Leno to 10 PM

[Garrett Wollman]

<<On Tue, 9 Dec 2008 20:53:59 -0600, "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net> said:

> NY Times is saying for now the Leno show would stay in Burbank but I
> thought NBC sold the property.

They sold the property, but the new owner is still intended to lease
it out as studio space, apparently.  When I took the tour last month,
the page said that the "DOOL" staff didn't want to have to move four
decades worth of old props.  (Apparently, rather than splicing in old
film for flashback scenes, they just reshoot the scene with the old
props.)

Studio 3 is a pretty good one for Leno, and one that would cost them a
bit of time and money to replicate over at Universal.  I wouldn't be
surprised if they moved him eventually -- assuming this new thing
works out -- but I'm sure NBC worked the numbers on leasing back 3
versus building another new audience studio at Universal and decided
that leaving Leno in Burbank was the better choice.

(The current studio assignments at 3000 W. Alameda: "Access Hollywood"
is in 1, "DOOL" is in 2 and 4, Leno is in 3, and local news is in 5.)

-GAWollman