Comments on: WGA Picketers Target NBC Tonight Show

By: Gustave

Gustave — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:06:57 +0000

Hey, you know, I was thrilled that Leno was back on! In all honesty, I think the show was much better without the writers. Maybe a little change of pace is always good, but why is he paying 16 writers for stuff that is not nearly as good as what he came up with? Maybe some writers don’t need their jobs back?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:29:32 +0000

I watched the Letterman show for a bit just to see if he would do anything to support the WGA. He did support the WGA over and over again. His top 10 was about the writers. He did a get to know your staff segment. He let one WGA rep (I think) give the The Moguls a good talking to. I was so appreciative that he did it that way. It keeps the WGA and their requests in the public eye and stirs up America to support the WGA. He really did a great job.

By: Lea

Lea — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:44:19 +0000

I’m not watching Jay or Conan. I don’t like strike-breakers. I’m watching Letterman which apart of being a “man” is a better entertainer.

By: Angie

Angie — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:33:49 +0000

Of all the fake reasons Leno gave on his show tonight to explain why he’s back even though the writers are still on strike, this was the worst:

“Another reason we had to come back is because a lot of people get their news from the monologue because we cover a lot of the stories the mainstream media will not cover”.

If only that were 1 percent true, but alas it never is, and as usual, it was just his lead in to a Brittany Spears joke, not in to any important news ignored by mainstream media. To actually see what REAL news is and should be - that which actually affects the largest number of human beings in the most serious manner, see my website: http://www.WhatNewsShouldBe.com which also mocks mainstream news although the mocker is, unlike Jay Leno, not a strike-breaker, and the real news, which mainstream media just distracts us from, is actually provided.

Angie
http://www.WhatNewsShouldBe.com

By: Commenter

Commenter — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:08:19 +0000

Mike Huckabee doesn’t have Secret Service protection. None of the Republicans do until they gain higher levels of recognition. (Clinton does as a former first lady, and Obama does because of threats as the first African-American candidate).

By: Ashley Gable

Ashley Gable — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:28:37 +0000

FYI, the writers didn’t “abandon” pickets at other locations this week — we weren’t scheduled to come back to picketing at all until Monday the 7th. But we decided to do a special picket at NBC this week, given Mr. Leno’s decision to return to work.

By: What?

What? — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:53:34 +0000

They were not planning to picket until the 7th anyway so there are no “abandoned” picket locations. Leno interupted their “vacation” or “hiatus” from the strike.

By: tvwatcher

tvwatcher — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:31:05 +0000

None of this would have happened if the WGA didn’t let Letterman go back with writers. Let’s face it, he’s got a smaller fanbase then Leno does and if Leno does the smart thing by getting guests that Middle America will care to watch, he’ll continue to do better in the rankings. Leno doesn’t particularly need writers for Headlines or Jaywalking and I would much rather sit through that then an hour of “Does It Float?” and Robin Williams.

The WGA will split themselves over this very issue, whether they realize it or not. How are they going to justify some writers going back and making their good money to the rest who are struggling to make mortgages? If anything, it’s going to make more scabs from the WGA when shows slowly start back up through backdoor deals and networks start coming down on halted shows that could possibly come back without writers.

I agree that the message of the WGA needs to be out there, but Leno, Letterman, Ferguson and O’Brian can certainly do that without writers.

By: Another Hyphenate

Another Hyphenate — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:20:11 +0000

I was out at NBC Burbank this morning from 8 - 11 am and everything was calm and civilized.

By: Michelle L

Michelle L — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:21:03 +0000

How come no one is picketing Jimmy Kimmel? I realize his show isn’t the American institution that The Tonight show is, but ABC is still a member of the AMPTP. I hope writers get out there, too.

By: David G.

David G. — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:09:27 +0000

Please… It’s Leno, not NBC who’s coming back to work… Same with Conan… I respect them, just not their decisions… What would have happend if they didn’t return? Let NBC lay off these crews… and then let them take the heat for their being fired… Not Leno and Conan. Let’s start placing blame where it’s due. The Alliance. But let’s not let two “nice guys” get away with a bad decision. If these two talented hosts wanted to help, they’d refuse to return until the strike’s settled. D.G.