I admit that I don’t scan the wire for entertainment news as religiously as some of us seem to do, but this newsgroup has literally been the only place I saw any mention of even the possibility that Armisen’s job on Late Night was in Jeopardy. It always seemed to me that Armisen had an agreement with the show that he was free to travel and work other projects, but that he would perform with the Late Night house band anytime he was available. I haven’t seen anything recently that has caused me to change that assumption.
Doug Fields Tampa, FL From: 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 4:03 AM To: TVorNotTV <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Apparently there wasn't enough SNL on Late Night W/Seth Meyers 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...) 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]<mailto:[email protected]>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7b5631a5-2d86-4621-a74a-f072dc9ccde9n%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7b5631a5-2d86-4621-a74a-f072dc9ccde9n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/BN6PR14MB1619DB66CC78E30D214CE790C6B69%40BN6PR14MB1619.namprd14.prod.outlook.com.
