"The Tonight Show" has laid off about two dozen workers, prompting host Jay Leno to accept a pay cut to spare other staffers as NBC clamps down on expenses.
NBC Universal imposed the cutbacks Friday, according to a person familiar with the moves. The person asked not to be identified because NBC Universal hadn't officially disclosed the cost cutting.
The payroll purge affected about 10 percent of the roughly 200 people who work on "The Tonight Show," still the top-rated late-night program. Viewers shouldn't notice any changes in programming at "The Tonight Show," the person said.
CBS News has learned Leno has taken a pay cut to save jobs, as confirmed by Leno's publicist Bruce Bobbins on Saturday.
3 comments:
People are tired of Obama's lies and Joe Biden's drug infested comments...in less than 80 days we will have Romney and Ryan and those other dead beats will now have to get jobs!
Why does it take 200 people to make The Tonight Show?
11:58 what does any of that have to do with Leno's show?
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