Tonight Show will move back to New York

[Scott Fybush]

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?

On 3/20/2013 7:47 PM, Kevin Vahey wrote:
> That would be John Pinto on the crane.
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> Of course now that NBC Sports has moved to Stamford they could redo 8G
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> 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:
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>         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&>
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>         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.
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>         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.
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>     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.
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>     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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