The rumored death of scripted television may have been premature as NBC is pulling the plug on the Jay Leno prime time Experiment. Leno’s ratings low ratings were a shock to the system for NBC Affiliates and they complained loudly to the network. I surprised at the speed of NBC’s action since this was a major initiative for them. The current rumored plan is for Leno to move back to 11:35 for a new 1/2 hour show and for Conan to have an 1/2 hour show at 12:05. In the meantime NBC Execs are going to have to scramble to fill that empty 10pm slot with new scripted programming.