On Jan 22, 1:07 am, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 9:33 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > > (SNIP) As to "would NBC let him have a farewell", I'll point you to almost > > exactly 1 year ago and a certain red-headed late-night host. > > I don't seem much comparison there. NBC did not "let" Conan have a farewell > - they milked the situation for the best ratings he had since his first > weeks. OTOH, I am not surprised they let KO have a "farewell" - the > alternative would have been to yank him in an ugly and abrupt way just > before the show. > > It will be interesting to find out just what it means that MSNBC and KO > ended their contract. It must mean that MSNBC bought out the contract that > was just extended in some way, and that KO in some way agreed to the buy > out. Will this mean that he can not appear on other shows for some period of > time? I assume, knowing him, that we will be hearing more details soon.
Bill Carter writes: "Mr. Olbermann did not discuss any future plans, but NBC executives said one term of his settlement would keep him from moving to another network for an extended period of time." http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/olbermann-hosts-last-countdown-on-msnbc/?hp On 360 tonight, Carter said that there didn't seem to be any restriction for Keith to appear on radio during this extended period. -- 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
