Leno’s nonwriting staffers laid off
Nonwriting staff members of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” were laid off Friday, the latest casualties of the four-week Hollywood writers strike.
NBC confirmed the layoffs at the show without providing further details. The show went into reruns when the strike began Nov. 5 and Leno honored the picket lines.
NBC had been covering the salaries of the nonwriting staffers. Conan O’Brien has promised to cover the salaries of about 75 nonstriking “Late Night” staffers next week.
The layoffs came as the Writers Guild of America looked over a new contract offer. Negotiations are set to resume Tuesday.
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said it was willing to offer $130 million in extra pay over the life of the proposed three-year deal along with the $1.3 billion writers already receive each year.
The Writers Guild said the offer amounted to a “massive rollback.”
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