late-night-finance-dept

The Race Is On To See Which Staff-Supporting Late Night Talk Show Host Goes Broke First

mark · 12/06/07 02:50PM

Now that all of the networks' late-night talk show stars not named Carson Daly have put themselves on the hook (even a straggling Jay Leno!) by agreeing to personally sign their laid-off staffs' paychecks during at least the next few weeks of the strike, the game of "host chicken" has begun in earnest. With their generous pledges expected to cause a weekly low-to-mid six-figure drain on their bank accounts, who'll be financially broken first and have to bring their money-train to a screeching halt?