Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-11 Thread Kevin M.
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 4:53 PM, scruffy wrote: > On Sep 11, 2012, at 12:03 PM, PGage wrote: > > I have smart, funny, open minded and passionately committed Republican > friends who are what I think every Republican (and Democrat) need to be. I'm > sure there are 31 flavors of necessary Republica

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-11 Thread scruffy
On Sep 11, 2012, at 12:03 PM, PGage wrote: > I have smart, funny, open minded and passionately committed Republican > friends who are what I think every Republican (and Democrat) need to be. I'm > sure there are 31 flavors of necessary Republican - but in my book Meghan > McCain is not one of

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-11 Thread David Lynch
It isn't an American show so I don't know if it counts, but there's also the Graham Norton approach of bringing everyone out right after the monologue... -- David J. Lynch djly...@gmail.com -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to th

RE: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-11 Thread Doug Fields
fries Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 5:09 PM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50% Actually, a lot of Conan's guests now stay on the couch, I presume because that's how they did it when Conan did "Tonight" and also because ther

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-11 Thread Mark Jeffries
odd to see it done "The Tonight Show way" again after avoiding > the show for so long. > > Doug Fields > Tampa, FL > > -Original Message- > From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Kevin M. > Sent: Tuesday, Se

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-11 Thread PGage
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > The other night, Leno had two guests on who I enjoy watching, so I > gave the show a try. Matthew Perry is always a great interview, and > Meghan McCain is what I think every Republican needs to be. (SNIP) > I have smart, funny, open minded and

RE: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-11 Thread Doug Fields
tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin M. Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 1:38 AM To: tvornottv@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50% The other night, Leno had two guests on who I enjoy watching, so I gave the show a try. Matthew Perry is always a grea

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-10 Thread Kevin M.
The other night, Leno had two guests on who I enjoy watching, so I gave the show a try. Matthew Perry is always a great interview, and Meghan McCain is what I think every Republican needs to be. I haven't watched Leno in months. What struck me is when the show went to the commercial break during P

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-10 Thread Tom Wolper
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: >> Of course, Lorne Michaels owns part of the Fallon show (and owns part of >> Conan's NBC work, at least the "Late Night" part)--I don't know if he >> controls the licensing as he does for

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-10 Thread Tom Wolper
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > Of course, Lorne Michaels owns part of the Fallon show (and owns part of > Conan's NBC work, at least the "Late Night" part)--I don't know if he > controls the licensing as he does for "SNL." When Conan was going through his troubles with NB

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-10 Thread Mark Jeffries
re.com/detail.php?p=372773&ecid=PRF-TV2-101887&pa=PRF-TV2-101887 > > David > > -------------- > *From:* Kevin M. * > **Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50% > > On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 8:51 PM, M-D November wrote: > > Don't forget that Carson ow

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-09 Thread David Bruggeman
101887&pa=PRF-TV2-101887 David > > From: Kevin M. > Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50% > >On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 8:51 PM, M-D November wrote: >> Don't forget that Carson owned his show outright (like D

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-09 Thread Kevin M.
On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 8:51 PM, M-D November wrote: > Don't forget that Carson owned his show outright (like Dave does now), which > gave him the rights to all residual revenue (like home video sales and the > syndicated "Carson's Comedy Classics"). So while Jay is getting more money > for fewer

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-09 Thread M-D November
Don't forget that Carson owned his show outright (like Dave does now), which gave him the rights to all residual revenue (like home video sales and the syndicated "Carson's Comedy Classics"). So while Jay is getting more money for fewer eyeballs, remember that Carson was also picking up money

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-08 Thread PGage
On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Steve Timko wrote: > Just some other numbers to consider here. I finally watched the Johnny > Carson PBS special online. They kept talking about how Johnny Carson had 15 > million viewers a night. That's four times what Leno is delivering. > Carson's salary in the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-08 Thread Steve Timko
Just some other numbers to consider here. I finally watched the Johnny Carson PBS special online. They kept talking about how Johnny Carson had 15 million viewers a night. That's four times what Leno is delivering. Carson's salary in the late 1970s was $5 million a year. I used the Bureau of Labor

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-07 Thread PGage
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 4:23 PM, PGage wrote: > > > > I think the WSJ has buried the lead here, which is that Leno extended > for 2 > > years (maybe we already knew that and I repressed it). So now the > > conversation may have not only been "Ja

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-07 Thread Tom Wolper
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 4:23 PM, PGage wrote: > > I think the WSJ has buried the lead here, which is that Leno extended for 2 > years (maybe we already knew that and I repressed it). So now the > conversation may have not only been "Jay, take a pay cut or we will fire > even more of your staff", bu

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-07 Thread PGage
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Tom Wolper wrote: > "Late-night talk show host Jay Leno took a 50% pay cut as part of > NBC's budget-chopping effort last month at "The Tonight Show," the > network said, detailing the scope of the changes for the first time as > well as the reasoning behind them.

[TV orNotTV] Jay Leno's pay cut was 50%

2012-09-07 Thread Tom Wolper
"Late-night talk show host Jay Leno took a 50% pay cut as part of NBC's budget-chopping effort last month at "The Tonight Show," the network said, detailing the scope of the changes for the first time as well as the reasoning behind them. The outsized pay cut, which took Mr. Leno's salary down to