On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 12:38 AM, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > > Correct me if I'm mistaken, but doesn't SCG get first dibs/right of first > > refusal at 11:35 per his most recent contract? (I know Craig has said he > > doesn't WANT 11:35, but technically he's got the right to it.) > > My recollection is that's in case Dave is suddenly unable to do The > Late Show, not the orderly ascension we're discussing.
The most recent thing I have been able to find about this is that 2012 NYT article I linked to earlier, reporting his contract extension through 2014: "Mr. Ferguson. His previous contracts with CBS have included what amounts to a ''Prince of Wales'' clause, giving Mr. Ferguson the right to inherit the late-night show in the 11:35 p.m. time period should Mr. Letterman decide to leave. (Those clauses have never been ironclad, however, because a network can choose to pay off the deal rather than complete the succession, as Mr. Letterman learned when Mr. Leno was chosen to succeed Mr. Carson in 1992.)" It is not clear from this and other media reports if that "Prince of Wales" clause got included in the contract extension - and obviously, CBS can get out of that anyway if they want to, and as JW notes, Ferguson has said that he does not really see himself at 11:35. -- -- 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.
