In article <%Mlbn.6002$pv.382@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
jonesiecactus@yahoo.com says...
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> "Anim8rFSK" wrote in message
> news:ANIM8Rfsk-C1199A.21153503022010@news.dc1.easynews.com...
> > In article
> > <25a2a622-606a-4aad-96a2-d3bdc2807331@m24g2000prn.googlegroups.com>,
> > SoCally wrote:
> >
> >> > I havent really paid a lot of attention to this but it seems like Conan
> >> > could have simply let them keep their jobs. ?Other than his ego, I
> >> > don't
> >> > understand why Conan didn't agree to simply move his show back a half
> >> > an
> >> > hour. ? All the talk about how it hurts the Tonight Show is just that.
> >> > Talk.
> >> > No one would have cared.
> >>
> >> I think he hoped NBC would back down and give him the 11:35 slot when
> >> he released that letter. But instead, they went for Jay. It's ironic
> >> because years ago, they did the reverse when they basically moved Jay
> >> out in favor of Conan.
> >>
> >> Had Conan just accepted the move to 12:05, his staff would have had
> >> steady employment until basically the end of their careers unless they
> >> decided to leave. So 6 weeks severance isn't much when you look at it
> >> that way. Especially since most of his staff moved their families to
> >> LA from NY.
> >
> > Yeah, I don't understand how Conan comes off the good guy in this. He
> > broke his contract, he ended his show.
>
> His contract was to host the Tonight show. NBC broke that agreement,
No, they just wanted to move it. Conan didn't want to so he broke it.
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