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The Jay Leno Show Redux
Sep 10th
In my previous Jay Leno related post I bitched and moaned about The Comedy Channel not picking up The Jay Leno Show (which premieres Monday in the US at 10/9c on NBC) and either they listened to Leno fans or they had some issues getting the rights to the show as earlier this week it was made official.
The Comedy Channel will air the show and in primetime, Weeknights at 7.30pm AEST starting this Tuesday 15th September. Great news!
This also sees the oridnary Jimmy Kimmel Live! moved from 10.00pm to 11.15pm following The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, in between Conan and Jimmy Fallon. Why did they not just move it before or after Letterman following Jimmy Fallon?
Now you will have Conan saying ’stay tuned for Jimmy Fallon’ while in Australia we will get Kimmel and then finally Fallon. I don’t understand that move.
At least they finally confirmed the Leno airing and I look forward to watching it every night without the need to watch it on NBC.com via Hotspot Shield. I’ve already series linked it, sad? Perhaps.
The Jay Leno Show, Weeknights at 7.30pm on The Comedy Channel starting Tuesday September 15 in Australia and on NBC Weeknights at 10/9c in the States.
Comedy Channel passes on legend, picks up dud
Aug 25th
The Comedy Channel is Australia’s equivalent of Comedy Central. It airs shows such as ‘The Daily Show’, ‘The Colbert Report’, repeats of repeats of repeats of ‘The Man Show’ from 1999 and the like.
It also airs ‘The Tonight Show’ and ‘Late Night’ franchises, current hosted by Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon respectively. Jay Leno left Tonight, after 17 years back in May and since then has been preparing for ‘The Jay Leno Show’ which launches next month on NBC in the states.
The Comedy Channel aired Leno’s Tonight for at least 10 years, it was popular and was one of the few topical shows on the network. With Leno preparing his new show, the hope was that Comedy would air Leno’s new program – his Australian fans obviously would like to continue watching one of America’s most popular personalities.
However Comedy has reportedly said it will not be airing the program and Foxtel guides for next month clearly indicate that. However – it is adding another Late Night program preceding Conan… The Man Show’s own Jimmy Kimmel, who hosts ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ one of Late Night’s lowest rated programs….
Why would a network choose a low rated Late Night program (and air it before even Conan) which struggles to get A List guests over a proven formula with Leno, who undoubtedly will get A List guests as it will air in Primetime in the states.
It is puzzling and bizarre why they would pass on airing Leno’s new show – and even more bizarre why they would add Kimmel’s show. Unless something happened elsewhere (like Seven grabbing the rights to the show for their second Standard Definition multichannel), this is a big mistake by Comedy, not that they are unknown for making mistakes (Stand Up Australia anyone? Nope? Thought not).
Update: Great news, Comedy has confirmed it will now air it. Read about it here.
