With Mr. Leno as a weaker lead-in, WSAZ's 11 p.m. news received a 3 rating among 18- to 49-year-olds last November, down from a 6 rating for the same month last year.
A weak lead regulator could make things worse, not better.
If these show only a weak lead for remain, it might be time for Cameron to worry.
ABC got a smidgen of positive news from the caper series "Thieves" on Friday, because it improved so much on a weak lead-in.
The network's affiliate stations around the country weren't happy about Leno's show — it was virtually guaranteed to be a weak lead-in to their local news broadcasts — but were forced contractually to air it.
The channel turned to more wonk-ish on-air talents such as Ronin Farrow, who was pulled from the lineup after one year, and Chris Hayes, whose low ratings have delivered a weak lead-in for Rachel Maddow, the most popular MSNBC host in prime time.
NME writer Elios Therepio rated the remix five out of ten stars, and claimed the song to have been a much weaker lead single than Carey's "Fantasy" (1995).
Labour is facing a desperate battle to stop a Scottish National party landslide after a poll showed the SNP had a clear but weaker lead across Labour constituencies in Scotland.
That means NBC's second act in late night, Jimmy Fallon, is also getting a much weaker lead-in than Mr. O'Brien did in the same hour a year ago, and as a result is falling behind his CBS competitor, Craig Ferguson, in audience totals.
A weaker currency led exports to soar 63percentt in the year.
But a weaker peso led to foreign exchange losses that dragged down profits, which fell 20percentto to $247 million.
