Dave Letterman - c/d?

talk show hosts are a weird occupation, you never really know who will do well in that job until they do it, and a lot of attempts to just throw some likable and famous actor or comedian behind a desk have failed. so it's like, even if Conan wouldn't necessarily thrive in Dave's spot, who else is even a remotely safe bet to take that timeslot on that network, besides, like, John Stewart, who will never do it?

i thought john stewart wanted to do that

really? i always got the sense that he would hate to move from TDS to a more trad 60 minute talk show and that people always bring him up as a candidate for those types of jobs with zero encouragement from him

I think Stewart's been approached a few times for a network gig (most recently for Fallon's job) but wasn't interested.

jon stewart btw

yeah sorry after the first time i posted 'john' instead of 'jon' i was all doh what's wrong with me

"hasn't CO'B proven he can't draw enough at 11:35 for a network? tho who knows what the standard will be 2 years from now."

But he was against Dave then, he'll be against Jay "Big Jaw" Leno in 2014.

And every network (except maybe Nickelodeon) wants to skew younger.

iirc 'jon' stewart interviewed extensively for and really wanted the show they gave to kimmel, so maybe hes into the 1130 spot but not 1230

but also he couldve changed his mind since then

interviewed by oprah on 1 of her own network shows, worth finding imo

So who is going to take over for Dave? Ferguson??

Whoa, wait. You aren't just being hypothetical!

http://www.businessinsider.com/david-letterman-retiring-2014-4

They should replace him with Leno.

three years longer than Carson

He's been coasting for a while, but weirdly, I'm gonna miss the guy.

Anyway, to answer ss's question, I'm going with Tom Green.

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I'm really going to miss him, he's been on since I can remember. Can't fathom who could possibly replace him. I love Ferguson, but he wouldn't work at the earlier time slot.

ferguson is the only talk show i really catch any of w/ any regularity and he would be an interesting contrast w/ the jimmys though so much of what works about his show is due to it being the late show. i did watch some of last night's letterman w/ bill murray hijacking the monologue. several years back word was jon stewart was the heir apparent and supposedly getting to pick his successor was part of the deal when he was flirting w/ jumping to abc a few years back but i can't imagine there's any way jon stewart leaves the little kingdom he's built. i know he's phoned it in for quite awhile now but he was still the best at 11:30. the interview baldwin did w/ him on his podcast a couple of years back it seemed like he'd finally achieved some measure of peace or maturity, the show was finally just a job and he seemed more focused on his family. guy's impact and influence on comedy in this country can't be overstated.

i like ferguson well enough, but he seems more a curiosity than an 11:30 competitor. if he really has a right of first refusal clause i don't see cbs not buying him out.

get this guy imo

http://nowhitenoise.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/louie-4.jpg

i have given this a lot of thought over the past :38, and i endorse any of the following to replace david letterman

• conan o'brien
• crispin glover
• ray liotta
• alex jones
• sarah palin

OMG, I would love to see Sarah Palin host a network Tonight Show-styled variety show! At least I would for the three days she lasted. Where do I sign!?

guy's impact and influence on comedy in this country can't be overstated.

OTMFM. His 80s shows were total game-changers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9eYkpgeeI8

letterman is great.

glad to see him go

i know he's phoned it in for quite awhile now but he was still the best at 11:30.

I haven't watched a whole show since the Clinton administration but in those first couple years after Leno took over from Carson Letterman was a balm.

same with me (haven't watched a full show in years). but letterman's brand of humor will make him cool forever. especially compared to unfunny jay leno.

i don know how i feel about this prediction these days but the timing is kind of perfect

so Conan on Dave the other night leaves me thinking they are doing a little prepro on a dave leaving the CBS 11:30 slot/conan taking over move. some super quick research shows they have both recently renewed their contracts through April 2014. its just a hunch but it feels like a strong one.

― fine with 49 (sunny successor), Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:05 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i mean it would be kind of perfect for Conan, right? Also by then Dave will be the longest running late night talk show host

― fine with 49 (sunny successor), Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:07 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dave is losing to leno/fallon repeats at the mo so i guess CBS is used to it and maybe looking long term to when leno finally gives it up and fallon or some other non-comp take the tonight show and everybody is all tonight what?

― fine with 49 (sunny successor), Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:33 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i could see ferguson working fine as long as he lose that ridiculous monologue camera angle, loses the skeleton sidekick and tone down the whole oo im a wee scot lost in the wilds of america THEY MADE ME FIX MY TEETH

dave is losing to leno/fallon repeats at the mo

ugh, that stings. mostly cuz jay leno hasn't been funny, but has been contemptible, for maybe 20 years.

Can't see ferguson getting it, of people who have shows now I can fathom wanting Dave's spot more than the sweet niche they got, the only one is handler

Older than the Jimmys but edgier and also female, she wouldn't be a bad choice for counter programming.

Lol wait kimmel's older, I forget thanks to his facelifts

wait, wouldn't conan o'brien jump at this chance, and escape the ghetto of late-night basic cable?

ppl always say leno 'used to be funny' but i'm not sure anyone ever found any evidence of that.

i meant not funny for "at least" 20 years.

I'm sure he fell on his face once as a kid and his mom laughed

i think i first heard it from that bill hicks routine about leno, but maybe that's not the most reliable source.

ppl always say leno 'used to be funny' but i'm not sure anyone ever found any evidence of that.

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, April 3, 2014 7:26 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

one of many great myths of the pre-internet era

crazy all these years later and who's the last man standing?

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Ha ok Conan too but why on earth would he get another chance

why not? he's got a following, he was a critical success when he hosted the tonight show, it would be a good "changing-of-the-guard" story to have him and fallon competing where letterman and leno once did, also he seems like a good guy who got a raw deal so ...

uh because he had underwhelming ratings on the tonight show and has since proven underwhelming on tbs?

hm. can't imagine what "underwhelming on tbs" is like. audience of 740?

rating-wise if they wanted to steal something from tbs they'd probably be better off with family guy re-runs

i'm not especially loyal to o'brien (i do think he's funny; i did sympathize with him tremendously over the jay leno situation), but were the ratings woes mostly due to o'brien or to the shrinking audience generally?

conan's stuck where he is. CBS isn't gonna poach from cable to get someone who, justified or not, had an air of compromise and failure as he left his last broadcast spot. Also they presumably would want someone younger?

well, that can't be fergueson, then.