On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:22 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As I posted over on the Book of Face, I believe in interviews it has been >> revealed that Craig Ferguson is already under contract to take 11:35 when >> Dave leaves. Joe C argued that such contracts can always be broken, but I >> think Ferguson's combination of stoner humor and Pee Wee's Playhouse >> atmosphere would give the two Jimmys a run for their respective network's >> money. >> > > But we have also read elsewhere that while there is a kind of standard > "play me or pay me" clause in his contract that gives him right of first > refusal for the 11:35 slot, this is more of a courtesy, and Ferguson is > expected to take a pass. I have to say I hope that turns out to be the > case. >
I also seem to remember hearing that this clause also only applied if Letterman's job became vacant mid-contract, and it was as much an insurance policy for CBS as it was a courtesy to him. -- David J. Lynch [email protected] -- -- 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/d/optout.
