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   Jim Ellwanger  writes:   
      
   >In article <5uadnXHeKPy2A2LanZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d@visi>,   
   > Tony Calguire  wrote:   
      
   >> Leno remains firmly planted at No. 1 at 11:30 p.m. ahead of Letterman,   
   >> but compared to last year he trails his own viewership performance   
   >> season-to-date by about the same measure as O'Brien.   
      
   >Leno airs at 11:35, not 11:30.  See, there WAS something wrong.   
      
   	This is true.  I'm still upset about them giving an extra   
   five minutes to local TV news stations for their 11:00 silliness.   
   If we keep giving local news teams attention they're never going to   
   learn to grow up.   
      
   	Anyway, Conan losing to Ferguson for a week is a startling   
   event given Late Night's long supremacy there and it surely sets off   
   whining from the people who don't want Conan at The Tonight Show.   
      
   	One has to admit, though, Craig Ferguson definitely puts in a   
   lot more effort into his monologues, and the results are better.  Late   
   Night's are almost ritualized.   
      
   	There seems to be a new trend to have the monologue end with a   
   little video clip or minor comic segment, and that's opening things up   
   some.  I hope they keep that up, and maybe consider doing away with the   
   Bush dumb, Bill Clinton horny, Paris Hilton slutty opening routine.  It   
   was a lot more exciting during the strike when Conan opened by rambling   
   on whatever was on his mind; let's see more of that.   
      
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