>From Bill Carter's article last year about the transition ( http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/04/business/media/nbc-confirms-fallon-will-succeed-leno.html?src=twr&_r=2&pagewanted=all&; ):
Mr. Burke assured Mr. Leno that he wanted him to feel comfortable with the transition plan, and that he could stay on to the last day of his contract in September 2014, if that was his choice. Mr. Leno said he told Mr. Burke: "I appreciate that, but it's not really necessary. And I don't want to make it harder for Jimmy. I want to hand off something that's going to make it easier." Mr. Leno said he suggested, "If we really want to give him a good send-off, how about after the Olympics?" He said the Winter Games in February would give NBC the chance to promote the new host to big audiences and avoid more competitive start-up times like the summer. " 'The Tonight Show' was No. 1 when I got it," Mr. Leno said. "I've kept it No. 1 for about 90 percent of my term here, and I would like to see Jimmy keep it at No. 1, which I'm sure he will." Said now: No, because last time I was told, "You're leaving"; this time, honestly, I was asked. When I signed [my last contract], I said, "This about the last go-round? OK." I was going to leave in September and then they said, "We have the Olympics and we'd like to launch Jimmy early. What if you left six months early? Would you do that?" And we said, "Does the staff get paid? OK, fine." We could have stayed until the end of the contract, but we said, "OK, we'll go six months early and give Jimmy a good launching pad and all that kind of stuff." On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Joe Coughlin <[email protected]>wrote: > And he's a liar. He said he had nothing to do with the 5 year Conan > transition: he did. He says now, a year later, he didn't suggest that they > move up the end date of his tenure to the Olympics. He said the opposite a > year ago. How can you trust him? > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Diner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Monday, January 27, 2014 12:21:02 PM UTC-5, Joe Hass wrote: >>> >>> From Steve Kroft's VO: "Leno's ten o'clock show tanked and so did the >>> ratings of "The Tonight Show" with Conan O'Brien, which dropped out of >>> first place. NBC panicked when the network's affiliates began clamoring for >>> Leno's return to his 11:30 time slot, and NBC agreed." >>> >>> Yeah: you didn't miss anything. >>> >>> >> >> I've finally gotten around to reading Bill Carter's "The War for Late >> Night," and even though I'm not finished, it seems the "lies" Kroft told >> match pretty well with the "truth" Carter told. Not sure what the problem >> is. >> >> Kroft's piece was pretty superficial, and he missed a lot of good chances >> for follow-up questions - perhaps because Mavis was there, he held back. >> (And I wondered how much Mavis' comments, which were full of anger at those >> who have lied about Jay, were edited.) Kroft did point out that there's no >> other host who has Jay's appeal, thus giving Dave one more reason to bitch. >> >> Today's Hollywood Reporter interview allows Jay to go more in depth. His >> line that "The numbers that keep you No. 1 today would have got you >> canceled 15 or 20 years ago" is quite true, and his observations on the >> difference between Kimmel's attacks and Letterman's attacks are pretty >> perceptive. And then there's his answer when asked if he would call Conan: >> "Why would I do that? No. God no." >> >> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jay-leno-depth-post-tonight-674139 >> >> -Tim >> >> -- >> -- >> 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 >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > +++++++++++++++ > Joe Coughlin > http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround > -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
