Mariska Hargitay Not a Fan of Jay Leno

[Brian Damage]

Mariska Hargitay, star of the NBC' drama "Law & Order: SVU," has a theory for why the show has been slipping in the ratings this season, and it's all about being moved out of the 10 p.m. hour that Jay Leno's been hogging, reports People.com.

Citing an interview in the February issue of More magazine, People quotes Hargitay as saying that "SVU" lost audience when it was moved to 9 p.m. "Nobody knew when the show was on. …I hope we go back to where we belong. It was doing so well. Why mess with it?"

http://www.people.com/people/article...337787,00.html

[Mr. Television]

Not to mention that they programed the show opposite Criminal Minds...a brilliant move NBC.

[Marvo301]

Seems like everyone on an NBC show with bad ratings is blaming Jay Leno these days! Jeff Zucker must be loving it as it diverts attention from him.

[TV Knowledge Fan]

...and my series was bumped out of its "prime" time period, only to appear before Jay Leno's 10pm show, bad ratings and all...I'd be pissed, too.
In fact, I'd be even more pissed if the network cancelled it as a result.

[Marvo301]

Originally Posted by TV Knowledge Fan

...and my series was bumped out of its "prime" time period, only to appear before Jay Leno's 10pm show, bad ratings and all...I'd be pissed, too.
In fact, I'd be even more pissed if the network cancelled it as a result.

And the anger should be directed at those who are actually responsible. Which is Jeff Zucker and the other suits at NBC.

[TV Knowledge Fan]

....Jeff Zucker has made a lot of bad decisions concerning NBC's schedule over the past eight years, only every time he makes a costly mistake, it always "bounces" off him [and onto the "other suits"], never really affecting him personally or professionally. He just didn't think ahead, far enough, when it came to Jay leaving "THE TONIGHT SHOW". He assumed Jay would be perfectly happy in "retirement" over five years ago when he announced that Conan would succeed him. Zucker really had no idea that Jay's popularity would be at its peak by 2009, and that it really wasn't the "right time" for Conan to move into Leno's "territory". Still, he HAD to keep Jay at NBC, making the fateful decision to move him into 10pm(et) "across-the-board".

There was a similar "boneheaded" decision by their radio network in late 1948 when they failed to keep Jack Benny at 7pm(et) on Sunday nights because they didn't want to buy his production company, "Amusement Enterprises" (which owned his radio show), for various reasons. CBS' William Paley then stepped in, made Jack and his agents at MCA a very profitable offer [two million dollars], and convinced his sponsor, American Tobacco, to make the move with him by "guaranteeing" them $3,000 for every ratings point that Benny might lose by moving from NBC to CBS in January 1949, covering the first eight weeks after the "big move". Well, NBC was convinced it was Jack's time period, not the talent involved, that drew listeners to it...and they were wrong. They forgot that Benny was the "linchpin" to NBC's entire Sunday night schedule- and when he moved to CBS, so did his listeners, building up their Sunday night schedule instead; NBC and their radio schedule never quite recovered from losing Benny to their rival. And what's more, Jack promised Bill Paley he'd convince his other "friends" to join him at CBS in the fall- Burns & Allen {"You've got to move to CBS, George...you'll get a much better deal than you're getting at NBC now"}, Bing Crosby, Edgar Bergen and Red Skelton. That shift in talent also helped CBS' expansion into television, making them a viable competitor to NBC in the years ahead.

So, this wasn't the first time NBC made a tremendous error in judgment. If and when Conan disappears from their network, and Jay returns to 11:35, we'll see how much irreparable damage was done....especially to their prime-time schedule.

And that's why Mariska has every right to be pissed.....

[70s show watcher]

Originally Posted by TV Knowledge Fan

....Jeff Zucker has made a lot of bad decisions concerning NBC's schedule over the past eight years, only every time he makes a costly mistake, it always "bounces" off him [and onto the "other suits"], never really affecting him personally or professionally. He just didn't think ahead, far enough, when it came to Jay leaving "THE TONIGHT SHOW". He assumed Jay would be perfectly happy in "retirement" over five years ago when he announced that Conan would succeed him. Zucker really had no idea that Jay's popularity would be at its peak by 2009, and that it really wasn't the "right time" for Conan to move into Leno's "territory". Still, he HAD to keep Jay at NBC, making the fateful decision to move him into 10pm(et) "across-the-board".

There was a similar "boneheaded" decision by their radio network in late 1948 when they failed to keep Jack Benny at 7pm(et) on Sunday nights because they didn't want to buy his production company, "Amusement Enterprises" (which owned his radio show), for various reasons. CBS' William Paley then stepped in, made Jack and his agents at MCA a very profitable offer [two million dollars], and convinced his sponsor, American Tobacco, to make the move with him by "guaranteeing" them $3,000 for every ratings point that Benny might lose by moving from NBC to CBS in January 1949, covering the first eight weeks after the "big move". Well, NBC was convinced it was Jack's time period, not the talent involved, that drew listeners to it...and they were wrong. They forgot that Benny was the "linchpin" to NBC's entire Sunday night schedule- and when he moved to CBS, so did his listeners, building up their Sunday night schedule instead; NBC and their radio schedule never quite recovered from losing Benny to their rival. And what's more, Jack promised Bill Paley he'd convince his other "friends" to join him at CBS in the fall- Burns & Allen {"You've got to move to CBS, George...you'll get a much better deal than you're getting at NBC now"}, Bing Crosby, Edgar Bergen and Red Skelton. That shift in talent also helped CBS' expansion into television, making them a viable competitor to NBC in the years ahead.

So, this wasn't the first time NBC made a tremendous error in judgment. If and when Conan disappears from their network, and Jay returns to 11:35, we'll see how much irreparable damage was done....especially to their prime-time schedule.

And that's why Mariska has every right to be pissed.....

what an interesting story about jack benny im one of his biggest and even i didnt know the full story behind his nbc exit

[70s show watcher]

i ment to say i was one of his biggest fans