Writers' Strike's First Casualty: "Saturday Night Live"
"As of late last week, NBC has fired nearly the entire production staff of 'Saturday Night Live.' This is a result of the Writers Guild of America's on-going strike which is entering its third week. To make matters worse, the laid off staff received no severence checks." NBC is considering doing the same for the staffs of their weekday late night line up (the Leno, O'Brien, and Carson Daly shows).
It seems Letterman is a really nice guy. "Over at CBS, David Letterman is paying out of his pocket the salaries for both staffs of 'The Late Show with David Letterman' and 'The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.' He will continue paying them until the end of the year."
Last night, NBC showed a rerun of the much praised Brian Williams SNL episode from two weeks ago. I watched and it was quite good. Meanwhile, the staff of SNL did a live new performance at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
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