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EXCLUSIVE: NBC's '$69 MILLION mistake!' Network executives slam the floundering Megyn Kelly
www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | Updated: 14:55 EDT, 5 October 2017 | By Cheyenne Roundtree

Posted on 10/05/2017 1:24:28 PM PDT by Red Badger

Megyn Kelly is raking in $23m a year for her new NBC morning show and is locked in for the next three years, DailyMailTV exclusively revealed Network executives have slammed the former Fox News host saying that her salary is 'obscene' and a 'slap in the face' to other NBC veteran stars Matt Lauer, who has been at NBC for 23 years, has an estimated salary of $25m, Jimmy Fallon, who is host of a popular late night show, earns around $15m One high-ranking insider said: 'How on earth can they justify paying her $69m for three years?' Another added: 'The network that created Barbara Walters, Tom Brokaw and Matt Lauer will now forever be remembered for the $69m hire of Megyn Kelly'

NBC executives not involved in her hiring are furious over Megyn Kelly's 'obscene' $23 million salary for her tanking morning show and think it's a slap in the face to other established stars at the network, DailyMailTV has exclusively revealed.

Although it was rumored the former Fox News anchor was only being paid $17 million for her new role at NBC, Kelly will actually line her pockets with a total of $69 million over the course of three years for swapping politics for talk show antics.

Her hefty salary has drawn the scorn of senior NBC and Comcast executives who believe the 46-year-old shouldn't be raking in more than the network's veteran stars.

Although NBC has thrown its weight behind the new show, Kelly's ratings tanked on Wednesday, critics have slammed the star for not connecting with her audience and she has found herself in a string of uncomfortable celebrity guest encounters.

One high-ranking staffer exclusively told DailyMailTV: 'This is insane! How on earth can they justify paying her $69 million for three years? It's obscene...

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To: Red Badger

myself and many others here were agog over NBC hiring kelly for such big bucks, and we predicted this disaster with near 100% certainty because kelly had burned her conservative audience with her attacks on Trump, and yet we knew libs would all hate her no matter what, plus a large portion of the NBC target audience wouldn’t even know who she was anyway.


81 posted on 10/05/2017 2:09:18 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: tumblindice

What’s T&A?.......................


82 posted on 10/05/2017 2:09:42 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: duckbutt

Switch around a couple more letters and you get fondling .


83 posted on 10/05/2017 2:10:40 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: Steve_Seattle

The payoff is the reward for being an effective propagandist.


84 posted on 10/05/2017 2:11:03 PM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: tumblindice

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/78/78atsas.phtml


85 posted on 10/05/2017 2:11:05 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Secretly I think this is all part of draining the swamp. In this case, NBC’s talent budget!


86 posted on 10/05/2017 2:14:46 PM PDT by monkeybrau
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To: BipolarBob

87 posted on 10/05/2017 2:17:57 PM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: Red Badger

They’re used to paying hugh salaries and getting little in return.

Taxpayers pay hugh amounts to gubamint and look what we get back.. Russia Russia Russia.. 24 by 7.


88 posted on 10/05/2017 2:18:32 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: NEMDF

Bottom line: Her Suits and the network Suits will sit down. She will become “self-assigning” (ie: Go home; Be quiet) and she will take a cut to about $15-$16 mil.

Taht’s how these things are worked out.


89 posted on 10/05/2017 2:25:43 PM PDT by Strac6 ("Mrs. Strac, Pilatus, and Sig Sauer: All the fun things in my life are Swiss!")
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To: Red Badger

Who did they think was going to watch?

Conservatives hate her like poison because she went after Trump.

Liberals hate her because no matter what she has done since, she had her origins at Fox News, so she is to be shunned.

Thus, no one is watching.


90 posted on 10/05/2017 2:26:39 PM PDT by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: Red Badger

A fool and their money are soon parted....................


Here’s another one that applies: Pride goeth before a fall.


91 posted on 10/05/2017 2:27:13 PM PDT by MWestMom (If you believe in everything, you believe in nothing and you will fall for anything.)
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To: Red Badger

SOP to put a performance clause in her contract, the 23 million per year is probably the top amount she would earn if she hit all the markers.


92 posted on 10/05/2017 2:27:28 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: Red Badger

"CLAP, DAMMIT!"


93 posted on 10/05/2017 2:28:57 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: Grampa Dave

You are right, liberals DO make terrible business decisions.

NBC’s high dollar contract with Megyn Kelly did not seem to take into account the fact that a television show is not a solo effort.

At Fox, Megyn Kelly had a team of people working towards her success: writers, researchers, and the people who booked guests onto the show. She also was part of a “team” of broadcast shows, with Bill O’Reilly leading in, then Megyn Kelly’s show, followed by Sean Hannity.

At NBC, it appears the NBC staffers are working against her. Guests are booked that are not appropriate for her, and it seemed earlier this week that a director gave directions to her earpiece to cut to break to a commercial break while Tom Brokaw was still talking. It also appears that NBC staffers continually badmouthing her to the press. Anything and everything to make her look bad.

I don’t think Kelly brought her former conservative audience with when she changed networks. Conservatives turned their back on her when she attacked Trump.

At NBC, the Today show is a strong lead in to her show, but I don’t think the Today show audience is interested in Megyn Kelly.
Tamron Hall was successful in the time slot before Kelly (she was probably paid a lot less money). It would be interesting to see how the ratings compare of Tamron Hall vs. Megyn Kelly.

I just don’t see a way things can work out business-wise for NBC. Since Megyn Kelly has a big, fat, contract, things will probably work out for her personally


94 posted on 10/05/2017 2:29:33 PM PDT by jeannineinsd
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To: Conserv
NBC should double down and pay her a lot more, like 200 million, then her ratings will improve, and fire everyone else in the network so there is more money for her and the rating will go so high the NBC will have the largest viewership base in the world..

s/

95 posted on 10/05/2017 2:32:43 PM PDT by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: MWestMom

MeAgain goeth before the Fall is over.............................


96 posted on 10/05/2017 2:35:34 PM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger
What’s T&A?.......................

T&A

97 posted on 10/05/2017 2:39:06 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: Red Badger

Perhaps she can interview Brock Osweiler on what it is like to have a $72 million contract and nobody wants him (correction, the Broncos want him at $1 mil as a backup QB).


98 posted on 10/05/2017 2:44:03 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Let Trump Be Trump. Would you rather have Hillary?)
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To: Parmy

What’s obscene is how these lefties all want to lecture us on the benefits of socialism and the evils of capitalism. In a fair world, they should be paid $30k each with the rest of the loot going to the state.


99 posted on 10/05/2017 2:49:21 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Let Trump Be Trump. Would you rather have Hillary?)
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To: jeannineinsd

Isn’t payback great!


100 posted on 10/05/2017 2:50:50 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Now, that Trump is kicking their asses, they, _______, want to quit. (Fill in the blank!))
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