David Letterman, værten på det populære “Late Show” talkshow, skal tænke sig grundigt om, inden han tager en beslutning.
Det siges at CBS er villige til at betale Letterman 31,5 mio. dollar, for at blive på deres kanal. Det betyder at han han får omkring 1,5 mio dollar ekstra om året.
ABC, den anden TV-station der har forsøgt at få fat i Letterman, skulle eftersigende havde tilbudt 31 mio dollar om året og et splinternyt studie.
Radio værten, Howard Stern, har udtalt at han glædeligt vil tage Lettermans plads hvis han vælger at smutter over til ABC. Men Stern tror ikke selv på at det sker.
“Det har aldrig været hans intention at flytte”, sagde Stern, og fortsatte: “Han bruger kun aviserne som et middel i hans kontraktforhandlinger. Selfølgelig går han da ingen steder. Han har lækket alt det her med ABC…
Det var bare Machiavellisk, og de faldt alle pladask for det.”, afslutter han.
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In the wake of reports that David Letterman was negotiating to leave CBS for ABC, news leaked that if Letterman left, shock jock Howard Stern would be given his late night time slot and go head to head with Letterman and Jay Leno. Now PageSix.com is reporting that Stern has not only confirmed the rumor, but is claiming he will "kick [Dave's] a**." Stern's last TV venture with CBS, a Saturday night show, was cancelled following low ratings and the pull-out of advertisers over his offensive stunts. Variety reported on Thursday evening that CBS has since agreed to Letterman's salary demands of $31.5 million, but that other items such as control, promotion, and production rights remain sticking points in the negotiations.
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