On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:44 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >
I also don't ever recall hearing that opinion from Dave. And yes: this is all just a stall until the SME pays us a visit. > 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. > Here I disagree, because the brand is Dave and not "The Late Show" as evidenced by the fact that its been almost 20 years now and everyone still slips occasionally and calls it "Late Night". "The Tonight Show" was a brand. The unknown goes back to the first part of this: if the idea is the next person is "Dave's Successor", then CBS wants WWP to be involved. If it's a new show, then I would think CBS would be more likely to own the property. > 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... > > Or "Neil Patrick Harris's Cavalcade," produced by CBS, debuting around Labor Day 2015. -- -- 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.
