NBC Executive and Leno Said to Have Clashed Over Jokes

NYT via Drudge ^ | 15 Mar 2013 | BILL CARTER

[shove_it]

NBC has aggressively denied recent reports that it plans to replace Jay Leno soon as host of “The Tonight Show,” but the network’s top entertainment executive, Robert Greenblatt, recently stirred up a bit of a feud with the late-night star over jokes about the network.

Three executives close to the situation reported this week that Mr. Greenblatt had taken offense to monologue jokes Mr. Leno made last month in the wake of news stories about NBC’s ratings struggles and how the network had fallen into fifth place in the sweeps month of February — behind the Spanish-language network Univision...

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Yeah, and if they do that they’ll yearn for the days when they were the fifth-place network. I don’t watch much TV these days, but I make it a point to avoid NBC.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I’ll bet it would be a real hoot to watch Leno “clash” with a flaming homo liberal. I’m pretty sure that the homo would be intellectually outgunned. LOL!

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[GOPJ]

So far, Mr. Leno has continued to win consistently in almost every rating category, including among viewers between the ages of 18 and 49, the chief target for late-night advertisers. Mr. Kimmel won his first week against Mr. Leno in that category, but Mr. Leno has won every week since.

Leno's also made a few jokes at the expense of Obama and liberals. My guess is that's the real problem with Leno ... He laughs at everyone - liberals conservatives all of us..

NBC is the network of 'we hate conservatives'. I suspect NCB executives are thin-skinned jerks with chips on their shoulders.

[Despot of the Delta]

Leno, is a light weight compared to the way Johnny use to skewer NBC.