On Sep 11, 1:25 pm, Diner <bwayst...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Saturday, September 10, 2011 7:00:04 PM UTC-4, PGage wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 1:47 PM, David Bruggeman <bru...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >> Granted, I'm a big Ferguson booster, but it's hard to miss the lack of > >> discussion of his show, for good or bad. Granted, the mention of Ferguson > >> having an 11:35 guarantee when Dave leaves is sort-of news, as much for it > >> conflicting with statements from SCG suggesting a lack of interest in > >> moving > >> up. > > Maybe I'm misremembering, but I think Carter reported on Ferguson's 11:35 > guarantee in his last book, right? > > -Tim
Yep -- we discussed this when Carter's book came out last November: http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv/browse_thread/thread/1f8cf3ccc033c28b/2d2013a0f9b20764?q=bill+carter&lnk=nl&# 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 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
