NBC O&O'S PICK JEFF PROBST TALKER, RICKI LAKE SIGNS 20TH STATION

[gregg75]

WPIX is the latest station to pick up Ricki Lake's new talk show.

http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2011/11/09/55333/nbc-oos-pick-up-jeff-probst-talker

http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2011/11/09/55334/tribune-adds-twentieths-ricki-lake-show

 

[landtuna]

Does this mean Survivor dies after this season or is there some deal for Jeffy to stay with the show or perhaps replace him? It seems Survivor still draws decent numbers.

 

[azumanga]

Does this mean Survivor dies after this season or is there some deal for Jeffy to stay with the show or perhaps replace him?

If Anderson Cooper can host a news show and a syndicated talk show, why can't Jeff host Survivor and a talk show?

 

[kilamanjero]

Jeff Probst? I guess they are giving talk shows to anybody these days.

 

[1069_KIFR]

When does Ryan Seacrest or Mike Rowe get their own talk show?

 

[landtuna]

Does this mean Survivor dies after this season or is there some deal for Jeffy to stay with the show or perhaps replace him?

If Anderson Cooper can host a news show and a syndicated talk show, why can't Jeff host Survivor and a talk show?

My thought was that Jeffy is on location a fair amount of time. Just wondering how good a talk show could be as his second job?

 

[imhomerjay]

They record two Survivors a season, roughly a month or so at a shot. They can build the schedule around that--factor in some reruns, and topics that don't always need to be time sensitive, and build the taping schedule accordingly.

 

[only1moore]

I'm surprised that Twentieth would sell "The Ricki Lake Show" to the Tribune O&Os instead of their co-owned Fox O&Os, so this might a game changer, sme with Probst going to the NBC O&Os rather than the CBS outlets.

As for Seacrest coming back, well, if Queen Latifah can come back, whats the harm.

 

[landtuna]

I like Probst but he clearly isn't stretched too tight on Survivor.

Maybe he can replicate the style of Dick Cavett - loose but informative.

 

[MarcB]

Probst I think will be as about as exciting as Anderson Cooper. Cooper was good as Kelly Ripa's sidekick, but can't hack it on is own. Probst was also good as Kelly Ripa's sidekick.

 

[ShawnHill1]

Does this mean Survivor dies after this season or is there some deal for Jeffy to stay with the show or perhaps replace him?

If Anderson Cooper can host a news show and a syndicated talk show, why can't Jeff host Survivor and a talk show?

...or Steve Harvey juggling a morning radio show, Family Feud, and soon a daytime talk show?

 

[PTBoardOp94]

Survivor tapings are 39 days at a time (unless they've changed that in recent seasons). If there are two seasons of Survivor per calendar year, you're looking at close to 60 shows (M-F only) that would need to be previously recorded or aired twice. That seems high to me. If Survivor went to one season per calendar year, that would better.

 

[imhomerjay]

Something tells me they long since figured out the logistics and determined the taping schedule can be made to work. Crank out several a day over several weeks, and you have a good bank of shows.

 

[sandiegoinexile]

Jeff Probst

Survivor tapings are 39 days at a time (unless they've changed that in recent seasons). If there are two seasons of Survivor per calendar year, you're looking at close to 60 shows (M-F only) that would need to be previously recorded or aired twice. That seems high to me.

Many talk shows go into reruns from Memorial Day to Labor Day. If producers can film 39 weeks of half-hour game shows in 39 days (8 five-day weeks), they can surely film enough hourlong semi-topical chat shows in twice that. My impression is that Jeffy's show isn't a live, torn-from-the-headlines, pop-culture watercooler type of program, with a host chat a la Regis.

 

[bpatrick]

Does sound like his show will be basically celebrity-driven, a la Ellen.

With Katie picking up ABC affiliates seemingly left and right, I wonder
if Jeff will get a large number of NBC affiliates? I wouldn't mind if
he replaced Anderson on WXIA, even though he'd be smack-up against
Katie on WSB.

BTW, since it seems as if half the country has a talk show, where do
I go to apply?

 

[ding12]

I'm surprised that Twentieth would sell "The Ricki Lake Show" to the Tribune O&Os instead of their co-owned Fox O&Os,

It's not uncommon. "Modern Family" is on ABC, but produced by 20th Century Fox. It remains unavailable on ABC On Demand on Fios and Comcast, but is available on Hulu Plus, which is partially owned by Fox. It's essentially a Fox show on ABC. If the ratings were to decline significantly in a few years, ABC would be more inclined to cancel it immediately whereas if it was one of its own shows, they'd milk its run longer.

 

[Kenny Atkinson]

Jeff Probst? I guess they are giving talk shows to anybody these days.

Jeff Probst hast an "Ask the Manager" type program back in FX's early days from THE APARTMENT.He's got the personality for it...

 

[ding12]

I'm surprised that Twentieth would sell "The Ricki Lake Show" to the Tribune O&Os instead of their co-owned Fox O&Os,

I forgot to add that in NY, Ch.9 used to be the home to Ricki for over 10 years, so going to Ch.11 will be a new home albeit on Tribune. Maybe it was just to get a number of clearances and going to Ch.11 and on other Tribune stations, made more sense than Ch.9.

My guess for NBC stations is:
'Access Hollywood Live' will be dropped. But not all O&Os were clearing that anyways, and it's still short of one hour. I'm wondering where the two new hours for Jeff Probst and Steve Harvey will come from.

On WCAU it's
7-11 Today
11 10! show and News
12 Family Feud
1 Days of Our Lives
2 Nate Berkus
3 Ellen
4 News

In Philly, WCAU is advertising via billboards the addition of 'Family Feud' so dropping after just one year would be strange.

WNBC, WRC and WCAU all air about 1-2 hours of local programming between 11 and 5 as well, with WRC and WCAU airing 2 hours.
Maybe 'Days of Our Lives' will get cancelled around when ABC cancels 'General Hospital' also.

 

[imhomerjay]

Nothing unheard of about a station dropping a show they promoted. If Feud is the weak link, popping in what looks to be a compatible talk show makes sense.

 

[soundsandsports]

When does Ryan Seacrest or Mike Rowe get their own talk show?

Somebody forgot about "On Air With Ryan Seacrest"...I guess if a show only lasts 5 or 6 months, nobody watched it on a regular basis (I watched about 4 or five episodes before I wanted to punch him...)