Four months ago, there was much chatter across the broadcast television industry that NBCUniversal was seriously thinking about dropping the 10pm hour from the NBC television network, handing it back to affiliates while O&Os took it for their own programming.
Considering the controversial and ultimately disastrous decision to place former Tonight Show host Jay Leno in the 10pm hour in September 2009, a move that lasted four months due to abysmal ratings, there was some merit to the discussions floating around the industry.
Now, word has surfaced that the powers that be will not be erasing the 10pm hour from the NBC network lineup — at least not at this time.
