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PASADENA, CA - AUGUST 5:  Television personality/comedian Jay Leno attends the NBC Network portion of the 2009 Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour at The Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa on August 5, 2009 in Pasadena, California.
PASADENA, CA – AUGUST 5: Television personality/comedian Jay Leno attends the NBC Network portion of the 2009 Summer Television Critics Association Press Tour at The Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa on August 5, 2009 in Pasadena, California.
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PASADENA, Calif. — The failed Jay Leno experiment was great for business at CBS.

CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler said Saturday that her network took in more advertising revenue for its 9 p.m. Mountain time dramas because NBC decided to put Leno’s comedy show on at that hour five nights a week. NBC is considering moving Leno back to late-night TV.

Tassler said NBC keeps seeming to come up with new prime-time strategies to deal with its ratings troubles when “there’s no substitute for just developing and producing and launching great shows.” The Associated Press

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