Ooops. I meant Ch 56, not 38.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this already: the WHDH news team already broadcasts at 10 pm, on ch. 38, so the argument that the Boston market wants more news programming at 10 pm is bogus. This is really about WHDH wanting a bigger slice of the Leno show ad revenues.

I'm out west, and I must say my NBC station (KING) is filled with local news as well. It seems if they aren't showing news on KING, they're showing it on their sister station KONG. And the worst part of it is, is that most of it is reruns from earlier broadcasts. I won't even get started on NWCN.

The only real news is on PBS. WHDH is the crash and burn station and has been for years. Sensationalism is their thing. Let Leno on at 10.00 P.M. On occasion he can give you a laugh which is what we need now and then.

WHDH has always been about the money. Thats why Randy Price left that worthless station. Their news is just puff.
We already have so much local news we don't need any more of it. Leave Leno on or show something else.

Anything, I have had enough of Francis Rivera and other idiots talking about britney.

Seriously people.

Leno may attract ratings for NBC but they are giving up on original programming. If I'm on the GE board, I wouldn't allow my network execs to give up on an hour/night and would give up on them considering how quickly they've pulled the plug on scripted shows in favor of reality programming that bombs immediately.

You want to know why the economy is in the crapper? Because CEOs don't know how to do their job--especially at GE/NBC.

Good for WHDH! As a Bostonian, born and raised, I don't think their news programs are emmy-worthy. I just think they're not happy with the All Leno! All The Time! crap NBC is trying to push down their throughts. More power to them for replacing the corporate twaddle with their own local twaddle. We'll see who wins.

Perhaps NBC is mad because this has a much larger reach than just Boston. For instance, Bell ExpressVu (the #1 satellite company in Canada) uses WHDH as their Eastern time zone NBC affiliate for both SD and HD. That means, for instance, anyone in Quebec or Ontario (Canada's 2 most populated provinces) wanting to check out Leno's new show will either have to wait 3 hours (if they have time-shifting) or not catch it at all.

There are 2.5 million households in Massachusetts. Bell is in nearly 2 million households, probably 2/3 of that (or more) using WHDH as either their main or only source of NBC. So this decision is pretty significant for Leno's international reach, especially if no Canadian network picks up the show (and I doubt any network will want to hand over the 10pm hour every weeknight to an American talk show).

Personally, I don't care. I'll only watch Leno's new show if there's a guest on who I particularly like (just like the current Tonight Show). But I can understand why NBC would be pissed.

Remember that show "Townies" with Molly Ringwald? It never showed on the Asheville, NC ABC affiliate. They chose to show reruns of "Murphy Brown instead. WTF?

I'm not a huge fan of talk shows in general, but give me a break, WHDH airs enough news, another hour isn't necessary!