10-19-2018, 06:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-19-2018, 06:23 PM by FaceInTheCrowd.)
Spin offs and reboots with new casts are like reset buttons on a lot of costs. Replacing 5-7 season veteran stars with relative unknowns, negotiating new subsidies and tax credits with location cities, etc.
I have never gotten the appeal of either O'Brien or Leno, so I'll stay out of that one. Except for the possibility that Leno's $20M a year salary gave the network a recurring itch to find someone cheaper.
TV viewers have complained about the "mistakes" of network programmers for decades. Some of them really are mistakes, the networks lose money and the execs get replaced. But if your favorite show gets cancelled and five years later the network management hasn't changed...
I have never gotten the appeal of either O'Brien or Leno, so I'll stay out of that one. Except for the possibility that Leno's $20M a year salary gave the network a recurring itch to find someone cheaper.
TV viewers have complained about the "mistakes" of network programmers for decades. Some of them really are mistakes, the networks lose money and the execs get replaced. But if your favorite show gets cancelled and five years later the network management hasn't changed...