Eugene David
...The One-Minute Pundit

Thursday, May 01, 2008


"Beautiful Downtown Burbank" is getting lots of super-expensive office space. Why?

The ratio of support staff to the number of people who actually perform in and produce some television shows, for instance, has doubled or even tripled in the last decade, said Muhlstein, an entertainment industry specialist with Cushman & Wakefield who negotiated the NBC deal.

"The typical talk show starring one person, like 'Ellen,' has 150 support staff," Muhlstein said. "Jay Leno has 200."


How many did Jack Paar need?

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