What I find amusing is that the teabaggers are complaining in every article comment thread about Leno being a lefty and that he doesn't make jokes about the President, especially he seemed to be pandering to the teabaggers for a long time. What exactly do they want him to do--call the Obamas "jungle bunnies" or worse and make remarks about "natural rhythm?"
On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- 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
