They sell ads in blocks across both shows. With Letterman's ratings down it would be harder to bundle ads with Ferguson.
Sent from TypeMail On Dec 11, 2015, 3:34 AM, at 3:34 AM, JW <[email protected]> wrote: >> This is what I want more from them - Colbert >> making fun of JB's outfits and jazziness; JB >> making fun of how white and nerdy Colbert is. > >I don't think Mr. Batiste is nearly as interested in participating in >that >as you'd like. There have been a couple of times where Colbert set >Batiste >up with easy chances to deliver a line, and Batiste just let them pass. >Maybe as Jon becomes more comfortable, he'll be more willing to engage, >but >he's apparently not looking to be Paul Shaffer. (And if that's not who >he >is, he's doing the right thing.) > >I found the following quote from one of the Variety articles >interesting: > >"And late-night is now a very profitable thing for us with Colbert and >[James] Corden [of ‘The Late Late Show’], while as in the latter years >of >Letterman and [Craig] Ferguson it wasn’t,” said Leslie Moonves, chief >executive of CBS, at a November presentation to investors. > >It's easy to imagine that Dave and his longtime staff had gotten very >expensive. But the Late Late Show? They must have paid Ferguson a LOT >of >money, because they certainly didn't put it into the production. >Corden's >show looks more expensive, so he must be getting a lot less than Craig >was. > >-- >-- >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.
