It's been a long time since I read it but there are pages in Bill Carter's
Late Shift book about CBS going after Leno when Carson announced he was
leaving.
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From: Joe Hass
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Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Dave talks to the New York Times
To clarify the question: I never recall, in the 20-odd years of reporting on
this topic, that CBS was interested in anyone not named David Letterman for
11:35 around 1993.
On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 4:22 PM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote:
I recall Pat Sajak.
On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Joe Hass <hassgoc...@gmail.com> wrote:
It's been a couple days, but I want to call attention to a particular
question (my emphasis in underline):
When you moved to CBS, so much was made of your rivalry with Jay Leno. In
retrospect, do you feel like this was overblown?
No, I don’t think so. It would have happened if I’d have gotten the
“Tonight” show, and he would have come here. I think people are curious to see,
well, what will happen? And we prevailed for a while, and then I lost my way a
little bit. Quite a little bit. And at that point, there was not much I could
do about it. People just liked watching his show more than they liked watching
my show.
Obviously this screams alternate universe because Jay not getting Tonight
was never a serious option, but I never recall, in the 20-odd years of
reporting on this topic, that CBS was interested in anyone not named David
Letterman for 11:35. CBS did what they did because Dave was leaving, not
because there was a change in host. Does anyone recall something I can't?
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 6:54 AM JW <redbu...@gmail.com> wrote:
A pretty candid interview with Dave Itzkoff:
www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/arts/television/david-letterman-reflects-on-33-years-in-late-night-television.html
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