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Many others echoed [John Wells]'s sentiment, in stronger or more diplomatic tones. Our favourite NBC-directed shot came from Peter Tolan, co-creator of the made-for-cable drama Rescue Me: "I feel they should take down the American flag in front of the building and just put up a white one, because they've clearly given up. They've clearly said, 'We can't develop anything that's going to stick... so we quit.'"
"The thing about this that kind of annoys me is that we use writers," he countered. "The Tonight Show's writers, if you look, are among the top five per cent highest-paid writers in the (Writers) Guild. And I don't flip my guys; I don't switch them off.... So in terms of taking work away from people, I don't think so. I think you're just switching it over -- instead of drama writers, now you have comedy writers."There's no question about that," said series producer Nigel Lythgoe. "I don't know anybody who's had her experience of being a performer, being a dancer, being a choreographer and being a judge. So, absolutely. I mean, I've been trying to get her since Season 1. Yeah, we'd certainly grab her."See the full content of this document
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Leno Show Sends Chill Through Hollywood
Back home, alarmingly un-tanned after two weeks in sunny/smoggy L.A., finally unpacked and partially reorganized... and now, it's time to do a final clean-out of the TV-press-tour notebook:
If there are two lingering impressions that remain afte...See the full content of this document
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