LAist: TV Junkie: NBC Plan Could Undermine Conan

Tom Lewis

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:05:55 -0800

thanks for your comments everyone. sithandra, you bring up some good points but let's look at a couple things. It could be argued that Leno appears to be left-of-center if you are a resident of Kansas or one of the racist red-belt states that choke the middle of the nation, so yeah, I'll give you that one. Leno [blah blah] Leno - he's for old people and that's not good for what NBC needs to do and not committing to Conan isn't what NBC needs to do. How great for Leno to finally let his hair down, maybe he could take his jaw in a bit as well. Next let's talk about TV Junkie: My recommendations for a potentially watchable stream is in "The TV Junkie Plan", and I suggest you sign onto the plan because I'm a much better and more gifted human being than you are and you evidently could learn a couple things. The listed items are new programming of note for the evening or something else that deserves a highlight. It's mostly premieres and finales or something LA area related. A couple examples of which are "The Real Housewives of Orange County" or "Bad Girls Club" which highlights its LA location."Leverage" got a mention because it was premiering in a new time slot. I hope these explanations shed some light for you and I hope that you realize that the TV Junkie is just here to help. Happy Viewing!

sithandra

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:32:25 -0800

Leno's center-left or left of center, but he's hardly conservative. Here's a good take on his political views from the 2004 election cycle: http://www.laweekly.com/2004-09-16/news/does-mr-middle-of-the-road-lean-left/6 Actually Leno has been letting his hair down a bit since his days hosting the Tonight Show are numbered. But with this new announcement, he may have to regain his button-down persona. It's probably impossible to get anyone under 30 to watch Leno (the Conan O'Brien demographic), and Jay's monologues can be 'hacky', but when he interviews political guests (e.g. Chris Matthews, Brian Williams), he's actually quite good. Personally, I'm glad to have Leno on at 10:00pm. Looking at TV Junkie's recommendations for the 10:00pm hour, I wouldn't waste my time watching any of those reality shows, and I'll take a pass on "Leverage" based on the concept alone. Also, I could never make it to 11:30pm to watch any late night talk shows(I always fall asleep), and it will save me having to TiVo the show to play back the next evening.

Royps

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:57:06 -0800

Damn. You'd with all the cash that GE/Universal/NBC has on hand they'd be able to buy a clue.

Jacy Young

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:15:31 -0800

I guess they decided to stop making terrible shows and start making...terrible talk tv.

polaroidgirl

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:14:31 -0800

The suits at NBC must be on something better than vicodin and scotch if they think I'll watch Jay Leno in the 10 pm slot if I don't watch him now. They should give him 5 pm daily so that all his viewers can catch the program when they get home from their early bird dinner specials.

timmay

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:05:08 -0800

time for some vicodin ... washed down with scotch.

caliking01

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:04:56 -0800

don't Republicans have enough late night TV options? - THATS FUNNY!

Molly Bergen

Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:08:38 -0800

When is it not a Hugh Laurie kind of night?