Sloppy writing on my part: Conan was announced as Dave's successor while Dave was still hosting LN; Dave even had Conan on as a guest. But Dave had announced his own departure months before, and so any succession news had zero impact on Dave's own plans.
On Nov 11, 6:06 pm, donz5 <do...@aol.com> wrote: > I wonder if Carter here is referring only to Dave's possible > successors. There were none while he was at NBC until after he left, > and Snyder and Kilborn were never offered such a guarantee. Thus, > possibly, the reason for the phrase "first at NBC and now at CBS." > This wasn't in regard to anything outside of Dave's universe, i.e., > Conan and Jay. > > On Nov 11, 5:34 pm, <d...@flids.net> wrote: > > > > > huh? Am I misunderstanding something, since I'm reading that passage out > > of context? "and then came a deal from CBS -- one no other late-night host > > ... had ever had. Ferguson won a guarantee that he would be the successor > > to David Letterman..." > > > > > > Whaddaya mean, "no other late-night host" had that deal? Conan had that > > deal to succeed Jay, obviously. The author references it in the very next > > sentence. What am I missing here? That makes no sense. > > > > > > Doug Fields > > > Tampa, FL > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: The War For Late Night: Chapter 1 > > From: donz5 <do...@aol.com> > > Date: Thu, November 11, 2010 5:09 pm > > To: TVorNotTV <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> > > This, I think, is news. re Scottish Conan Guy, page 137: > > "Attention and better ratings followed, and then came a deal from CBS > > -- one no other late-night host, first at NBC and now at CBS, had ever > > had. Ferguson won a guarantee that he would be the successor to David > > Letterman, should there ever -- heaven forbid -- be a sudden need for > > a new host of Late Show. It wasn't anything like a five-year ticket to > > the big chair, but it was the CBS version of the Prince of Wales > > clause. Or in this case maybe, the Prince of Scots." > > -- > > 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 totvorno...@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > > totvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- 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 tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
