I am delighted. My all-time favorite late night host is being replaced by my second favorite late night host.
The article confirms they will keep the name of the show - I have not seen anything yet about whether WWP will still be a co-owner of the show. If they are keeping the name, then I think that means WWP (and, unless something changes, Dave) would be a co-owner and thus boss of Colbert, unless WWP decides to sell its interest to CBS. I don't know what Allen thought of Parr, or Parr Johnny, but this is shaping up as the smoothest transition in the history of late night television (such as that is). I will start speculation on yet another front - what happens to Comedy Central after TDS now? The article says Colbert told his staff they are all coming with him, which is great (he probably has the best comedy writing staff in television). I guess it was unlikely they were ever going to get Dennis Miller (or whoever) to come in and replace Colbert to host the Colbert Report, but if they want a second show to follow TDS they will be starting from scratch. I wonder if they thought of this when Oliver was leaving, or has the idea always been to move the Hardwick show (which I have to admit I have never seen) to 11:30? On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 12:19 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Details from EW. >> >> http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/04/10/stephen-colbert-letterman/ >> >> Let's see where the idle speculation shifts. I'd guess an hour later, >> but that's just me. >> > > The idle speculation will shift to the timetable: when Dave leaves, when > Colbert starts, the venue, and the late slot. > > My speculation is that Dave leaves at the end of May sweeps after a month > of big-name guests, then a summer of Best-of- Dave reruns going back to > shows throughout the run, and Colbert starts in the fall. For venue, I > thought CBS would go back to a smaller studio to save money, possibly in > LA. They want to cut costs on the show and a new host might have trouble > filling the Ed every night. But Colbert is probably the only host who can > fill the Ed and he's identified enough with NY television that there's no > reason to move west. I don't know what will happen at 12:37. Between the LA > Times reporting that CBS execs think that Craig is "too eccentric" for > 11:35 and Variety reporting that there has been a recent chill in relations > between Craig and Worldwide Pants, I'd say he won't continue. > > -- > -- > 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.
