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Letterman Reaches a Deal With CBS to Extend ‘Late Show’
NY Times ^ | 2009-06-09 | BILL CARTER

Posted on 06/12/2009 10:15:25 AM PDT by justlurking

David Letterman will continue hosting his “Late Show” on CBS through August 2012 — and maybe longer. Mr. Letterman and CBS have worked out a new contract, though an announcement may not be made for several days.

Executives involved in the negotiations said on Tuesday that Mr. Letterman’s company, Worldwide Pants, and CBS have agreed on the details of the contract, including, for the first time, a reduced license fee for his 11:35 p.m. program, and are waiting for a “deal memo” that would lay out the terms in formal language.

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FYI, for anyone that has missed this announcement a few days ago. It doesn't sound like the ink is dry on this contract yet, and Letterman is in an extremely vulnerable position.
1 posted on 06/12/2009 10:15:25 AM PDT by justlurking
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More calls and emails need to be going out and to their sponsors.


2 posted on 06/12/2009 10:17:46 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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He won’t lose the show but the network may save some money. *snicker*


3 posted on 06/12/2009 10:18:43 AM PDT by eureka! (Elections have consequences, boy howdy. *sigh*)
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What is this “CBS” you mention?


4 posted on 06/12/2009 10:20:11 AM PDT by smokinleroy (Eccl. 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: justlurking

CBS to Letterman: Nice job with the Palin thingy.


5 posted on 06/12/2009 10:20:44 AM PDT by Sig Sauer P220 (The great object is that every man be armed. - Patrick Henry)
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Besides Wanda Sykes, who will be watching?


6 posted on 06/12/2009 10:24:33 AM PDT by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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They'll extend. Just look at his audience. They laughed at his very low-life jokes about Palin and then laughed again at his pathetic post-’joke’ apologies.

He is not funny and he is disgusting. But that is what too many in the US crave these days.

7 posted on 06/12/2009 10:28:28 AM PDT by TCats
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bad, bad, bad move CBS....Letterman has proven he is old, irrelevant, and just not entertaining anymore. His guests are rarely good or famous, as most of the famous people are in Hollywood, and don’t want to trek out to New York, so that is why Leno always seemed to get the “gets” on his show. And now Letterman has proven that he is a Perv, and advertiser poison.

I admit I used to be a fan. But after his harsh and unfair treatment of mcCain, and now Palin, and his absolute unnatural man-love for the Usurper, he has got to go.

CBS..... how long do you want to prove that you are a dinosaur? With Couric, and that freak Harry Smith on the morning show, and now Letterman? Do you actually ENJOY losing money? Seriously???


8 posted on 06/12/2009 10:30:13 AM PDT by DecentAmerican
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Ooh. Bad timing.


9 posted on 06/12/2009 10:32:10 AM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: DustyMoment

Ratings don’t matter when it comes to left-wing media outlets. See: MSNBC


10 posted on 06/12/2009 10:32:40 AM PDT by joejm65
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I used to like him as well. I haven’t watched in quite awhile.

Depressingly bad and not funny anymore. Leno was much better at the end, and I used to think he sucked in the 90s.

Conan’s actually funny unlike Letterman.


11 posted on 06/12/2009 10:36:25 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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I guess they want to keep his show swirling around in the toilet bowl for a few more years?


12 posted on 06/12/2009 10:38:50 AM PDT by Bullish ( Reality is the best cure for delusion.)
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...but he hasn’t reach a deal with me to watch it.


13 posted on 06/12/2009 10:42:23 AM PDT by mort56 (He who would sacrifice freedom for security deserves neither. - Ben Franklin)
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I have to demand a hefty license fee to watch such boring and boorish behavior.


14 posted on 06/12/2009 10:50:21 AM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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at this point I guess extending him through September and October of 2012 would violate McCain-Feingold....


15 posted on 06/12/2009 10:54:18 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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I hope they keep him and both get what they deserve.


16 posted on 06/12/2009 10:56:26 AM PDT by MES401067 (Lenin called them "useful idiots" I for one have no use for them.)
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...but he hasn’t reach a deal with me to watch it.”

Exactly-——Except for the CSI shows, I am off the CBS channel.


17 posted on 06/12/2009 11:00:53 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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letterman is a perverted filthy old man - hey maybe I should start a website and sell t-shirts and bumper stickers with that on it!


18 posted on 06/12/2009 11:09:18 AM PDT by sasafras (TIME FOR A RESURGENCE - FREEDOM IS NOT FREE - NO MORE COMPLAINING - LET'S GET BUSY!)
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including, for the first time, a reduced license fee for his 11:35 p.m. program

Let's "reduce" it further still.

Keep those phone calls and email coming to protest this sick pedophile. The only show Letterman belongs on is "To Catch a Predator".

19 posted on 06/12/2009 11:15:13 AM PDT by FreepShop1
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CBS needs to fire his sorry butt for his lack of knowledge, sensibility and being very unfunny. CBS has real winners working at their stations: Dan Blather, Languid Letterman, etc.


20 posted on 06/12/2009 11:33:47 AM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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