Well, Armisen was on the bandstand when Meyers resumed live shows tonight, so I guess either Lorne has more clout with the Peacock than was speculated, or there was never any pressure to fire Armisen.
--Dave Siku;a On Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 7:53:25 AM UTC-7 Tom Wolper wrote: > On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 12:20 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is there a reason Lorne would have been pushed to fire Armisten? I know >> he used him for Schmigadoon, which was also an NBCU production, so it seems >> a little odd (unless something's come up recently that hasn't been made >> public...) >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c2f60c3d-b856-47f3-9a48-61f6400f5218n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> > > There are some bold suppositions made here: Armisen was supposed to be the > permanent drummer for the band and he somehow got fired. Weh Late Night > started he was still doing Portlandia and he may well live on the west > coast so his deal with Seth was that he would play with the band when he > was available and in New York. During the COVID period Armisen could > contribute remotely like the other band members. > > Since 1975 NBC executives have frequently come and gone, especially as the > network switched owners. Lorne has stayed constant and he's figured out a > way to deal with network interference. It's silly to think that any exec > can force Lorne to comply with their whims. > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7b5631a5-2d86-4621-a74a-f072dc9ccde9n%40googlegroups.com.
