{"id":2616,"date":"2014-03-06T10:59:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T17:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=2616"},"modified":"2014-03-06T10:59:27","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T17:59:27","slug":"fallon-on-hard-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scotshonor.com\/?p=2616","title":{"rendered":"FALLON ON HARD TIMES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are signs that the tonight show is not getting the ratings that NBC expected.\u00a0 The show started with Michelle Obama showing up and even participating in skits.\u00a0 Obviously the folks at NBC live in a dream world of their own creation where Michelle Obama is the most worshiped woman in the history of the world.\u00a0 In the real world, not so much.\u00a0 I am sure at least some people were disgusted by the Obama worship segments.\u00a0 I, for one, am boycotting the Tonight show for exactly that reason.\u00a0 My guess is that I am not alone.\u00a0 (Of course in my opinion, there has been no good late night show since Johnny Carson signed off.)<\/p>\n<p>Now NBC is trying to intimidate Hollywood celebrities by threatening to ban them from the Tonight show if they dare appear on CBS or ABC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2014\/03\/06\/jimmy-fallon-nbc-jimmy-kimmel-live-tonight-show\/\">http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2014\/03\/06\/jimmy-fallon-nbc-jimmy-kimmel-live-tonight-show\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I doubt that this will work.\u00a0 Celebrities don\u2019t like to be told what to do by anyone.\u00a0 They only like lecturing everyone else.\u00a0 This TMZ article raves about how the Tonight show draws more than twice the viewership of Jimmy Kummel Live.\u00a0 They omit the part where Jimmy Kummel Live has increased viewership by about 23% since Fallon took over and the Tonight show ratings are definitely starting to slip.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like NBC just can\u2019t help itself.\u00a0 MSNBC\u00a0\u00a0 stands for <strong>Mind-numbingly Stupid Nonsense Broadcast Constantly<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u00a0I am not offended by the bias on MSNBC; I have come to expect that from the main stream media.\u00a0 I am just appalled by the stupidity.\u00a0 There is a video clip of Rachel Maddow trying to blame the Ukraine crisis on George W. 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