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Everyone Who Likes Jay Leno is an Idiot

After seeing Jay Leno on the cover of Time magazine with the headline--"The Future of Television..."

Well, I just had to respond.

First off, here's the article:

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1920038,00.html

The fact that NBC has given up on substance, which is actually what's being talked about here--that the network has GIVEN UP on SUBSTANCE--or even TRYING for substance--is deplorable.

Because the Night Rider revamp didn't work, they think they need to go Jay Leno to save themselves. That's just pathetic.

Jay Leno may be one of the worst people on television. His exit on The Tonight Show was a godsend, and the only reason people still want to watch him is: A) Because they're old and B) Because they don't like change.

That means they're the most unattractive demographic--so why is anybody trying to appeal to them?

Why didn't NBC take a cue from ABC? When they were in last place, they got MORE creative with their programming. They took bigger risks. They started working with smarter people (Marc Cherry, J.J. Abrams, etc.)

Instead they've decided to turn over five hours a week of programming to one of the stupidest men ever put before a television camera.

Has there ever been any doubt in the Leno/Letterman war that Letterman was the smarter guy? The cooler guy? The guy with the better jokes?

Leno won audiences when he desperately asked Hugh Grant "What were you thinking," but that just gave people permission to cozy back up in the bed of nostalgia they call The Tonight Show.

Newsflash: The Tonight Show hasn't been The Tonight Show since Carson left. The Tonight Show WAS Johnny Carson. Leno was just keeping the ship from sinking, and he didn't do that great a job.

When the only thing people remember you for is the Jaywalking segment, you can't say you've really contributed that much to television history, now can you?

Time says NBC is banking on Leno because it'll prove that cheap television can score big ratings. Well, we already KNOW that. It's called Reality TV. It's called the Food Network. It's called CNN when something horrible happens.

Good television is riveting, and there's nothing riveting about Jay Leno.

The next time he's gone, can we make sure he stays gone?

Thanks.

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