I shouldn’t be surprised, and I shouldn’t let it upset me, but I have to wonder. On what planet, precisely, does a network news program lead with the planned retirement of a late-night talk-show host? On the planet inhabited by The Today Show, apparently.
This would have annoyed me under almost any circumstances, given the fact that there are a million other things going on in the world that should take precedence over this kind of pap. But Jay Leno isn’t even retiring until 2009! That’s five years from now! Who’s even going to care then, much less now?
I’m now seriously expecting Matt Lauer to lead off the morning with, “In the news today, salary disputes rock the set of JAG. More from Ann Curry.”