NBC to Pay ‘Tonight Show’ Staff Through Next Week With Fallon Pitching In for the Week After
thewrap.comcalled out NBC for only paying the “Tonight Show” staff through the end of the week as the WGA strike unfolds, the show’s crew will now be paid by NBC through the end of next week.
Fallon is expected to pay his staff a third week out of his own pocket. “Late Night with Seth Meyers” will also follow suit with Meyers paying his staff for a third week. “I have a very good update!
We ended up having our production meeting this morn too and @jimmyfallon was there. He got NBC to give us a second week of pay, and he will be paying us himself for a third week.
We also are going to have healthcare extended through Sept,” Kobos wrote on Twitter. A source close to “The Tonight Show” confirmed that NBC will be paying the staffers through the end of next week and that Fallon will be covering the salaries of his staff for a third week.
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