Disagree - mainly because TV executives are demo-obsessed douchebags in any reality.
Assuming Conan still gets Late Night when Dave takes over Carson's show, and assuming Dave threw some serious support behind Conan, I still see Conan taking over the Tonight Show (albeit sometime around now rather than in 2009) because even edgy alternate reality Leno would be considered "too old" to retain the demo against the competition by 2014. CBS will still have pulled the trigger on a late night show at some point, realizing the potential revenue from the daypart, possibly bringing over Arsenio's show from syndication or grabbing some SNL talent from NBC. (Who here wouldn't have watched "Late Show with Phil Hartman"?) I'm also thinking Jon Stewart still goes to TDS, although he could have been considered for the CBS job (or so the Larry Sanders Show would lead us to believe). Of course, when Conan moves up to Tonight, someone still has to take over Late Night, and assuming Lorne is still Master of his Domain and the SNL landscape isn't too different, Fallon would still be in good position for taking that spot. Really, the guy who loses most from the "Dave gets Tonight" scenario is Craig Ferguson, who probably doesn't get the opportunity at 12:35 since there's no Snyder > Kilborne transition. And who wins most (other then Dave)? Bob Costas, who is allowed to continue Later as the spiritual successor to Tom Snyder's Tomorrow Show. -- -- 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.
