I think Craig won't be in the running for two reasons: first, Worldwide Pants, Inc (WPI) own the 11:35 and 12:37 slots. As aprt of Dave's retirement negotiation I am going to guess that CBS will get both slots back. Ten years ago, when WPI was producing Everybody Loves Raymond and other shows, there was some chance that WPI would want to continue holding those slots as producers, but not today. So if Craig wanted to move to 11:35 or even stay at 12:37 it would have to be as part of the CBS system with their choices of producers and directors.
The second reason Craig will not want the 11:35 slot is that he never saw himself as a talk show host for the long term. When he began hosting the LLS he openly talked to a lot of guests about his frustration about working in movies, especially raising money. Ten years later he has some money in the bank, a fan base, and he is going to be hosting Celebrity Name Game. My prediction is that when Dave finishes with the LS Craig will finish with the LLS, or at least play out his contract as a lame duck. As for replacing Dave, I'm torn between Julie Chen and Katie Couric. -- -- 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.
