On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 6:08 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > As others have noted, I have kind of been expecting something like this, > but I do think there may be a little more to it. Oliver sounded very strung > out in the run up to the debut of his show, but as he begins to find his > stride it does seem like he would have more, rather than less time for The > Bugle. Didn't they start taping it on Thursdays recently? > > Here is my idle speculation, base on nothing substantial: Has been a bit > of a strain in the Oliver-Zaltzman relationship lately? Maybe it is my own > projection, or just fatigue on their part, but their chemistry has not > sounded quite the same. I know Oliver travelled to London recently and > spent some time with Zaltzman - in my imagination that was an attempt to > work things out, and maybe it has not been successful? > > My takeaway from the hiatus is simpler and not revolving around any behind-the-scenes friction at The Bugle. Instead, in pragmatic terms, Oliver found himself with two topical shows, having to choose which show got his best material. The Bugle is produced earliest in the week, but he gets next to no money for it, so he found himself saving his good stuff for HBO, which wasn't fair to the Bugle. I think if you look at recent Bugles, there is more reaction from Oliver than contribution. So for the sake of both shows, better to not produce them at the same time.
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