Tonight Show will move back to New York

[Kevin Vahey]

I should add that Bill Carter is the TV critic of the NY Times and has
covered the late night wars for decades.

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Scott Fybush <scott@fybush.com> wrote:

> The only problem with 8G is that it's not especially audience-friendly,
> IIRC. You could build seating, of course, but is there the logistical space
> on 9 to move people in and out they way they can for 8H?
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> On 3/20/2013 7:47 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Scott Fybush <scott@fybush.com
>> <mailto:scott@fybush.com>> wrote:
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>>     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&>
>>
>>         <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.)
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>>     s
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