On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 6:55 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is outstanding. Thank you. Here's my one follow-up. Assume that Host > Dave decides to retire (at the end of whatever contract that might be) and > WWP and CBS agrees to continue their deal. Has Dave ever indicated that > he'd look at the new person as either "the second host of The Late Show" or > "the new host of the 11:35 program on CBS"? > I have not seen or read everything that Dave has said (there is an obvious expert on this here and I will wait with the rest for the definitive word), but I have seen and read a lot, and I do not recall him expressing an opinion about who would replace him, or if he would like LS to continue without him. My guess though is that there is significantly less value to CBS in having WWP do a show for them if it is not called "The Late Show". So even if CBS would want a non-Late Show from WWP, they almost certainly would pay less for it without the Late Show brand. CBS suffered so long without a brand name for a late night talk show that it seems unthinkable that they would willingly let their very successful brand go with Dave's retirement without offering a pretty good price to WWP to keep it going. So, yes, I do expect to see 'Late Show with John Oliver", produced by Worldwide Pants, debuting on CBS sometime around Labor Day of 2014... -- -- 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.
