On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Jan 11, 3:30 pm, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > The first thing I would say they could offer Conan is lots more money, > > in effect overpaying him to keep him pretending to be a team player. > > If Conan wants to branch out to producing prime time shows, like > > Worldwide Pants did, maybe NBC can offer up some production deals. In > > a TV Week articles Bob links to, NBC's Gaspin said the PR problem > > overshadowed the contractual problem when it came to affiliate > > relations. I think it does with Conan also. > > He's already tried doing prime time shows on NBC--remember > "Lost?" (No, not that "Lost"--the reality competition show.) > Remember the Andy Richter-as-a-private-dick sitcom that the critics > loved and got bad ratings? Both Conaco productions. > > And do these development deals for late-night guys come up with any > hits other than "Raymond" and "Bloopers and Practical Jokes?" (Carson > produced the latter with Dick Clark, in case you forgot, because his > company produced his special "The World's Greatest Practical Jokes" > and a series of specials on commercials that got folded into > "Bloopers.") Shame Kimmel doesn't have the same sensibilities as > ABC's prime time audience, or Jackhole Industries would get a > development deal. > > Carson produced the popular show "Amen" for NBC for about 6 or 7 seasons, if memory serves. But it's not like prime time success is a given. Most pilots fail, most series fail. Conan has had 2 shows, two failures. Doesn't mean he will always fail. Carson didn't produce much either outside of the shows we've mentioned. > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround
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