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Craig Ferguson and Tribune to launch new talk show

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Craig Ferguson is in advance talks with Tribune Media about doing a half-hour first-run comedy/talk show that would air in prime access, sources say. The CBS Late Late Show host plans to take his Robot Skeleton sidekick with him — and Geoff Peterson, who does the robot voice. Those who’ve been watching Ferguson’s show recently have heard him make “whither I goest, you go” assurances to Robot Skeleton. Ferguson’s also also expected to take Secretariat, his pantomime horse — and his longtime showrunner Michael Naidus.

It’s expected the new show, which would target a fall ’16 launch, would be shot in Los Angeles.

The half-hour show would have the advantage of the Tribune Media’s stations, including the nation’s top 3 markets, among its 42-station network. Still, it’s a fairly risky proposition — nobody ever done a talk show of this sort in access. On the bright side, the ratings potential is very big. HUT levels in access are huge compared to late night — and, in success it would put Ferguson in a powerful position in the talk show universe.
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http://deadline.com/2014/08/craig-ferguson-to-host-syndicated-talk-show-with-tribune-820185/
 
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If that launches, I have a feeling it's going to air on KAUT, I doubt that KFOR would want to give up their 6pm newscast, and why should they cancel the 6pm news, and replace with with his show? They got KAUT to air that, but we'll see what happens. A lot can change between now, and 2016.
 
Will WGN America be at all part of the rollout? I know when WGN was mentioning signing Jay Leno a few years ago, they planned on using both WGN America and local Tribune stations.
 
He's just plain nuts...and you don't see that kind of free-form humor on TV very much. I don't see it as an early evening show. Then again, that's what NBC thought about Letterman.
 
Let's face it, while it may be a "half hour show," that means he will only have some 21-22 minutes of actual show with the commercial load. It will be nothing like the hour-hour-and-a-half he had on his CBS late night show. It will be really interesting to see what they come up with.
 
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