On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:19 PM, donz5 <[email protected]> wrote: > I took the Conan statement that you quoted a bit differently. "... > resolve this quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we > can be proud of, for a company that values our work" sounded to me > that he was reaching out to any outlet other than NBC. >
Yes, that probably is the most straightforward way to take this. But it just strikes me that is stops short of slamming the door on staying with The Tonight Show, and it is possible to construe this in such a way that Conan has not resigned from his job (which he defines as hosting The Tonight Show at 11:35) - he has simply refused to accept the altered terms of employment that NBC is attempting to force on him. This statement suggests that, should NBC change its mind in the near future and maintain the staus quo, Conan will continue to show up for work. It also suggests that, should NBC either follow through on its intention to move the Tonight Show to 12:05, or install someone else as the Host of the Tonight Show, it would be NBC, not Conan, who has violated the terms of the contract. Unless Conan specifically puts in writing "I quit", I think NBC will be very careful about putting in any other host of a program called The Tonight Show. At the least I would think they would want to run at least a week's worth of programs called The Tonight Show at 12:05 and have Conan refuse to show up for work (probably airing reruns in the event) to establish that it is Conan who has broken the contract, not them. Then it would come down to the actual language of the contract, and does it really allow NBC to move The Tonight Show permanently to 12:05 (as opposed to occasionally due to conflicts with live events or breaking news). Of course, the lawyers may arrange some kind of settlement before it comes down to that.
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