On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 3:57 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am now reading some variants details. The NYPost > (http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/tonight_show_lays_avoid_more_dozen_nYHfpPmlfBH9u4Jz3ju82I) > reports that "Despite its solid ratings, “The Tonight Show” hasn’t been a > big moneymaker. That prompted the cuts Friday, which are expected to trim > the program’s weekly budget by about $600,000, or 25 percent, to $1.7 > million. That’s back to its levels of a few years ago. (SNIP) During Leno’s > brief stint hosting his prime-time program, his show’s weekly budget > escalated and wasn’t reduced significantly to reflect his return to the > late-night slot until now." > > If the Post is accurate (a BIG if, of course) then they had to cut twice as > much ($600K, not $300K, per week) to get to the $1.7M/week.
The LA Times article had the same numbers: $2.3M reduced to $1.7M. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-lenocuts-20120818,0,1772989.story -- 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
