Jay’s crowd is mostly the folks over forty-five. I suspect that advertisers are talking this up, and Jay has to go because the big bucks are with the 18 to 30 year old group. Course, Jay will end up with Fox News, and take his crowd with him.
Jimmy better watch out. If Conan O’Brien leaves any legacy, it’s don’t take over for Jay Leno on the Tonight Show if Jay decides to leave and have his own show.
NBC canceled Star Trek after three seasons, BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD DO BETTER. Network executives have a very aggresive frame of mind.
Why don’t they just replace him with Chris Tingle. He’s a laughing stock.
Jimmy Fallon is a no talent ass clown.
In this case, it’s just stupidity, not politics. The Tonight Show is NBC’s most profitable show. I think they said it was the majority of their profit. Changing that on purpose is tremendously stupid. What’s even more stupid is they just did this 3 years ago. It failed and they paid Conan O’Brien something like $43 million to go away. Plus, they lost his show, which was successful. Maybe in another year, they will be giving Jimmy Fallon $50 million to work for someone else.
Well, after the treatment Conan got.. karma’s a, well you know the word.
This is not the first time this has happened. Around 1970 or 1971, the networks began cancelling rural-based comedies (such as Green Acres, Mayberry RFD, etc...), and other such wholesome fare, to replace them with more “edgy” shows that would appeal to younger, hipper, urban-types - shows like “All In The Family”. It is known as the “Rural Purge”. In the space of a few years, the entire face of Network TV was radically altered by New York-based Network Execs who did not like what they saw. Many of the shows cancelled were still highly rated, but they were cancelled anyway. Yet another “fruit” of the 1960’s liberalism that was gaining ascendancy in our culture. This Wikipedia article is actually a good summary (surprise of surprises!!), and makes for interesting (and relevant) reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_purge
Oh puhleez! He’s been wanting to retire for at least five years. He actually DID leave, but nobody took to Conan O’Loser, so he picked up and carried Johnny’s torch until now.
He was pretty good, and he has wanted to leave for a LONG while. How long would YOU keep working when you could both afford to leave and wanted to?
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Leno has more money than he can spend in his lifetime. It’s time he quit and enjoyed his hobbies.
Along with being likable, Leno is actually smart. Can’t have that on TV these days...
The reason Lenno is getting the boot is the same reason why older workers everywere are displaced by younger workers. Fallon will be paid 1/10 of what Lenno is currently pulling down.
Maybe twice a month, I’ll tune in to his opening monologue and headlines but switch the channel to some rerun when the moronic celebs come on.
I really dislike Jay Leno as the host.
He constantly talks through his punchlines with inane comments, as if he was afraid the punchline would not generate the laughs.
As a regular guy,as an interviewer, he’s fine. But that annoying unnecessary habit of his turns me off to his monologue.
Mr Ditter wants to watch the first part of his show every night because he likes the newspaper headline and misprint thingy he often does.
Then he goes OFF unless he has a guest that I like a lot, most of his guest I have never heard of (yes I am behind the times).
No the reason is he’s a prima donna that pissed off NBC brass with his last “retirement” and has been regularly mocking them on the show. Don’t make fun of the guys that sign your paycheck, even if you’re right.
Lord Obama said he must go.