On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 7:56 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote:
> One of the Esquire staff has watched Craig Ferguson's recent appearance on > Larry King's show and includes clips focused on his pending departure, > which he maintains was in the works pre-Letterman departure. (Yeah, I'm > biased, but I'm inclined to give Craig the benefit of the doubt on this.) > > No, I haven't made the time to watch the interview. > > http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/craig-ferguson-larry-king > > King was on Late Late Show Wednesday night. > I watched both King on the LLS and Ferguson on King's show. Nothing to report from the LLS as Craig was content to screw around when he has a guest who has nothing to offer. King's show was recorded on the LLS set in front of the desk with both participants sitting facing each other in chairs. The real problem was with King's interview style, which we have well documented over the years. Craig said that he had already done his network exit process when Dave announced his retirement so that slot was not offered to him. Larry asked him if he would take it if it had been offered and Craig paused and had to think about the answer. That surprised me because I thought Craig would have turned it down immediately because he didn't want network interference and the changes necessary for an earlier show. Larry asked if, as reported, CBS paid Craig $5 million for not getting the Letterman slot. Craig said that was not true. Larry, to his credit, asked if it was more and Craig laughed and told him to change the subject. Larry, several times, referred to the end of Craig's tenure as "Craig will be going off the air in December," and Craig continually corrected him to say that he will still be on TV, just not on that 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.
