Kimmel moving to 11:35/10:35

[TheRob]

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/jimmy-kimmel-to-move-to-1130-in-january-abc-announces/?smid=tw-share

Jimmy Kimmel will jump to the big stage in late-night television in January, moving to 11:35 p.m. where he will take on the two titans of that time slot, David Letterman and Jay Leno.

ABC announced the move Tuesday, framing it as a bold effort to seize leadership in late-night entertainment.

ABC has touted its leadership in ratings over both Mr. Letterman on CBS and Mr. Leno on NBC’s Tonight” show, but that has been with the news program “Nightline.” ABC’s management has for years tried to replace that program with an entertainment show because of the possibility to increase revenue in the time period.

The move of Mr. Kimmel is risky because it will displace “Nightline” to 12:35 a.m. weeknights, but ABC will compensate for that move by adding an hour edition of “Nightline” in prime time at 9 p.m. Fridays, starting in March.

[ShawnHill1]

You beat me to the punch, Rob 

It's a pretty interesting turn of events, as ABC has tried for years to put a similar show directly Leno and Letterman, but at the same time, Nightline has been an institution in that slot (in most markets anyway) for more than 30 years...heck, it's even beat both CBS and NBC in recent years at 11:35pm ET/PT.

I think it's more of a proactive approach to keep Kimmel satisfied at ABC, for the fear he might bolt elsewhere, although there's not a lot of options outside of cable and syndication.

[Joseph_Gallant]

This may be the biggest mistake ABC has made since scheduling the infamous "Turn-On".

I think much of "Nightline"'s success, especially of late, is because it's not a comedy-oriented talk/variety show and is in fact something different.

Moving Jimmy Kimmel to 11:30 (ET/PT) will make the late-night talk/variety marketplace even more crowded.

As crowded as the 11:30 P.M. timeslot is for talk shows, it will be more so when Arsenio Hall's comeback begins next year (most stations carrying that show will do so at 11:30 ET/PT); I can even see TBS move Conan O'Brien back a half-hour so his show also begins at 11:30.

This means that come September of 2013, in most cities, Jimmy Kimmel, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Arsenio Hall, Steven Colbert and Conan O'Brien may all be head-to-head, all starting at the same time. Six pretty-much similar shows could divide-up the viewership so much that none is a real "winner" in the ratings.

I don't think Kimmel will do as well at 11:30 as he has at Midnight.

ABC press release: http://www.abcmedianet.com/Web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=082112_01 .

Wild card: If Governor Romney is elected President, could "Nightline"'s move back to 12:30 A.M. ET/PT be delayed until after the inauguration??

[1069_KIFR]

So 12:35 will be:
Ferguson
Fallon
Nightline

Potentially 6 competitors at 11:35 and only 3 at 12:35?

[KyDXIn]

Looks like the pie slices are getting smaller and smaller.  Consider it from a booking point of view.  Who will be appearing on these shows?  Will Universal movie stars only be able to appear on NBC?  Will Disney stars only be appearing on Kimmel?  It seemed like NBC tied up the Olympic athletes until the event was long done.  

I think ABC will regret this.  The news junkies will probably tune into reruns of the BBC on PBS and give up on Nightline.  Is ABC giving up the 20/20 franchise on Friday for Nightline?

Maybe Kimmel can team up with Regis for a restart of the "Joey Bishop" show!  That worked so well!

[tmanokc]

Looks like the pie slices are getting smaller and smaller.  Consider it from a booking point of view.  Who will be appearing on these shows?  Will Universal movie stars only be able to appear on NBC?  Will Disney stars only be appearing on Kimmel?  It seemed like NBC tied up the Olympic athletes until the event was long done.  

I think ABC will regret this.  The news junkies will probably tune into reruns of the BBC on PBS and give up on Nightline.  Is ABC giving up the 20/20 franchise on Friday for Nightline?

From what I gather, the Friday Nightline will serve as a lead-in to 20/20, since it's supposed to only be one-hour long. Nightline Friday will probably debut once Shark Tank completes its upcoming season in late February/early March. ABC also said that What Would You Do? would be moved to another time period TBD (if so, it would probably be best served to fill a timeslot to replace a cancelled show, like what ABC has previously done with Primetime Nightline and 20/20).

[Mario500]

(all times reflect the Central time zone, except for the quoted times)

I wonder how WEAR-TV in Pensacola, Florida will handle "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and "Nightline" after the changes take effect (they usually broadcast "Nightline" at 11:00 p.m. and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" at 11:30 p.m. after local news programming between 10:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.)? I hope they change the way they treat those programs by January.

Wild card: If Governor Romney is elected President, could "Nightline"'s move back to 12:30 A.M. ET/PT be delayed until after the inauguration??

What if one of the other candidates for the presidency of the United States gets elected (Barack Obama, Ronald Paul, Jill Stein, Gary Johnson, etcetera)? Could either one of them cause ABC to delay moving "Nightline"? I don't believe a delay will occur as a result of a certain person getting elected to the presidency.

[mgsports]

KMBC shows Two and Half Men after it's 10m Newscast. You might see the others counter with a News Show.

[TheBigA]

The news junkies will probably tune into reruns of the BBC on PBS and give up on Nightline.  

I can't imagine any serious news junkies were watching this new version of Nightline.  Definitely not at all like the BBC.

[FreddyE1977]

Nightline began as a nightly update on the latest developments in the Iran Hostage Crisis back in the 70's.

With recent developments in that part of the world, they might be forced to bring it back before the year is out.