In an email our tipster, who worked out of Access Hollywood's LA office and was one of those unfortunately laid off, said this:

"It was a bloodbath and came out of nowhere! They laid off a ton of people."

We don't have much more information, but maybe you do—If so, send us an email to fill us in! Did Billy Bush get canned? Does Nancy O'Dell still have a job? A nation anxiously waits to know.

UPDATE: A source close to the show contacted Gawker after this post went up to inform us that the "bloodbath" consisted of seven Los Angeles-based Access Hollywood staffers that were laid off today.

We also received this statement from an NBC Universal spokesperson:

"We continue to think strategically about how we can conduct our business in this changing economy."

Flackery at its finest ladies and gentleman.

As TV Week points out, the rival anchor from Access Hollywood has yet to appear in a single ETOnline post about the upcoming season:

"‘Dancing With the Stars' has called 13 new celebrities to the dance floor and, for the first time, three real-life couples will battle in the ballroom-‘ET' reveals the dance partner pairing," reads the beginning of the story, but it then only lists 12 competitors. Guess who's missing?

This seems to us entirely unsportsmanlike, as Access Hollywood was more than generous in their coverage of ET regular Marie Osmond's Nutrisystem-induced fainting spell and subsequent descent into babydoll madness. You can't simply will Ms. O'Dell out of existence, ET! She's in it to win it, and sooner or later, you'll be forced to acknowledge her sizzling Cha-cha-chá.

• ‘ET' Dances Around O'Dell Casting on ‘Dancing' [TV Week]