Beantown says No! to Leno….

NBC’s Boston affiliate says it won’t air Jay Leno’s new primetime talk show.

On Thursday, Ed Ansin, who owns the WHDH parent company, told The Boston Globe he did not believe Leno’s new show would be successful. He said the station would do better financially with a news show that competes with Fox-affiliated WFXT-TV’s highly rated 10 PM newscast. Therefore, the station plans to air the local news in place of Leno’s show, The Associated Press reports.

Ouch…..

The move has prompted a threat from NBC to strip the TV station of its network affiliation. NBC TV Network president John Eck said in a statement that WHDH’s move is a “flagrant violation” of its contract with the network.

Leno is leaving his hosting post on The Tonight Show in June. His new program is slated to premiere this September.