Don't forget that Carson owned his show outright (like Dave does now), which gave him the rights to all residual revenue (like home video sales and the syndicated "Carson's Comedy Classics"). So while Jay is getting more money for fewer eyeballs, remember that Carson was also picking up money on the back-end that NBC couldn't touch.
On Saturday, September 8, 2012 7:44:21 PM UTC-4, Steve Timko wrote: > > Just some other numbers to consider here. I finally watched the Johnny > Carson PBS special online. They kept talking about how Johnny Carson had 15 > million viewers a night. That's four times what Leno is delivering. > Carson's salary in the late 1970s was $5 million a year. I used the Bureau > of Labor Statistics' inflation calculator and it shows $5 million a year in > 1979 is about $15.8 million now, roughly equaling Leno's new salary. But > Leno has a quarter of he viewers that Carson had. > Sounds like Johnny was a bargain. . . > -- 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
