Colbert is his replacment
On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 5:10 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 8:01 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> 2. I think Dave is exercising a lot more control over his exit than >>> Carson did over his. It really is a myth that Johnny went out on his own >>> terms - Leno's ratings were higher than Carson's, and there was panic over >>> the age of Carson's audience, and open grumbling from NBC and affiliates >>> over when he would retire. Johnny stopped all of that by announcing his >>> retirement, and then got to bask in the nostalgic glory, which was smart, >>> but he was already having the door pointed out to him, if not outright >>> shown to him. >>> >> >> A couple issues with this: >> >> * If I remember correctly, it was when Helen Kushnik put that story in >> the NY Post that Carson's fuse was lit which would blow at the affiliates >> meeting (which was done to effectively shock NBC, which wasn't telling him >> they were thinking of dumping him). >> >> * According to his story, it started to dawn on him last fall when he and >> Harry went fishing. I don't think Letterman would've waited that long to >> pull the trigger unless something else happened: either he waited for Leno >> to wrap up (unlikely), or he wanted to see what would happen with Fallon. I >> don't think he left because of Fallon, but when Fallon took off like a >> rocket, he either thought "Johnny would approve of him" (which, given how >> much he truly respected The Tonight Show as an institution, much like Conan >> O'Brien did, I think is at least a >0% possibility) or "The game's clearly >> changed, and I'm good." >> > > Kushnik may have lit the fuse, but there was already plenty of kindling > among affiliates griping about Carson and agitating for a change. I don't > think there has been any of that with Dave in the last 12 to 18 months. If > Carson had not announced he was retiring, there is no doubt NBC was going > to start pushing him out; OTOH, if Dave wanted to resign right now for 3 > more years I am sure Les would co-sign it in a second. > > Dave will be 67 when he retires - the same age Carson was when he retired. > Dave will have been a late night TV host for 33 years when he retired, > which I think is 3 or 4 years more than Carson did. Unlike Carson, Dave has > a young son and a relatively happy marriage. At this point, the question is > not "Why is Dave retiring?", but "Why is he still working?" I don't think > there is anything that Fallon did our could have done that would have > changed his mind about staying around any longer than he already is. > > -- > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
