RE: [TV orNotTV] Letterman retiring in 2015, supposedly

Fri, 04 Apr 2014 08:36:06 -0700

Seriously?  I'd rank Stewart second, behind Letterman, and on a par with Craig Ferguson (in the sense that Ferguson's interviews are usually entertaining, if they're not necessarily all that serious)...at least among those hosts whose shows are primarily entertainment-centric.

I'm also going to be interested in what CBS tries to do.  The pickin's for a replacement seem awfully slim to me.  I can't imagine them completely abandoning late night, with the investment they made in the franchise over the last 20 years, but the wrong choice for a replacement host (or a replacement show, for that matter) could have disastrous results.

Doug Fields
Tampa, FL

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Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Letterman retiring in 2015, supposedly
From: PGage <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, April 04, 2014 11:04 am
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>

I doubt Stewart wants the job. And I'm not sure he would be particularly good at it. Stewart may be the worst celebrity interviewer currently working in late night.

It will be interesting to see if CBS Decides to compete directly with ABC and  NBC with someone who can do Internet size bits of comedy aimed at the young. Or if they do more counterprogramming serving their older audience and those not disposed to the comedy of the Jimmy's.

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On Friday, April 4, 2014, Doug Fields <[email protected]> wrote:
I can’t think of anybody who’s as qualified and ready to go right now as Jon Stewart.  There was a period of 2-3 years just before The Daily Show when Worldwide Pants (Letterman’s production company) had Stewart on a retainer, but they apparently never found the right project for him.
 
He’s got the interviewing skills down, and could easily handle a monologue.  After some of the stuff they’ve done at TDS, imagine what he could do with a CBS-sized production budget.
 
Doug Fields
Tampa, FL
 
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Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 11:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Letterman retiring in 2015, supposedly
 
 
Of these, for me, please not Ferguson, DeGeneres or Seinfeld. I am not really familiar with Handler. Each of the rest would be interesting - I like Poehler (but then, why not Fey?).
 
Craig Ferguson
Chelsea Handler
Amy Poehler
Ellen DeGeneres
Stephen Colbert
Louis CK
Jerry Seinfeld
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