Blah blah blah… haven’t we heard it all before? It’s a late night segment with no good joke and a segment that promises never to end. Sure, NBC screwed him practically inside-out, and now the late-night darling is trying to get some severance for his writers (since they apparently can’t join him at FOX,) and NBC is claiming it’s selfish… right, because unknown, un-named Hollywood writers are super over-paid, right?
As a PR machinist myself, I’m embarrassed for my ilk. How can we spin sodomy so far it actually looks like a reach-around?
But what do you think? Please respond in the comments. Are Conan’s writers barbarious for asking for a severance, after being promised they could keep a permanent gig on the biggest late night show since forever? Are the executives victims for giving all $40 million straight to Jay?
What’s the beat on the street?
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Conan O’Brien happens to be snagging a 33 million dollar settlement from NBC. That is obviously a heck of a huge amount of their hard earned money to hand you to just simply disappear completely. I will certainly acknowledge that I somewhat have a preference forJay Leno in that slot in lieu of the prime time slot, but I do think that Conan exhibited significant character in battling to acquire that sizeable severence program for his crew. I’m convinced that he will be able to land on his feet someplace different in a matter of time. If he fails to, at any rate the 33 million will soften the landing.