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Broadcasting & Cable NBC is threatening to lay-off non-writing staff of The Tonight Show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien if the shows don't start up again on Monday because of the strike. NBC is also saying they are willing to use guest hosts for the shows if Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien choose not to cross the line. Whoever does the cross the line could face the same fate that Ellen Degeneres is facing with the WGA boycotting her for crossing the line. It is a tough decision that the hosts have to decide who that want to back the striking writers or nonwriting staff. A decision Johnny Carson made in 1988.
“We want to protect the staff, who have been loyal to this show for decades, in the same way that Johnny Carson reluctantly returned without his writers in 1988,” Debbie Vickers said.
David Letterman will remain in repeats next week, while there is no word whether or not Jimmy Kimmel will go on or continue driving a taco truck to the different striking locations!
