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So, NBC, scripted much?
Dec. 9th, 2008 08:00 pmJay Leno to take over the M-F 10pm slot on NBC.
Gawker has an excellent take on the winners and losers, but I wanted to talk about ( the effect on scripted programming ).
The real question is, will Leno just get bigger at 10pm? They took great pains today to manage ratings expectations. Leno's 4.5 or so nightly average isn't exactly a prime time number, but as the suits said, Leno's show won't cost as much as ER, either, so it can have modest ratings and still pay out. It's a weird blend of the experimental and the deeply conservative, but that's what American television usually looks like, anyway.
What do you think? Or would you rather just talk about that Blagojevich and how he's brought Patrick Fitzgerald back into our lives?
( a short note )
Gawker has an excellent take on the winners and losers, but I wanted to talk about ( the effect on scripted programming ).
The real question is, will Leno just get bigger at 10pm? They took great pains today to manage ratings expectations. Leno's 4.5 or so nightly average isn't exactly a prime time number, but as the suits said, Leno's show won't cost as much as ER, either, so it can have modest ratings and still pay out. It's a weird blend of the experimental and the deeply conservative, but that's what American television usually looks like, anyway.
What do you think? Or would you rather just talk about that Blagojevich and how he's brought Patrick Fitzgerald back into our lives?
( a short note )
