Hmmmmm...okay...I guess I can buy that. Maybe it becomes a little more obvious in context, but I can see how that could be Carter's intended meaning, now that I consider it from that perspective. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I think that must be what he meant, because I can't come up with any other scenario where that passage would fit.
Thanks Donz. Doug Fields Tampa, FL -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of donz5 Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 6:06 PM To: TVorNotTV Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1 I wonder if Carter here is referring only to Dave's possible successors. There were none while he was at NBC until after he left, and Snyder and Kilborn were never offered such a guarantee. Thus, possibly, the reason for the phrase "first at NBC and now at CBS." This wasn't in regard to anything outside of Dave's universe, i.e., Conan and Jay. On Nov 11, 5:34 pm, <[email protected]> wrote: > huh? Am I misunderstanding something, since I'm reading that passage out of context? "and then came a deal from CBS -- one no other late-night host ... had ever had. Ferguson won a guarantee that he would be the successor to David Letterman..." > > > > Whaddaya mean, "no other late-night host" had that deal? Conan had that deal to succeed Jay, obviously. The author references it in the very next sentence. What am I missing here? That makes no sense. > > > > Doug Fields > > Tampa, FL > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1 > From: donz5 <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, November 11, 2010 5:09 pm > To: TVorNotTV <[email protected]> > This, I think, is news. re Scottish Conan Guy, page 137: > "Attention and better ratings followed, and then came a deal from CBS > -- one no other late-night host, first at NBC and now at CBS, had ever > had. Ferguson won a guarantee that he would be the successor to David > Letterman, should there ever -- heaven forbid -- be a sudden need for > a new host of Late Show. It wasn't anything like a five-year ticket to > the big chair, but it was the CBS version of the Prince of Wales > clause. Or in this case maybe, the Prince of Scots." > -- > 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 [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email [email protected] > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- 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 -- 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
