New York Times piece mentions Stewart's declining ratings. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/06/business/media/jon-stewart-a-sarcastic-critic-of-politics-and-media-signs-off.html Sent from TypeMail
On Aug 4, 2015, 2:03 PM, at 2:03 PM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: >It's worth noting that JJ Abrams also got into the final run, >ostensibly to >talk about MI for which he's a producer. In the event the discussion >was >mostly about Star Wars. > >Mind you, has Stewart admitted, he's a big enough fan of Abrams to have >wanted him on the show anyway. > > >Adam > >On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 8:51 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> n Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> >wrote: >>> >>>> My apologies for the tardiness (did anyone else know raising an >almost >>>> two-year-old takes up a ton of your time?). >>>> >>>> My fundamental question is why did this interview occur in the >first >>>> place? This is the equivalent of Dave doing an interview with >someone on a >>>> promo junket in early May. Did no one at TDS have the power to say, >"You >>>> know, we're kinda booked up for the rest of the run, and we're sure >you >>>> kids can find loss of other outlets for your wackiness."? >>>> >>> I think Cruise is still considered a rare and major "get" for a talk >>> show. It may be a vestige of his past success or he could still have >a big >>> following that makes it worth having him on TDS. >>> >> >> Perhaps that would have made sense almost any other month than this >one >> for TDS; but given that he was inside of his last ten shows. It >seems >> unlikely he really needed or wanted or ratings goose now. I am more >likely >> to believe Viacom wanted the marketing push for MI. >> >> -- >> -- >> 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. -- -- 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.
