Nice of NBCU to pay for two hosts of the Tonight Show. So tell me again how those people are going to keep their jobs?
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:06 PM, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's what I don't understand, assuming this is true: How in the > world does Zucker expect to keep Conan locked down for three and a > half years if NBC entered into a contract with someone else to host > "The Tonight Show" while he was still under a contract that guaranteed > him the same thing and still showing up to produce five shows a week > without having definitively said (at least in public) that he was > quitting? That "People of Earth" statement was more an ultimatum than > a resignation - it kept using terms like "consider" when it came to > leaving Tonight. > > I have a hard time seeing any judge or jury siding with NBC after that > move, even if the timeslot argument ends up not holding much water. > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 15:00, Steve Rhodes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here's the "story" > > > http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/14/jay-leno-conan-obrien-nbc-the-tonight-show/ > > which reads in full" > > > > Leno and NBC Strike 1 Hour 'Tonight' Deal > > > > Posted Jan 14th 2010 3:43PM by TMZ Staff > > > > Jay Leno has made a new deal with NBC, which gives him "The Tonight Show" > > from 11:35 - 12:35 ... sources tell TMZ. > > > > As we first reported, under the contract Jay had been working under, he > was > > guaranteed the 10 PM hour. By moving him to 11:35, NBC was in breach of > his > > contract and needed to negotiate a new deal. That is now done, sources > tell > > TMZ. > > > > So Conan O'Brien is out, and Jay is restored. > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Jay Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Just came across my Twitter that TMZ is reporting Leno singed a 1-year > >> contract for doing 'Tonight.' > >> > >> > >> -- > >> QWIZX.com - A little bit of everything > >> > >> -- > >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected] > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > Steve Rhodes > > > > http://flickr.com/photos/ari/ photos > > > > > > http://twitter.com/tigerbeat > > > > > > > > -- > > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > > > > > -- > David J. Lynch > [email protected] > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- Jason Carpio [email protected] Not sent from an iPhone
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