Leslie Moonves: 'The model ain't broken'

December 10, 2008 At the UBS media conference this week, NBC Universal's Jeff Zucker said the broadcast model simply doesn't work anymore. Moonves offered that given NBC's ratings situation -- fourth place -- it probably was a good move to schedule a new Jay Leno show five nights a week at 10 p.m. CBS, on the other hand, wins that hour on four of those five nights. According to Jack Wakshlag, chief research officer at Turner, it's the worst year the Big Four have had in households since 1995-96 and the worst to date in terms of declines among adults 18-49.

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