Tisk tisk.
NBC is trying to strong arm Jay Leno back to the Tonight Show, the very same program they are basically forcing him to leave against his own will in a year and a half.
The funnyman with the heart of gold has been supporting his writers by walking out in solidarity and not crossing the picket line.
But, now, NBC has informed all nonwriting staff that they will be fired at the end of next week if Leno doesn’t return.
Ewwww. That’s all sorts of wrong!
“I talk to Jay every day, and he will not be the first [late-night host] to cross the picket line,” said Tonight Show head writer Joe Medeiros, also a strike captain for the Writers Guild of America.
So, in an attempt to save people’s jobs and also lure Leno back, NBC is “looking into” the possibility of having guest hosts fill in while Jay is gone.
How shady of NBC!
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