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Boston bans Jay Leno, WHDH passing for news instead
By April MacIntyre Apr 3, 2009, 3:16 GMT
Jay Leno - NBC\'s Boston affiliate, WHDH-TV, has decided to run a 10 p.m. newscast instead of the network\'s planned Jay Leno show in the fall, according to Variety. © Jay Kravetz / PR Photos
New York born Jay Leno was raised in Massachusetts, but the local NBC Boston-area affiliate is passing on his new time slot broadcast.
NBC's Boston affiliate, WHDH-TV, has decided to run a 10 p.m. newscast instead of the network's planned Jay Leno show in the fall, according to Variety.
Station chief Ed Ansin told the Boston Globe he doesn't believe the late-night host will be "effective" in prime time, which would be "detrimental" to the bottom line of WHDH's 11 o'clock news program; instead, Ansin plans to run two hours of news leading into the other Massachusetts native and TV host, Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show.
NBC allegedly did not like this news, and is reportedly contemplating stripping WHDH of its network affiliation, and is reportedly considering a transfer of its flagship programming to the local Telemundo channel, WNEU.
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