No Go For Craig Ferguson Syndicated Talker

[mvcg66b3r]

Talk isn't cheap. Tribune Media needed, but apparently couldn't get, Sinclair on board to clear and help pay for the new project for the former CBS Late Late Show host whose syndicated Celebrity Name Game just got renewed today for a second season.
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/...gn=No+Go+For+Craig+Ferguson+Syndicated+Talker

 

[Avid Listener]

Talk isn't cheap. Tribune Media needed, but apparently couldn't get, Sinclair on board to clear and help pay for the new project for the former CBS Late Late Show host whose syndicated Celebrity Name Game just got renewed today for a second season.
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/...gn=No+Go+For+Craig+Ferguson+Syndicated+Talker

You said it was a "No Go". Does that mean the show was renewed or got cancelled?

 

[mvcg66b3r]

You said it was a "No Go". Does that mean the show was renewed or got cancelled?

They decided not to go forward with production of the talk show.

 

[Robnoxious]

More specifically, Sinclair decided to pass helping float the bill for a syndicated talk show with Tribune.
If this whole thing hinged sorely on that alone it was doomed from the start.

 

[TheBigA]

Tribune will need to find some kind of partner if they hope to create programming. The Arsenio situation was pretty embarrassing for everyone involved. This doesn't help.

 

[Robnoxious]

Tribune will need to find some kind of partner if they hope to create programming. The Arsenio situation was pretty embarrassing for everyone involved. This doesn't help.

Good point. Tribune couldn't make a late night show work so how would Sinclair or anyone else have confidence with a talk show in prime access hosted by a guy that had some fringe success at 12:30am? Personally, I loved Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show enough to attend a few tapings at CBS Television City but I also understand why he's not everyone's cup of tea either. In Craig's deconstruction of the late night format he likely turned many people off just because he didn't follow the same beat as every other late night talker has done since Jack Paar.

Craig is immensely talented so this one small set back won't ruffle him too much.

 

[HawkeyeST]

Here's an idea: Why not have Craig Ferguson air his show on My Network TV?

 

[marklungo]

I wonder why Ferguson left CBS in the first place just to attempt another talk show.

 

[TheBigA]

I wonder why Ferguson left CBS in the first place just to attempt another talk show.

Here are a few possibilities: Earlier timeslot, tired of dealing with CBS, or a chance to reinvent the show.