Leno, and what it all mens

As you may have seen, Jay Leno is to move to 10pm on NBC and isn't leaving the network after all. As planned Conan O Brien takes over the Tonight Show while Jimmy Fallon follows. What does all this mean? Well the good news is that Leno gets to stay on the air which is a good thing as he's better than Conan and Fallon is a novice at this game. The bad news, well there is plenty of it. Leno will get the pick of the best guests which completely devalues the 'Tonight Show' brand. Who will want to appear on Conan just after midnight to plug their movie when they can do it in primetime?

It also means that NBC will now have to commission five hours less drama. So its likely to be goodbye to those shows with marginal ratings, newbies like Lipstick Jungle and Life, and long runners like Medium. It means that ABC and CBS will get all the best dramas in that time slot, FOX doesn't programme the 10pm hour.

And what if it doesn't work? Does Leno face the indiginity of getting cancelled after 16 years? How does NBC fill five hours of primetime every week? Its hard to see how Jay can compete with the CBS procedurals and the likes of Lost on ABC, and 3 hours of chat seems way too much but hey who knows it might just work

Lots of start dates

A whole set of big US shows are returning in January. The long awaited new run of 24 is back on SKY One on Tuesday January 13th while Lost returns on Sunday 25th at 9pm on the same network. Battlestar Galactica is also back

The third series of Brothers and Sisters starts up on Thursday January 8th at 9pm on More4, its third first run network. The first series was on Channel 4, the second on E4. It will be followed by the premiere of the final series of E4 at 10pm Dirty Sexy Money will be back on E4 in January while the second series of Eli Stone airs on Sc-Fi from Monday 12th at 9pm