CAVUTO:
“YOU’RE DOING WELL IN THE POLLS, UP TO 2ND WITHOUT EVEN ANNOUNCING.”
FDT:
“I CAN’T AFFORD TO ANNOUNCE..I’M DOING TOO WELL!” (JOKING)
“THE MONEY WILL BE THERE.”
He’s very good friends with his producer Dick Wolf, and several unaired episodes of L&E are already in the can. If he announces now, there’s little doubt in my mind NBC would put them on the shelf and, in effect, Fred would be sticking his friend with the cost.
It’s not in his nature.