Tonight Show will move back to New York

[Kevin Vahey]

That would be John Pinto on the crane.

Of course now that NBC Sports has moved to Stamford they could redo 8G

Bill Carter says work has begun.



On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Scott Fybush <scott@fybush.com> wrote:

> On 3/20/2013 6:54 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote:
>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/**03/21/business/media/tonight-**
>> show-expected-to-return-to-**new-york-with-fallon.html?**
>> smid=tw-nytimes&_r=1&<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/business/media/tonight-show-expected-to-return-to-new-york-with-fallon.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=1&>
>>
>>
>> Leno's contract is up in the fall of 2014 but friends at NBC in NY say he
>> may be bought out. Comcast brass in Philly have no use for Jay.
>>
>>
>> The NY Times mentions work is progressing on a new studio at 30 Rock which
>> leads me to think 8H will finally get a long overdue makeover.
>>
>>
> What needs making over? I was in 8H about a year ago, and it boasts a very
> new HD control room and even newer audio rooms (two of them, in fact, one
> for music and one for everything else). The hallways and offices
> surrounding the studio were redone a few years ago, and the lobby's in good
> shape.
>
> Aside from the walls themselves, and maybe the audience seating, I don't
> think there's much of anything in the 8H complex that's any older than a
> decade or so (except for the venerable camera jib that's apparently a
> Saturday Night Live landmark; IIRC, the same guy's been operating it since
> the start of the show.)
>
> s
>