Though NBC claimed that the performance of "The Jay Leno Show" offered no surprises and that O'Brien was meeting expectations as well, the network had failed to anticipate the impact that Leno's weaker 10pm lead-in would have on the local 11pm news, which suffered a drastic drop in ratings (between 25%–50% nationwide) as a demonstrable result. As the affiliates rely on the revenue generated during the news, this generated a furor from the local stations and placed pressure on NBC to quickly fix the 10pm situation, which was contributing to a cascading effect on the ratings of "The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien" and "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon", although the ratings of O'Brien's "Tonight Show" had already nosedived months before Leno's prime time show went on the air.