I think KO CAN be mellow - look at the "Fridays with Thurber" segments that ended the week on Countdown for many years. One big difference would be the stakes - if KO were to take over LLS, he'd have to be an entertainer first, journalist (or however he thinks of himself) second, so presumably he'd bring a kinder, gentler Keith to the table. And he's proven over the years that he can be quite funny when we wants to be.
But assuming all this came to pass, there'd have to be a major format shift at LLS back to the Snyder format - small studio, no audience, one guest per night - and the affiliates might bawk at that. Many non-O&O stations already push SCG back 30 minutes (I noticed this on the CBS affils in Baton Rouge and New Orleans last week - presumably this was to push LLS back to beyond midnight CST), and that's for a show with a robot skeleton and a panto horse; they might be inclined to push serious conversation back even further into late night (assuming LLS is must-carry for non-O&Os). On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 2:26:21 AM UTC-5, PGage wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Dave Sikula <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Wild speculation with nothing to back it up: What if Letterman saw him as >> another Tom Snyder (good interviewer, wide interests, wild card), and >> signed him to either take over the Late Show or replace Ferguson once Craig >> moves on? >> >> Just spitballing ... > > > I love that idea. > > I don't think it is wild speculation at all that Dave sees him as somewhat > in the same mode as Snyder. I think there is zero chance Olbermann would > ever take over Late Show, but LLS seems to be at least a reasonable > possibility. That would require KO to mellow enough to accept the crazy old > uncle role. Could happen... > > Looks like we are imagining Keith ending up somewhere in the CBS family of > networks, which I guess makes sense since he has already worked for the > ABC, NBC and Fox family of networks... > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
