All I had to say I said last night. But the blogosphere has only just begun…
The Big Money notices Leno is not popular online:
Despite having more total and 18-49 viewers than his 11:30 p.m. colleague, Conan O’Brien, he didn’t come close to O’Brien’s Hulu numbers. Of course, we don’t have the exact stream numbers. Hulu refuses to release those. But here’s what we do know: The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien was the 13th most popular show on Hulu last year. That according to the company itself, in a memo provided to the king of all ratings websites, TVbyNumbers.com. Jay Leno wasn’t even in the top 25.
Salon asks, Why not just boot Leno?
So while the fate – and eventual time slot – of the show remain unknown today, NBC might do well to remember that if we want banality, we already have Twitter. If NBC does punt Leno back to late night, imagine the hijinx of a network scrambling to fill those five hours of primetime again, and the mirth coming from the direction of the other networks. Leno may never stop sucking, but the corporate flusterfest surrounding him may be the most amusing thing to happen to his show yet.
Jimmy Fallon would literally be left in a difficult spot. A 30-minute bump would put him at 1:00 a.m. That’s Carson Daly territory, and viewership is comparatively very low at that hour.
And speaking of Carson Daly, what would become of him? He’s been offered a morning radio talk show in Los Angeles, so it wouldn’t be surprising if Last Call gets canceled entirely.
TMZ says NBC has given Conan the option to move his show to midnight or leave the network. PetitionSpot has one up to keep him.
In unrelated network news, former Nightline star attraction Ted Koppel is being considered to take the helm of ABC’s This Week.
While I’m doing non sequiturs, here in down-time during a rehearsal session Jimmy Fallon and the Muppets break into an impromptu version of Three Dog Night‘s, “One (is the loneliest number)” …
Still no comments on my other post. Come on people, pipe up! What do you think?