• In Baltimore, WBAL has gone from a neck-and-neck race for viewers with arch rival WJZ to being walloped nightly. They are now a distant No. 2, with the main being Jay Leno's performance towards the close of his show. In Charm City, he is attracting 51,400 fewer household than a year ago.
• In Leno's native Boston, WHDH's news ratings have slipped 17% compared with last October. Last April WHDH's owner, Ed Asnin, initially announced he wouldn't air 'Leno' but he eventually relented when NBC threatened to yank his affiliate status.
• In Kansas City, KSHB's ratings are down slightly from where it was a year ago, but its general manager is not happy. "I'm not pleased with what Leno is doing. I don't think anybody is," said Craig Allison. "I don't think any NBC affiliate wanted to wake up in the fall with a weaker lead-in to their late news."
Members of the group "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals" (PETA) wear chicken costumes as they protests outside the NBC television studios in Los Angeles on October 6, 2009. The group waved placards at passing motorists during the taping of The Jay Leno Show'' to protest McDonald's ads that will be screened on the program. PETA is campaigning for McDonalds to adopt more humane bird slaughter methods. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
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Members of the group "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals" (PETA) wear chicken costumes as they protests outside the NBC television studios in Los Angeles on October 6, 2009. The group waved placards at passing motorists during the taping of The Jay Leno Show'' to protest McDonald's ads that will be screened on the program. PETA is campaigning for McDonalds to adopt more humane bird slaughter methods. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
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Members of the group "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals" (PETA) wear chicken costumes as they protests outside the NBC television studios in Los Angeles on October 6, 2009. The group waved placards at passing motorists during the taping of The Jay Leno Show'' to protest McDonald's ads that will be screened on the program. PETA is campaigning for McDonalds to adopt more humane bird slaughter methods. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
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Members of the group "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals" (PETA) wear chicken costumes as they protests outside the NBC television studios in Los Angeles on October 6, 2009. The group waved placards at passing motorists during the taping of The Jay Leno Show'' to protest McDonald's ads that will be screened on the program. PETA is campaigning for McDonalds to adopt more humane bird slaughter methods. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
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A member of the group "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals" (PETA) wears a chicken costume as she protests outside the NBC television studios in Los Angeles on October 6, 2009. The group, dressed as chickens, waved placards at passing motorists outside the studio during the taping of The Jay Leno Show'' to protest McDonald's ads that will be screened on the program. PETA is campaigning for McDonalds to adopt more humane bird slaughter methods. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
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FILE - In this April 7, 2009 file photo, Jay Leno performs in what was being billed as "Jay's Comedy Stimulus Plan" at the Palace in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills, Mich. One thing is clear, and Leno's populist jokes reflect it: The country has been in no mood to celebrate ostentatious wealth, or those forces _ Wall Street chief among them _ seen to have brought us to such a precarious point. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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FILE - In this April 7, 2009 file photo, Jay Leno performs in what was being billed as "Jay's Comedy Stimulus Plan" at the Palace in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills, Mich. One thing is clear, and Leno's populist jokes reflect it: The country has been in no mood to celebrate ostentatious wealth, or those forces _ Wall Street chief among them _ seen to have brought us to such a precarious point. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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** FOR USE MONDAY, SEPT. 28 AND THEREAFTER ** FILE - In this April 7, 2009 file photo, Jay Leno performs in what was being billed as "Jay's Comedy Stimulus Plan" at the Palace in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills, Mich. One thing is clear, and Leno's populist jokes reflect it: The country has been in no mood to celebrate ostentatious wealth, or those forces _ Wall Street chief among them _ seen to have brought us to such a precarious point. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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BURBANK, CA - SEPTEMBER 14: (NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE; TABLOIDS OUT) Jay Leno tapes the inaugural episode of NBC's "The Jay Leno Show" September 14, 2009 in Burbank, California. (Photo by Justin Lubin/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jay Leno
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US comedian Jay Leno walks on the stage for the debut of "The Jay Leno Show" on September 14, 2009 in Burbank, California. The program will air nightly in NBC's coveted 10:00 pm (0500 GMT) slot, the first time in US television history that a major broadcast network has run a series five nights a week in prime time. Justin Lubin/NBCU via AFP == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL ONLY / CANNOT BE ALTERED / NO ARCHIVING / NO SALES / NO TABLOIDS / GETTY OUT == (Photo credit should read Justin Lubin/AFP/Getty Images)
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Most industry watchers aren't about to predict Leno's demise just yet, however. Scott Robson, editor-in-chief at AOL Television, believes the network has invested too much capital on Leno to just walk away.• Move Jay to 10:30, so that local affiliates can deliver the news at 10 p.m. instead.
• Unlikely, but NBC could move Leno to 8 p.m. every night to free up the later hours for scripted comedies, dramas and reality programming.
• Even more unlikely, end the Leno experiment quickly and return to the old formats.
Mary-Louise Parker attends the 7th annual Best In Drag Show on October 18th in LA.
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Kim Cattrall and Miley Cyrus shoot a scene for "Sex and the City 2" where they turn up for a movie premiere in the same outfit!
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Lily Allen leaves the Omega Constellation party and puts on a distinctive hot pink coat with a large hood.
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Maroon 5's frontman Adam Levine heads home on his Harley-Davidson.
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Rose McGowan attends "The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus" Premiere during day 4 of the 4th Rome International Film Festival.
