On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 2:17 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dave is pretty much a wash, unless he or others count outlasting Leno as >> a win (I confess I kind of do - Dave started before Leno and finishes after >> him). He enters the new era as unambiguously the old guy, and the pressure >> will no doubt built on CBS to go younger, though unless and until a >> compelling candidate emerges I don't expect that pressure to get too >> intense for a while. He probably is a marginal winner, in that if NBC had >> stayed with Conan and Kimmell had moved to 11:35, the pressure to replace >> Dave with someone younger would have built earlier. >> > > I firmly believe that CBS will not replace Dave unless one of two things > happens: > > 1. Dave dies. > 2. Dave decides he's done (which may happen at any moment). > > There is simply too much in that relationship (and CBS is not nearly as > stupid as NBC) for Les to go to the Ed and have "The Talk" with Dave. > > As for the other scenario (Conan stays at Tonight), I stand firm with the > same two options. I am not equating Dave with Johnny. But for at least one > generation, Dave is their late night hero, and no one is the same. > I don't disagree with this superficially. But I think one of the things that would factor into Dave deciding to leave is the growing sense that he was not wanted, or was holding CBS back. If Stephen Colbert was doing a popular 12:35 show at CBS, I don't think CBS would fire Dave, but I do think the pressure would be strong for Dave to step down. -- -- 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.
