If Savannah fails, she becomes Deborah Norville redux and they make another move. But if she succeeds, then they are back on track -- a track they derailed from as far back as the Meredith Vieira hire. Don't get me wrong, Vieira was(is) a great host and very well qualified, but back when Katie left the time was right for Matt to play the Mentor and groom the next Katie -- not share the spotlight. Had they done that, Matt wouldn't have all the leverage in the recent contract negotiations as by now the mentee would be ready to be the mentor to the next male host.
Savannah can be fed just the right amount of involvement as she grows into the role. As for Curry, just because Matt went from newsreader to host doesn't mean anyone else in that role should expect to follow suit, regardless of how many years on the show. Curry wasn't the right choice then just as Natalie Morales wasn't the right choice now.so I give credit to Capus at least for making a logical choice. Finally, Hoda Kotb would not have been the right choice either. Not that she couldn't do the job today, but because she'd likely leave (or be forced out) before whomever is Matt's replacement would be ready to take on the senior role. Ron Casalotti Wayne, NJ On Monday, July 2, 2012 3:10:52 PM UTC-4, calwatch wrote: > > And if Savannah fails, then what? At least Jay was a proven commodity > in the late night time slot. > > On Jul 2, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Tom Wolper <twol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 11:42 AM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> The link that ties the Conan situation to Curry is NBC's cultural > inability > >> to make tough decisions (a culture apparently unaffected by recent > corporate > >> changes). In latenight, they could not really commit to one host; > keeping > >> them both around tempted them to give into dickishness when times got a > >> little tough. In terms of being dicks, they would have been better off > >> either going all in with Conan originally and wishing Leno the best in > >> whatever future endeavors he wanted to pursue; or going all in with > Leno and > >> telling Conan he could either wait around until Leno decided to hang it > up, > >> or wish him well on his future endeavors. Similarly with Curry, they > could > >> have (should have, IMO) passed her by in the first place as co-host, > but no > >> doubt were afraid she would burn them somehow at CNN (or wherever). > >> > >> Now, that is just on the dick-scale; maybe just in terms of business > both > >> decisions have been pretty good. When NBC made their original Conan > deal > >> they thought Leno was going to either retire or be waning in popularity > by > >> the time the transition rolled around. When it turned out Leno was both > >> interested in continuing and still popular, NBC engaged in a > complicated > >> series of moves the result of which kept the guy with the proven track > >> record in harness. In the morning, they have found a way to get a more > >> popular female co-host while keeping a potentially effective rival away > from > >> their competition. > > > > Part of a business's brand is the way they treat their employees. > > People who watch a show regularly build up an attachment to the stars > > or hosts and they hold it against the show or the network if they feel > > the star/host is badly treated. Not promoting Ann Curry after 14 years > > on the show is disloyalty even if there are better hosts out there. > > NBC comes off as dickish when they are trying to deal with impossible > > situations. As your last paragraph suggests, if they end up looking > > like dicks and their decisions work out in the long run, they are > > probably happy with those outcomes. > > > > -- > > 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 > -- 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
