The Tonight Show Lays Off 20 Staffers And Host Jay Leno Takes Pay Cut To Save Jobs

The Tonight Show Lays Off 20 Staffers And Host Jay Leno Takes Pay Cut To Save Jobs

August 18, 2012

The Tonight Show Lays Off 20 Staffers And Host Jay Leno Takes Pay Cut To Save Jobs

NIKKI FINKE
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NBC insiders tell me The Tonight Show went through ”downsizing” today and that 20 staffers lost their jobs. Others tell me the number is more like 25, and producers were forced to take pay cuts or lose their jobs. I’ve also learned that Jay Leno took what is being described as a “tremendous” pay cut to “save as many people’s jobs as he could”. Leno’s Tonight Show is consistently the #1 late night talk show in both households and demographics, except for some anomalies when Leno does get beaten.

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