, Read Drudge.)
To: My Favorite Headache
He's awful.
I still miss...
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:41:39 PM PST
by
Canedawg
("The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it")
To: My Favorite Headache
what, does he need to go nite-nite earlier?
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:44:16 PM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(making full use of an unfair advantage in the marketplace of ideas)
To: Canedawg
TV is Dead
Long Live the Internet
To: Palladin
Leno is the unfunniest man in the USAYou are insane.
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:44:58 PM PST
by
krb
(Obama is a miserable failure.)
To: krb
Doesn’t this move undermine Conan’s big moment in the sun? He is still technically #2 man with this move. Leno was offered big bucks from Fox...gotta wonder how much of that bailout money G/E got was slipped to Leno to do this.
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:46:19 PM PST
by
My Favorite Headache
(Forget the 3AM phone call. Obama can not even answer the phone at 3PM.)
To: My Favorite Headache
NBC is selling out for the buck.
Leno should have been canned long ago for his continued inappropriate bashing of NBC (justified or not).
Personally, I am looking forward to Conan.
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:47:37 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
("They're not Americans. They're liberals! "-- Ann Coulter, May 15, 2008)
To: Charles Bronson Forever
TV is Dead
Long Live the Internet
———— -—— ———
I’m pleased to report that other than football games, I’ve watched less than one hour of TV since October, when I became completely disgusted with the MSM’s election bias.
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:49:32 PM PST
by
Canedawg
("The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it")
To: My Favorite Headache
Who are those people you listed? Never heard of them.
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:50:17 PM PST
by
junkman_106
(The ACLU can go have aerial intercourse with a revolving glazed pastry.)
To: My Favorite Headache
""Tonight" show hosting job will go to Conan O'Brien"
The death knell of the Tonight Show, unless they're letting adolescents stay up that late to watch him...the level of the audience should match the age level of the humor.
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:51:30 PM PST
by
FrankR
(“Turtle up”, economically, for the duration of the 0bamanation.)
To: junkman_106
Not sure if you are being sarcastic but for those playing the home game...
Conan O’Brien - New Tonight Show Host
Jimmy Fallon - New Host of Late Night - From SNL
Carson Daly - Carson Daly show - MTV Alumni..been on the air for about 7 years now I would say. Comes on from 1:30 til 2:05
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:52:31 PM PST
by
My Favorite Headache
(Forget the 3AM phone call. Obama can not even answer the phone at 3PM.)
To: devolve; My Favorite Headache
Strange wheeling and dealing at NBC! Leno may not be great but David Letterman is downright boring. Conan looks like a robot alien.
I’d rather watch Johnny Carson reruns.
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:52:43 PM PST
by
potlatch
To: My Favorite Headache
Jimmy Fallon is NOT and has NEVER BEEN funny.
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:55:02 PM PST
by
Clemenza
(Red is the Color of Virility, Blue is the Color of Impotence)
To: My Favorite Headache
Conan O’Brien, the modern Howdy Doody for basement dwellers. ;-)
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:55:39 PM PST
by
doc1019
To: My Favorite Headache
This must be due to the networks telling, in articles today, they cannot continue to provide programs 22 hours a day, 7 nights a week. Wonder what is to come of the 10 dramas?
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:55:53 PM PST
by
gidget7
(Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
To: Canedawg
“I’m pleased to report that other than football games, I’ve watched less than one hour of TV since October, when I became completely disgusted with the MSM’s election bias.”
I’ve been watching a lot less TV since the election myself. Lately, I put on my headphones and listen to music, or play guitar in the bedroom.
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:56:29 PM PST
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Destined to take the place of the Mud Shark in your mythology!)
To: Palladin
No only that, he and Conan have gotten so offensive, pushing limits more and more. So much so they are unwatchable.
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posted on
12/08/2008 6:56:53 PM PST
by
gidget7
(Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
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