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d_phaneuf · 01-23-2010, 03:29 PM

Supposedly NBC was making 40 million per year with Leno (and advertisers they have talked to are willing to buy back at Leno prices according to the WSJ) and was on pace to lose 5 million with Conan. Makes it a pretty easy decision if you run a business for them.

I still don't get the hate on Leno, he has people who work for him as well. His show was getting canceled at 10 no matter what, and if he didnt take the Tonight Show than most of the 150+ people who worked for him would have been out of a job. He has a loyalty to them, not to the television critics or people who want Conan to stay.

NBC was in the wrong here for this whole situation, not Leno or Conan.

01-23-2010, 03:29 PM	#510
d_phaneuf Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Exp:	Supposedly NBC was making 40 million per year with Leno (and advertisers they have talked to are willing to buy back at Leno prices according to the WSJ) and was on pace to lose 5 million with Conan. Makes it a pretty easy decision if you run a business for them. I still don't get the hate on Leno, he has people who work for him as well. His show was getting canceled at 10 no matter what, and if he didnt take the Tonight Show than most of the 150+ people who worked for him would have been out of a job. He has a loyalty to them, not to the television critics or people who want Conan to stay. NBC was in the wrong here for this whole situation, not Leno or Conan.