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Is Leno Effect a long-term loss of viewers?

Is Leno Effect a long-term loss of viewers?

The November sweeps ratings period is one of the first major milestones of the TV season. If you are an NBC affiliate manager such as Jordan Wertlieb at WBAL-TV in Baltimore, you are more interested in talking about December when the other networks will mostly be in reruns. The reason for that: Right now, your late local news is getting thrashed in the ratings like never before thanks to Jay Leno's failure to attract a large lead-in audience at 10 against first-run competition.

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