Posted on 01/11/2019 8:10:37 PM PST by EdnaMode
It’s official: Megyn Kelly has parted ways with NBC, three months after being yanked off the air.
Kelly and the Peacock network have officially reached an exit agreement, according to CNN, that will see the anchor walk away with every penny of her original three-year, $69 million contract, even though she’s leaving more than a year early. (Kelly joined the network in 2017 after a successful stint at Fox News.) “The parties have resolved their differences, and Megyn Kelly is no longer an employee of NBC,” the network said in a statement on Friday night.
Kelly’s daytime talk show Megyn Kelly Today was cancelled in October after a series of on-air controversies, with the host coming under fire for not understanding why dressing in blackface for Halloween is wrong. The ratings weren’t great, either: Megyn Kelly Today was regularly topped by time slot rival Live! With Kelly and Ryan. Kelly’s nighttime news magazine Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly was a misfire as well, with NBC quietly pulling it off the schedule after just eight airings.
According to the terms of the exit agreement, Kelly will be subject to a nondisparagement clause, per CNN, forbidding her from telling all about her time at NBC. She will, however, be free to pursue another on-air gig: The exit reportedly contains no non-compete clause, so Kelly can start working for another network at any time.
Glad she put the hurt on NBC
Unbelievable.
I agree, I think Josh Hamilton is still getting paid $28 million a year from the California Angels and he hasn’t played in 5 years. And won’t ever play again.
This is what winning looks like.
*snicker
Please. Let’s all finally get real. No human is worth $69 million sitting around talking for an hour a day.
I guarantee if only one million per year were offered, EVERY network could find some smart, attractive, personable ratings-grabber from the vast community of local television reporters, and the ratings-grabber would be happy with the money.
The bucks paid by the “News Division” to people like Megan are financial science-fiction. Their accountants should rip them a new one.
They’re handing her a little over one third of $69 million. While that’s still a fortune, it’s not as much as the article wants us to think it is.
Bobby Bonilla, a former major leaguer with the Mets, hasn’t played since 2001. He’s been paid $1.19 million per year by the Mets since than and will continue to be through 2026.
“I dislike MeAgain, but I dislike NBC more, so this is good.”
I agree with you. NBC has really gone downhill.
How can a thread go this far and not point out the irony of the amount. I mean $69 million?
Yes, She was going good and then stopped and turned around.....
Guess it pays to be a failure these days !
Lol
...or Robert Mewler.
Well, the Megyn shutdown is over and she got paid. Everyone else will too. It’s all good.
They didn’t “reach a deal,” Megyn Kelly took her money and left.
With that payout maybe she’ll just disappear
CBS Les Moonves must be wondering how she got the money while he lost $120 million. He will sue for discrimination.....
NBC has agreed to pay her ‘the remainder’ of the money, believed to be close to $30 million of the $69 million 3 yr. contract....BTW she has signed a “non-disparagement” clause limiting what she can ‘say about NBC’... But she didn’t sign a non-compete agreement.
NBC hired Megyn Kelly because of her unprofessional anti-Trump attitude at the Presidential debate. Hiring her was supposed to be a slap in the face to Donald Trump.
After she was hired, NBC had to deal with the fact that Today crew and audience didn’t like her. They spent a lot of money to lose market share.
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