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Tina Fey attends the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's 2009 'Light The Night' walk over the Brooklyn Bridge on October 15th in New York City.
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Iman, Padma Lakshmi and Alicia Keys at Hammerstein Ballroom during Keep A Child Alive's 6th Annual Black Ball hosted by Alicia Keys and Padma Lakshmi on October 15th in New York City.
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Tommy Lee and Nick Carter share a laugh backstage at Los Premios MTV 2009 held at Gibson Amphitheater on October 15th in Universal City, California.
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Khloe Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian are met by paparazzi on their way to shop at Auntie Barbara's in Beverly Hills on October 15th.
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Monday 19 October
By karen1459
Karma... Your programing dept. shouldn't have canceled Las Vegas. Had great viewership until you hid it out on the worst night of the week. Keep making the bad decisions, it seems to be working out for you.
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Monday 19 October
By denise
i think you are right all the way and i am not a fan of Jay's at all probably a good thing because now im back in college after 25 yrs since high school and it makes me study more or i just watch another channel that does have the drama on it.
Monday 19 October
By ESTHER
DIDN'T CARE FOR LENO BEFORE!! STILL DON'T CARE!!! NBC CARES LITTLE FOR VIEWERS. WOULDN'T MISS THEM IF THEY WERE GONE. WATCH CABLE FOR ENTERTAINMENT WHICH HAS PROGRAMS THAT ARE ENJOYABLE.
Monday 19 October
By Paul
I loved Las Vegas especially with James Caan. Women were beautiful and the lead men were handsome and funny.It was great seeing the night life of Las Vegas also. Interesting some of the things they go through although occasionally scripts were lame.
Tuesday 20 October
By Don
Leno just sucks!!
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Monday 19 October
By MICHAEL K
Jay give it up you had your chance...
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Monday 19 October
By webb57
I only watched the first show, but it was so bad it was almost painful to watch. There was not one thing funny about it. I'm tempted to say that Jay should do nothing but "Jaywalking", which is funny, but at the same time it's extremely depressing seeing firsthand how stupid, ignorant, and uneducated the average American is. That goes double for many of the people that post on these AOL sites, most of whom can't put together a coherent sentence.
Monday 19 October
By KP
Believe Jay will eventually come into his own with the new show. I've seen it twice and liked it but the current problem for me is I have to remember he's on at 10pm now and by the time I realize it, it's too late. Hard to break old habits. Give it another 6mos to a year.
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Monday 19 October
By DAISY
I LIKE JAY AS WELL, BUT I DO FORGET TO WATCH UNTIL IT'S ABOUT TO GO OFF. I CAN'T STAND CONNAN'S SHOW! I WATCH DAVE. JAY SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN THE TIME SLOT WHERE HE WAS, TAKE CONNAN OFF. KEEP JIMMY F. IN CONNAN'S SPOT. DAVE'S COOL.
Monday 19 October
By tom
I agree give it some time
Monday 19 October
By iamfbch
I agree with you totally....I like Jay and I to cannot remember he is on at 10:00
Besides that,Is NBC so strapped for money they had to take his desk?!?!?!
Just not look right for one,Jay himself looks so miserable doing the format he is doing
Face reality.....Put Jay back where he belongs...
at 11:30 five nites a week
There is NO WAY Conan is doing anything with ratings..
Everytime I have watched him he looks like it is his first year doing comedy (if you can call it that)
Monday 19 October
By Warren
NBC's dramas are so old and tired. I have had 2 dogs die of old age during the time Law and Order and spin-offs have run. The comedys are not funny...any one seen Community.
Leno is is less expensive and unless they get some hot producers and better product, he is a good alternative. I have changed my view habits. I did not watch NBC dramas( watched 10Oclock news and then Letterman. I am now watching Leno and part of NBC local news at 11.
The locals need to realize they are in competition with cable news and more channels than are probably needed. It is not the good old days of Apple pie , Chevy and baseball.... Its opinion oriented news, Toyota and egg roll
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Monday 19 October
By Alan
Network TV has been dumbing-down its programming gradually for some time now, starting with reality shows and culminating with prime time talk shows. As the networks abandon scripted comedies and dramas to save money, they increasingly lose their artistic relevance. Kudos to cable TV for keeping the art in television.
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Monday 19 October
By niz1959
It comes on at 9 in Texas. I have watched it every night. I didn't watch him very often on the tonight show as I would watch other things. I like it when he goes to peoples houses and visit them. I like headlines. His show is alot better than Conan or Jimmy or Letterman.
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Monday 19 October
By Mark
Who cares about NBC? Does anyone still watch the National Barack Company?
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Tuesday 20 October
By Sandy
Evidently enough people do, because the company is still doing business as usual.
Monday 19 October
By hi
talk about beating a dead horse.
move on and stop blaming the president for bad cable network programming.
Monday 19 October
By Bob
I don't watch the Obama loving, USA hating NBC PERIOD. Jay Leno's the best, but I'll only watch if he goes to FOX and perhaps ABC.
Monday 19 October
By nemoism
Wow what a stretch!!! So NBC doesn't like America and somehow The president is involved!? LMAO some of you folks will do anything to insult the president,believing your sounding witty but unfortunately it just makes you look like a huge ass!
Friday 23 October
By confusedinatlanta
WHAT THE HELL DOES BARACK OBAMA HAVE TO DO WITH NBC??? WHY does someone always have to bring the president up? Are you seriously trying to blame obama for NBC's ratings too???? seriously???/!!! Give it a break.