On August 20, 2009
How Long Until NBC Takes a Hard Look at Conan O’Brien’s “Tonight Show”?
Reading this latest report about the ratings of “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” vs. “Late Night with David Letterman” should have us all wondering how long it will be before NBC considers retooling “The Tonight Show.” Bill Carter at The New York Times reports today that not only are reruns of “Late Night” beating out new episodes of “The Tonight Show,” but the gap widened considerably during the second week of Letterman’s vacation — from 7,000 to 280,000. (Let’s assume, though I couldn’t find data to support it, that Letterman’s reruns last week included some really strong guests and that explains part of it.) Equally troubling is that ABC’s “Nightline” — the show that everyone thought would wither away…
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