Lyin’ Brian is toast, and NBC knows it. At this point, the bulk of the effort NBC puts into this, will be in trying to figure the most graceful way out of their relationship with him.
“At this point, the bulk of the effort NBC puts into this, will be in trying to figure the most graceful way out of their relationship with him.”
I tend to agree. The Tonight Show appearance is probably there to give him a last-ditch effort to save his bacon, but the network has to know the guy’s credibility is most likely shot with their viewers.
To kick Williams out the door...they would need to have some graceful five-star character ready to enter. There presently is no such person within NBC. Maybe they could recruit someone within the recently terminated CNN staff or find someone ready to go within CBS or ABC.
If you ask me....this internal probe is mostly a time-delay thing while they go and search for the replacement guy/gal and hopefully get three months to work the deal.