To enter this into the record, here's how the two NBC shows handled it Friday night.
Leno opened with the regular open. He walked out to the usual ovation, and started his monologue. "I want to thank you all for joining us tonight. Once again, it breaks my heart to have to do a show under these circumstances. Unfortunately, as you know, we had another tragedy in our country today. I want to express my sympathy and my sadness to all the families affected by this very violent act. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and yours. We gave a lot of thought to canceling the show tonight, but in the end we decided to do one just in hopes of maybe offering you a brief distraction; maybe put a smile on your face before you go to bed. So with that in mind: oh, you know whose birthday it is? Jets coach Rex Ryan..." And it was even more awkward watching him saying that than it is reading it. He apparently talked about it further with Tavis Smiley (at least that's what the highlights video title says). Fallon did a cold open. "Tonight's show was taped after the terrible events that happened today in Newtown, Connecticut. It's our job to make you laugh every night. Some nights it's harder than others. And this is one of those nights. Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by this senseless tragedy." Fade to black to open, then the regular monologue. On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Brad Beam <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: PGage > > >> I was wondering how Leno dealt with it - Morales says neither he nor >> Fallon addressed it at all, implying that the SNL kids choir was NBC's >> company wide statement. > > > I can't speak for Jimmy without going to the show website and pulling up the > video, but Jay started off Friday's show with acknowledgement of the > occurrence. > > _ _ > |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV > |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw > -- > 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
