Read more prime time stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/35920/prime-time.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:31:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69875/leno-ratings-doomedas-is-the-future-of-network-tv.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNo one expects the Jay Leno Show to maintain the pumped-up ratings it got this week—not even NBC. But the low-key talk show might represent the future of network TV anyway, simply because it’s so darn cheap, writes Brian Steinberg of Advertising Age. With viewers breaking from broad network...http://www.newser.com/story/69875/leno-ratings-doomedas-is-the-future-of-network-tv.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 11:29:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69430/new-leno-show-numbingly-or-pleasantly-familiar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Jay Leno Show won't disappoint Leno fans looking for more of the same, say critics, but the only thing new or ground-breaking about it is the 10pm time slot. James Poniewozik, Time : Leno and NBC aren't "out to win over critics who liked Letterman better. Instead, they're giving old...http://www.newser.com/story/69430/new-leno-show-numbingly-or-pleasantly-familiar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 6:29:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65976/networks-complain-about-obama-hour.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNetworks are not happy about the primetime hour that President Obama's July 22 news conference took up, reports Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post . Rahm Emanuel called the top brass at all three networks to ensure they carried the event. The networks both resent the pressure and complain that they’re...http://www.newser.com/story/65976/networks-complain-about-obama-hour.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 10:28:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65055/obama-we-will-do-it-this-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama will take to the airwaves tonight in his fourth prime-time news conference with a familiar message: Health care reform is not only long overdue, it's a "central" part of the plan to keep the economy on track. In excerpts released in advance of tonight's 8pm EST address, Obama...http://www.newser.com/story/65055/obama-we-will-do-it-this-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 22 Jul 2009 17:21:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57961/weekend-update-goes-primetime.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFans of Saturday Night Live ’s “Weekend Update” segment won't have to wait for the weekend to get their update, as NBC plans to air up to 13 primetime, half-hour episodes on Thursday nights next season, the New York Times reports. Seth Meyers will reprise his usual hosting gig, though...http://www.newser.com/story/57961/weekend-update-goes-primetime.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 6:57:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57367/fox-nixes-obamas-airtime-request.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFox is passing on President Obama's news conference tomorrow night in favor of a new episode of Tim Roth’s drama Lie to Me , reports the Los Angeles Times . The president's requests for airtime—tomorrow makes four in under 100 days—have caused some griping among networks worried about their bottom...http://www.newser.com/story/57367/fox-nixes-obamas-airtime-request.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 6:49:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57326/middle-of-the-road-cnn-slips-into-last-place.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBased on cable news ratings, CNN's "no bias" strategy seems to be backfiring. The network, which sticks to the middle in its news coverage, has had an average of 271,000 primetime viewers in April, behind both conservative Fox News (668,000) and lefty MSNBC (300,000), the New York...http://www.newser.com/story/57326/middle-of-the-road-cnn-slips-into-last-place.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Apr 2009 10:38:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54301/obama-blanked-top-papers-but-took-tough-questions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama bypassed reporters from the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and other major papers last night, instead taking questions from Spanish-language TV station Univision and military newspaper Stars and Stripes . Yet the president faced tougher questions than at his first press conference, often in the form...http://www.newser.com/story/54301/obama-blanked-top-papers-but-took-tough-questions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 6:40:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54282/professor-in-chief-stern-on-recovery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLast night's prime-time news conference showed Barack Obama at his most serious; tempering his trademark oratorical skills, he became a "placid and unsmiling professor in chief," write Peter Baker and Adam Nagourney in the New York Times . After the frenzy of the previous week, the president went out of his...http://www.newser.com/story/54282/professor-in-chief-stern-on-recovery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 5:49:06 CDT