Not again. More late night drama.
Will NBC push Jay Leno out of his role as host of The Tonight Show?
Déjà vu.
From FOX News:
NBC is ready to announce Jay Leno’s retirement, expecting to move Jimmy Fallon into the coveted late-night time slot, according to The Hollywood Reporter.I really don't like Leno anymore.
The announcement is expected in May, according to two high-level industry sources. The 2013-14 television season would be Leno’s last, according to the paper.
Fallon would then move from his “Late Night” spot into the 11:35 p.m. slot during the summer of 2014. A formal kickoff would happen in the fall.
Sources told the Hollywood Reporter that the network will bring in Fallon partly out of concern about the competition on ABC, which moved younger-skewing Jimmy Kimmel to the 11:35 time slot in January.
Leno, 62, has hosted “The Tonight Show” for 20 years.
NBC denied the report. And Leno’s rep said, “we do not speculate on rumor.”
I preferred Leno to Letterman after Letterman turned so loony and cruel. I used to enjoy Letterman much more than Leno. I thought he was more innovative and witty and funny, but that changed long ago.
Now, Leno has become nearly as annoying as Letterman, always injecting his Leftist opinions into interviews.
Leno is constantly bashing Republicans, except Chris Christie. I think he's head of his fan club. Leno is still doing Mitt Romney jokes. The other night, he did a Rick Perry joke! Meanwhile, Obama pretty much gets a free pass.
Personally, I'll be glad to see Leno go, when that time comes. The sooner the better.
However, I don't know why NBC wants Leno to leave, given that he's delivering in the ratings.
It's like the Conan O'Brien debacle revisited.
Overall, I find Jimmy Fallon's show far more enjoyable than Leno's show. But, he's beginning to bug me a bit, too.
The Obama lovefest is not entertaining.
I just want to relax and laugh at the end of the day.
A thought on how to address NBC's 5th place problems: Stop offending half the country.
1 comment:
MAYBE they should have given Conan longer than 8 months to deliver on The Tonight Show instead of bringing back this back-stabber. As I read the report all I can think about is: "blah blah blah we heard this for 5 yrs as Conan was promised the Tonight Show. Then almost immediately Leno the Indian-giver takes it back stranding Conan's entire staff on the other side of the country". Conan had to negotiate just to get them something and then do an entire tour to take care of them. I wonder how long NBC will give Fallon to get the ratings. Bottom line, NBC doesn't know what they are doing and Leno needs to go. For good this time, please.
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