Entire ‘Tonight Show’ Staff Laid Off As Jimmy Fallon Moves Show From Burbank To NYC

[FarCenter]

NBCUniversal plans to lay off the entire “Tonight Show” staff — all 164 Burbank employees — when the late-night talk show moves from California to New York City next month, TheWrap has learned.

NBCUniversal notified the California Employment Development Department last month that it will eliminate the positions, a company spokesperson told TheWrap. Layoffs will begin on Feb. 14 and be staggered through April 4.

“We have encouraged those 164 employees to take a look at jobs throughout the company and apply for them,” the spokesperson told TheWrap. Those available positions include jobs at “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” in New York City.

Read more: http://www.thewrap.com/nbcuniversal-tonight-show-burbank-lay-offs-new-york-jay-leno-jimmy-fallon

I.e. no relocation benefits for employees staying with the Tonight Show.

[JI7]

1. was the show still in burbank when Conan hosted for a short time ?

or did conan make the move to california ?

[joshcryer]

2. Conan went to CA

Relocated his entire staff

[AmericanErrorist]

4. The Conan Tonight Show was at Universal Studios

And the Burbank studio was making the primetime Jay Leno Show during that period.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

5. Conan moved from New York to California.

And brought his entire staff.

[spanone]

3. and leno will be paying them thru september.....

http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/lenos-last-tonight-show-to-air-feb-6-staff-paid-until-september/

[adirondacker]

6. He should give them each a car to drive to NY in.

[a kennedy]

7. Network: Leno took 50% pay cut to reduce 'Tonight Show' layoffs.....this was back in 2012

Jay Leno took one for the team, in the form of a $15 million pay cut, to protect the staff of NBC's "The Tonight Show" from further cuts.

An NBC Universal representative confirmed Friday that the host took a 50% pay reduction.

The representative also confirmed that Leno extended his contract until September 2014.

A source with direct knowledge of the situation told CNN last month that 20 to 25 employees of "The Tonight Show" were let go and that Leno made the salary concession to prevent even more staff reductions.

According to the source, the layoffs were part of a plan to adjust the show's expenses to be more in line with typical late-night programming as opposed to prime-time fare.

Leno replaced the legendary Johnny Carson as host of "The Tonight Show" in 1992, a job he held for 17 years before he left in 2009 to helm "The Jay Leno Show" with a 10 p.m. start time. But a few months later, in January 2010, NBC announced that the comedian would return to the 11:35 p.m. time slot.

The comic's venture into prime time three years ago was pitched as an attempt by the network to parlay his proven popularity into a commercially successful show.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/07/showbiz/jay-leno-tonight-show/

[SoCalDem]

10. This happens whenever ANY show gets canceled .

These folks are union (most of them), and they have had multi-year advance warning..and will be paid by Leno for 9 months.. Sounds like they are well taken care of.

Truthfully, there are probably very few who would even want to move to NYC..

These people will land on their feet...

[Ilsa]

8. It's hard to get relocation packages.

We are saving up for a move in a few years which will be expensive. My husband makes good money, but we haven't seen relo expense reimbursement as part of the deal.

I wish those employees luck. Moving across the country probably won't work for many of them.

[B Calm]

9. Trying to compete with David Letterman

is what it looks like to me.

[LibGranny]

11. Jimmy Fallon is MUCH funnier and more talented than Letterman ever

thought of being. Letterman has become an old, bitter man. Fallon will win this contest hands down!

[JoePhilly]

12. Dave out lasted Leno.

Dave will retire in the not too distant future. But it won't be due to Fallon.

[itsrobert]

13. Actually, my money is on Jimmy Kimmel

Kimmel now ill have the LA talent all to himself while Leno/Letterman will be battling it out along with the Daily Show and Corbert. Fallon is too sugary sweet. He's okay in small doses. Also, Letterman does better interviews than Fallon or Kimmel.

[Warpy]

14. Well, that sucks, but Fallon is smart enough to realize

that LA is where comedy goes to die. It's what happened to Leno, who was wickedly funny in his salad days in New England. Once he got to LA he got squishy, comfortable and conservative.

Cleaning house when a new man comes in isn't unusual in show biz or corporate takeovers. I suspect most of the employees will find gigs elsewhere. Leno's writers? Phooey.