Let's Make A Deal Brady vs. Hilton/Hall

[steveleb]

As far as the Washington administration goes, they can throw the skydance deal into question and make a bad financial situation even worse.  That alone would impact just about every original program they produce.

I was actually referencing the sky dance administration.  You have two execs effectively with competing agendas—Wendy with streaming news, George with diversity programming.  Both are trying to gain support from Ellison and Shell.  George worked for Shell at nbc but his gambit is far riskier.  Remember this is the same creative team that has not gotten over the cancellation of Generations, which failed to get a significant Audience in far less splintered times.  Regardless of how high minded or noble an effort that Gates may or may be, if it falls short of expectations it’s a black eye for George. 


If it should somehow work, I strongly suspect there will be a desire to double down.  If it does not and the cost effeciency of repurposed streaming news brings them closer to whole, it will support further expansion since the content is already being produced anyway.

Both of these scenarios could make an outside acquisition like Deal a luxury many in charge won’t value as some might hope

[Neumms]

It has always struck me that Bob Hilton's two best shots at hosting were replacing legends on two ridiculously hard shows to host, the other being The New T or C. His chances would have been far better with, say, Card Sharks or Press Your Luck.

[carlisle96]

It’s safe to say that given the upcoming administration and the climate it brings that’s no longer a sure thing.  Do remember said administration isn’t a fan of CbS these days either.

These are big picture concerns to be sure but let’s just say the unilateral support DEAL once had has eroded, and next year will likely be quite interesting.

They're not a fan of NBC, MSNBC, ABC, CNN, or about a dozen other networks, either.

Serious question- let's just assume that CBS is the sole network in the new administration's crosshairs. In what way(s) could said administration do to make that network worse off, and in what ways does that trickle down to a show like LMAD?

I'm worried about how it's going to affect a free press and free speech...not some scarcely-watched daytime TV game show

[steveleb]

As well you should be.  But that said, when all is said and done, there's probably a better chance that LMAD is impacted than anything more significant.