TV Network executives have been enjoying playing a game of Late Night Talk Show Chess this week, amongst their top puppets and talent who do the talking for them in their TV time slots. Just recapping…
After David Letterman did a Tiger Woods last year with that whole ‘sex with his interns affair scandal’ after marrying his wife Regina Lasko and shortly after President Barack Obama appeared on his late night show in person, NBC retaliated this year as Letterman’s ratings soared… to claim back the Late Night Talk Show crown for NBC.
By using Jay Leno‘s less than good TV ratings in his newly appointed earlier and ‘experimental’ time slot of 10pm, which did not work and ‘failed’… NBC then set about to create Conan O’Brien as being ‘the victim’ of their TV scheduling by saying –Jay would have Conan’s time slot back.
While the American media have been running story lines like: ‘Poor Conan’, but O’Brien’s so talented can’t NBC see it?’, ‘Fox Network now wants O’Brien,’ ,’ and ‘Conan’s contract did not specify what time slot he would appear in’ even touting O’Brien could appear at 3am if NBC so wanted him to… it appears that this was all a game of NBC execs to create a new super star talk show host in Conan O’Brien on their network.
The ratings have spoken that this is the case. And in TV Land the ratings are like the voice of God to advertisers who run after the highest rating thing to spend and make a buck with the American TV audience. Public empathy has swung so far O’Brien’s way as the American people voted almost 2-1 in favor last night with their remotes in Conan O’Brien’s favor.
TV By the Numbers reports that “controversy provided a big boost for “Team Conan” as Conan O’Brien’s Tonight Show’s 1.7 rating in 18-49 in Nielsen’s 25 local markets with People Meters crushed CBS’s Late Show 0.9 rating.”
This also lead on to Conan’s follow up man, Jimmy Fallon maintaining audience share for NBC because, “At 12:35 a.m., Jimmy Fallon 0.7 rating in 18-49 in local people meters topped CBS’s Late Late Show 0.5 rating.”
I call this debacle in manipulating public opinion from NBC ‘Conan O’Brien’s Mock Crucifixion’ as Conan becomes American television’s late night Talk Show King overnight.
. Perhaps the message from NBC, who keep track of audience share closely, suggests that the clock is ticking loudly for veteran heavyweights of Late Night Talk TV … like the equally awesome Leno and Letterman. Both those guys are amazing too.
There is room on the block, even in recession, for new stars to have a platform and shine here in America in every field of American business and society. Others just need to share more. O’Brien’s public drama of ‘crises humiliation’ is good proof of this today as the ratings show.
Go Conan, Dave Letterman and Leno… we love you all. Video footage of Conan and Leno’s NBC comeptitors now scrambling to keep up in the ratings game is featured here throughout this post, with funny and witty words by Jimmy Kimmel, David Letterman and of course Scottish-American crazy funny man–Craig Fergusson.
Love the drama… American Late Night Talk Shows just got so much more exciting. O’Brien is currently, the man, this week. Clever PR from NBC as it is really Jay Leno who got crucified in an unsafe time slot… so that O’Brien and Fallon could live. NBC are bleeding Leno of his audience to transfer popularity onto O’brien and Fallon. Entertainment is a harsh world, aint it?!
America loves her funny witty men whose political satire balances out the 52 states news each week. They are all a tonic to the soul of America as getting people laughing is a healing tonic each week that makes American life stronger. The President from NBC has spoken… Conan O’Brien is ‘it’ this week.
Tik Tok… the times they are a’changin. Expect Letterman to retaliate for CBS in this late night TV war game. Juicy entertainment. :)
~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 1.13.2010~
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