I want thirty mil plus to get fired! Oh please? Wouldn't go TOO far in the state of MA but it'd be more than enough to pay off mortgage, student loans, credit card bills, and have me just paying for utilities from here on end. That'd be sweet.
I envy celebrities and their piles of cash for being famous. But being famous sucks, so I think it's their compensation for putting up with it. ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote: > > > Wow, thirty-plus mill to get *fired*? And his staff splits twelve mill, but > Conan's going to give them extra cash? That's cool. I've seen Zucker from > NBC all over the tube, everywhere from Charlie Rose to the financial > channel, trying to explain this debacle. Reminds one of why some people need > to stay behind the scenes. He comes off as defensive, surly, like a child > who's caught doing something wrong, but remains defiant. A lot of "we made > what we thought was a smart move, but it didn't work". Very little honest > "we screwed it up and screwed O'Brien to boot". > > End of story: I still don't get who felt that Conan could be an exact > replacement for Leno, given the differences in their appeal, and the > expected differences in what demographics Conan would attract. I don't get > who the hell felt it was sufficient to say that o'Brien had failed after > only seven months, when it took Leno himself a year-and-a-half to hit his > stride. And I really don't get who in the world thought O'Brien had a chance > to succeed when Leno had a show on earlier than his, both sapping potential > O'Brien viewers, and subjecting the public to talk show overload, possibly > chasing off viewers for both shows. > > NBC screwed this up royally, and made it worse when Ebersol (?) recently > tried to blame a lot of this on O'Brien's refusal to change the Tonight Show > format. I guess we can't blame Leno, who just wants to work, but I wish he'd > have said "no" to the 10 pm show, and really wish he'd say "no" to taking > the Tonight Show back. That would have taught NBC a lesson. > > Frankly I'm glad this all failed. I didn't relish a solid five hours of > primetime being replaced by a talkshow. We're losing enough original > programming on broadcast TV as it is. > > *********************************************** > > http://www.tv.com/conan-obrien-free-at-last!/story/20919.html?tag=hotspot;gumball;1 > Conan O'Brien: Free At Last! > by Tim Surette <http://www.tv.com/news/author.html?author_id=30> TV.com > Staff Writer 01/21/10 10:15 AM > [image: Conan O'Brien: Free At > Last!]<http://www.tv.com/the-league/show/77568/summary.html> > > What's the going rate for an unfair firing these days? About $45 million > if you hosted a late-night talk show on a major network. The Conan > O'Brien<http://www.tv.com/conan-obrien/person/3465/summary.html>vs. NBC saga > is finally coming to an end, says > *The Hollywood > Reporter*<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i58f0e7e6076e5043be5bdbd2e2483b15>, > as both sides have agreed to a deal that frees O'Brien from his contract > with NBC and includes a whole lotta stipulations. > > First, let's talk money—since that's what the whole kerfuffle was about. > The entire settlement is reportedly worth between $45 million and $50 > million, with Conan pocketing $32 million and his staff sharing $12 million. > But don't feel too bad for Johnny the Janitor; reports say O'Brien will be > supplementing his employees' severance packages out of his pocket. > > O'Brien's last night behind the desk of *The Tonight Show with Conan > O'Brien<http://www.tv.com/the-tonight-show-with-conan-obrien/show/75634/summary.html> > * will be tomorrow (Friday, January 22), with Conan repeats airing until > the start of the Winter Olympics. After that, Jay > Leno<http://www.tv.com/jay-leno/person/2431/summary.html>will return to > *The Tonight Show with Jay > Leno<http://www.tv.com/the-tonight-show-with-jay-leno/show/10020/summary.html> > * on March 1, global warming will cease, world peace will rule, and the > long war between cats and dogs shall end. Or so NBC believes. > > The deal also bars Conan from hosting another show until September, and all > the characters Conan created for his shows—including the lovable Pimpbot, > the very relatable Masturbating Bear, and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog—will > *gulp* remain the property of NBC, which will let them collect dust in their > mausoleum of stolen artifacts. Triumph is the cash cow here, and he should > belong to Robert > Smigel<http://www.tv.com/robert-smigel/person/47611/summary.html>, > who does all of the delightfully distasteful dog's improv and masterful > puppeteering. > > The final tally? Conan received the dream job he worked his entire life for > for a total of seven months. > > The big questions now: What will Conan do next? What *should* Conan do > next? And how will audiences respond to the return of Jay Leno? > > > >
