On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>wrote:
> And Aguilera, as well--there are three other people with her in the > silly-looking red chairs and I would say that Adam Levine, Blake Shelton > and Cee-Lo Green (and Purrfect the cat) are as integral to the success of > "The Voice" as Xtina. If I really wanted to go crazy, I could even say > that Carson the Tool is as integral as the four judges. > Right - and if you replaced Christina (who I believe is paid significantly more than the other judges) with a popular female singer who was paid half as much, how many viewers would the show lose? Not many I suspect, and the per-viewer cost of the replacement judge would be much smaller. OTOH, there are other factors that may be at play. For all I know NBC was able to charge more for advertising minutes for The Voice (at least at first) based solely on the strength of Christina's name. -- 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
