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- From: todd@uvmark.uucp (Todd Cooper)
- Subject: Re: NYT reports NBC likely to keep Letterman
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.160732.22161@uvmark.uucp>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 16:07:32 GMT
- Distribution: usa
- References: <1992Dec22.142511.61834@uvmark.uucp> <1992Dec22.224126.20660@cs.wisc.edu>
- Organization: VMARK Software, Inc.
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- In article <1992Dec22.224126.20660@cs.wisc.edu> gopher@yar.cs.wisc.edu (Chris Bovitz) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec22.142511.61834@uvmark.uucp> todd@uvmark.uucp (Todd Cooper) writes:
- >
- >>In my opinion, they should radically change the whole layout. Move the local
- >>news, move the Tonight Show, and move Late Night/with Letterman. The only
- >>problem is convincing the affiliates that they could make more money by having
- >>local news at a different time from the competition. There was also mention
- >>of letting Mr. Letterman produce several prime time specials. This would
- >>placate him, while giving him an earlier Late Night would also make him happy.
- >
- >Waitaminit. Why would the time of the local news have to change?
- >
- >As you report, they'd be making Dave the host of the Tonight show. I'd
- >assume that Dave would be able to take Paul & his band along, either
- >because that's what they'd let him do, or by his demands. I think NBC is
- >in a position that Dave has the upper hand and can really turn the screws
- >to NBC.
- >
-
- I am proposing to keep Letterman where he is and Leno where he is. Change the
- times of the Tonight show and Late night show (News at 10pm, Tonight at 10:30,
- and Late night at 11:30). This is a radical change and I don't know if it will
- be well received.
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- Todd Cooper (uvmark%todd@merk.com uunet!merk.com!uvmark!todd)
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