Jay Leno took a 50 percent pay cut to alleviate staff layoffs at “The Tonight Show” last month.
As Gossip Cop reported in August, NBClaid off between 20 and 25 staffers to reduce costs on late night TV’s top-rated broadcast, with Leno taking a significant reduction in his own salary to help save other jobs.
On Friday, a network spokesperson confirmed that Leno agreed to slice his compensation in half — to $15 million.
The host also renewed his contract through September 2014.
NBC’s corporate parent Comcast reportedly tightened the show’s weekly budget from $2.3 million to $1.7 million during last month’s restructuring.
Leno, who’s hosted the show since 1992 (except for Conan O’Brien’s ill-fated 2009 interlude), has famously said that he saves every penny he earns from “The Tonight Show” and lives off the money he makes from other standup gigs.
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