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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:37 PM Original message |
(TMZ) Leno and NBC Strike 1 Hour 'Tonight' Deal |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. TMZ often is the first with entertainment news. I'm not sure, but I think they |
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buff2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. That is good news |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Says a great deal about you! |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. Leno is lowlife, piece of dogshit! |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Even those who might defend Leno (I'm agnostic on this whole biz) |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. Leno is a douche of the greatest magnitude |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. O BRIEN COULDN'T HOLD THE SPOT |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. O'Brien's show was severely impacted |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Yep, my 23 year old and her hubby are Team Conan. I am too. I think he |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I'm 49, Team Conan |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Go Team Conan. I'm having fun with this. And I LOVE Dave's comments! |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 01:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
50. Conan's ratings were falling long before Leno's show appeared in the fall |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. Conan will move to Fox and both of their ratings will be permanently crushed by Letterman. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Actually, it is being reported that NBC may try to block him |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. NBC can't breach the contract then insist Conan sit home under its terms. |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. There's actually some question about that |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I would actually *love* to read it. Surely it said, "the Tonight Show"... |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. The scuttlebutt on places like defamer.com |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Right. But NBC can't materially breach on one hand, then try to enforce a non-compete clause on the |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Obviously, I'm not a lawyer |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. non-compete agreements are unenforceable in California |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. And "The Tonight Show" tapes in California |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. depending on how vindictive they are |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. They'd have to pay out his contract... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yeah, that's what I predicted just downthread. NBC won't pay the whole thing, but a substantial |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. But they did specify " The Tonight Show" |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Nope |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. How is NBC breaching the contract? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. Sounds to me like NBC will have to pay a substantial portion of Conan's contract out here, too... |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. Jay Leno thinks he's Brett Favre. |
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ClusterFreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. Jay Leno is such a scumbag. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
45. Yeah, I rewatched The Late Shift last night just to refresh my memory |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. Leno's problem is that he is supposed to make people laugh, but he isn't funny. |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 06:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Leno is no Johnny Carson, I used to like Carson and Ed McMahon. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Leno's just plain creepy |
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TheCML (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
24. Sad. |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. Two things I can't stand about Leno....... |
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caveat_imperator (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. So... |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
27. Like Conan said last night--he can live his dream--unless Jay Leno wants the same thing |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. UPDATE: No new Jay Leno deal; Conan O'Brien 'still working' |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. I know USA Today is a more traditional source |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. Ok, from now on, I will go back to ignoring Jay at 11:30 instead of ignoring |
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saberjet22 (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
33. the late night skirmishes |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
34. Wow. Who could have seen this happening? |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
35. What is wrong with you folks? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
39. Here's my take on this. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. You cared enough to open the thread. |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. I watch Colbert at 11:30 pm, I have no interest in the NBC line-up, but |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-14-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Leno was told in 2004 that Conan would take over in 2009 per his contract |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Thank you for the info. I had no idea there was a contract stipulating that, which |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
51. I hope that this scoop is just a rough leak that'll die... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-15-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
52. Jay Leno sucks! |
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