n Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 11:32 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> minor increase to the staff when it went to prime time because of the > larger studio, but those weren't the jobs that were cut (unions > specify how many lighting guys, sound guys, etc)... staffers, writers, > writer's assistants, office workers were the ones that seem to have > been axed > ' Now I see in Variety (I won't check the original story in the LAT - I am currently locked out) that: "The Los Angeles Times noted that a key reason behind the cuts was the fact that "Tonight" was being produced for the same budget that was allocated to the ill-fated "Jay Leno Show" primetime hour in the 2009-10 season. The overhaul will bring the show's weekly budget down to about $1.7 million per week, from upwards of $2 million, the Times reported." So it does look like The Tonight Show was getting budgeted at about $1.2M more per month after Leno came back than it was before he left, and that this was because when it came back it kept its primetime budget. -- 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
