On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> wow, what a bunch of polly-ticking rambling "see how great we did". >> >> perhaps I read it too fast, but I don't think I saw any actual comments >> from Colbert. >> > > My guess is that the days of the deal Carson made with NBC, meaning the > host's production company owns the show and in some cases the following > time slot, have ended. CBS is going to own the show and Colbert will be an > employee. So if Moonves says the show is staying at the Ed, that's enough. > Owning the show is an extraordinary thing that you only get when you have so much power (like Carson at NBC and Letterman at CBS). No one starts with it. If Colbert brings huge numbers and makes the network a lot of dough, then it's something he can have...maybe. -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- 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.
