TONIGHT‘S RATING DROP TO HISTORIC LOW
Ratings for The Tonight Show over the summer have fallen to their lowest level in history, published reports observed today (Friday), citing Nielsen figures. Among 18-49 year olds, they’re 23 percent lower than they were last year when Conan O’Brien hosted the show (although they’re up 12 percent among total viewers). Nevertheless, the Jay Leno-hosted [...]
ABC TO LAUNCH THIRD MAGAZINE SERIES
August 6, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Unlike NBC, which airs all of its primetime news magazines under the Dateline banner and CBS, which has two distinct news magazines, 60 Minutes and 48 Hours Mysteries, ABC continues to use two banners interchangeably for its primetime news magazines, Primetime and 20/20. Those two programs often borrow the talent and sometimes the stories that [...]
BASHIR LEAVES “NIGHTLINE” — WILL TURN UP AT MSNBC
July 23, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
In the latest round of musical chairs at the network news divisions, Martin Bashir is stepping down as one of the triumvirate anchors of ABC’s Nightline and going solo in an afternoon slot at MSNBC and contributing to NBC’s Dateline beginning in September. Bill Weir, who currently co-anchors the weekend edition of Good Morning America [...]
WILL JAY RECEIVE WALKING PAPERS?
July 2, 2010 by admin · 4 Comments
Low ratings and high production costs have pushed NBC’s Tonight show with Jay Leno into the red, the New York Post reported today (Friday), citing unnamed insiders. “Leno May Be Next,” the newspaper said in a headline, suggesting that Comcast may replace Leno once it gains control of NBC Universal later this year. “You can’t [...]
LENO’S RATINGS IMPROVE
May 7, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
After spending two weeks drawing ratings no better than those that Conan O’Brien averaged when he hosted NBC’s Tonight show, Jay Leno moved up a bit last week. True, his ratings increased just a tenth of a point above O’Brien’s, but Leno’s certainly not complaining. His tiny ratings climb came at the expense of David [...]
LOOK WHO’S TAILING JAY NOW
April 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
The Tonight Show was the late-night champ for the fifth week in a row last week, drawing 4.20 million viewers. But it all amounted to something of a pyrrhic victory, inasmuch as its ratings were down 26 percent from the same week a year ago. Closing the gap in second place and coming in with [...]