On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 4:23 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think the WSJ has buried the lead here, which is that Leno extended for 2 > years (maybe we already knew that and I repressed it). So now the > conversation may have not only been "Jay, take a pay cut or we will fire > even more of your staff", but also, "take a pay cut or we will fire even > more of your staff and being in Fallon when your contract expires".
I think it's sharper than that. I think NBC told Jay he takes a pay cut or there is no extension. Jay took the pay cut and told the public he did it to save more staff jobs. Indirectly he did, since no extension means everybody goes home. For the rest of your post, all I can say is I don't trust Hollywood accounting and I look at all the numbers reported in the media as suspect. As a megacorporation Comcast (and GE before them) can shift revenues and costs among departments to the point where they can do a press release showing that a show that makes a huge profit loses money for the company and vice versa. -- 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
