Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day

2014-12-12 Thread K.M. Richards
MeTV (and Antenna TV, and Retro, and Cozi) doesn't lose big brand advertisers because of the "currentness" of their programming. If that were the case, TV Land wouldn't get those ads either. The problem is that the classic diginets have far too much of their viewership over the age of 55, whi

[TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day

2014-12-12 Thread JW
One other reason not to show the Best of Dave during the interregnum, as much as I'd like to see it: There'll be enough pressure on Colbert moving behind the Late Show desk without reminding people of how high a bar Letterman could set. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You recei

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day

2014-12-11 Thread PGage
On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > > On Wed Dec 10 2014 at 2:54:32 PM PGage wrote: > >> "David Letterman has set May 20 as his sign-off from CBS' Late Show. The >> date coincides with the end of the current TV season, and will pave the way >> for his replacement, Stephen Colbert,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day

2014-12-11 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > >> On Wed Dec 10 2014 at 2:54:32 PM PGage wrote: >> >>> "David Letterman has set May 20 as his sign-off from CBS' Late Show. The >>> date coincides with the end of the current TV season, and

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day

2014-12-11 Thread Tom Wolper
On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Joe Hass wrote: > On Wed Dec 10 2014 at 2:54:32 PM PGage wrote: > >> "David Letterman has set May 20 as his sign-off from CBS' Late Show. The >> date coincides with the end of the current TV season, and will pave the way >> for his replacement, Stephen Colbert, t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day

2014-12-11 Thread Joe Hass
On Wed Dec 10 2014 at 2:54:32 PM PGage wrote: > "David Letterman has set May 20 as his sign-off from CBS' Late Show. The > date coincides with the end of the current TV season, and will pave the way > for his replacement, Stephen Colbert, to take the Late Show reins in > September. Programming pl

[TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day

2014-12-11 Thread JW
Bill Carter on the transition: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/11/business/media/david-letterman-to-leave-the-late-show-in-may.html -- -- 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 gr

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day

2014-12-10 Thread David Lynch
On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 2:54 PM, PGage wrote: > Programming plans for the summer are yet to be determined." Anyone want to put odds on that week of "The Talk After Dark" during the Late Late Show's interregnum being a beta-test for summer replacement programming? Or an over/under on how much o

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day

2014-12-10 Thread Tom Wolper
On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 7:19 PM, Mark Jeffries wrote: > Interesting that Dave's last day will be a Wednesday, which I suspect is > the final day of the May sweeps (for him, the final 25 minutes, unless > Nielsen counts midnight-5 a.m. or some such as part of the previous day). > Over at alt.fan.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day

2014-12-10 Thread Mark Jeffries
Interesting that Dave's last day will be a Wednesday, which I suspect is the final day of the May sweeps (for him, the final 25 minutes, unless Nielsen counts midnight-5 a.m. or some such as part of the previous day). Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Dec 10, 201

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day

2014-12-10 Thread Joe Coughlin
Since Colbert is taking over the Ed Sullivan, it's impossible for him to debut right after Dave ends his run as you'd have to build the new set in the theater. And yeah, while SC might be taking a few weeks off after TCR wraps, I imagine he'll be working hard to staff up and create the look and fe

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day

2014-12-10 Thread Kevin M.
On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 12:58 PM, PGage wrote: > I think I am surprised (I know I am pleased) that he is going through most > of May - I had been thinking February. > > I am also thinking Colbert has been kind of coy about his Late Show plans > on CR until Dave formally announced an end date. I s

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day

2014-12-10 Thread PGage
I think I am surprised (I know I am pleased) that he is going through most of May - I had been thinking February. I am also thinking Colbert has been kind of coy about his Late Show plans on CR until Dave formally announced an end date. I suppose we will now hear something more specific from him t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day

2014-12-10 Thread PGage
On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Jon Delfin wrote: > None yet. A separate announcement will be made. > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 3:49 PM, M-D November > wrote: > >> Any word if Colbert takes over right away (like Leno did when Carson >> bowed out), or will there be a grace period of Dave reruns

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day

2014-12-10 Thread Jon Delfin
None yet. A separate announcement will be made. On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 3:49 PM, M-D November wrote: > Any word if Colbert takes over right away (like Leno did when Carson bowed > out), or will there be a grace period of Dave reruns? > > On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 12:15:07 PM UTC-6, Brad Be

[TV orNotTV] Re: Dave's last day

2014-12-10 Thread M-D November
Any word if Colbert takes over right away (like Leno did when Carson bowed out), or will there be a grace period of Dave reruns? On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 12:15:07 PM UTC-6, Brad Beam wrote: > > May 20, 2015 > > Letterman sets 'Late Show' exit > > http://usat.ly/1AfXTbr > > > Sent from m