USA TODAY article on game show trend

[Jimmy Owen]

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'140976\' date=\'Dec 19 2006, 01:26 AM\']


So you think an Executive Producer of The Price is Right doesn't have a say?  Perhaps this is naive of me, but I can't possibly think that someone else can be exculsively calling the shots.


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I see it as similar to what happened with the Tonight Show.  Johnny Carson wanted Letterman to succeed him, NBC wanted Leno.  The only difference here is Bob is being forced to retire, so his opinion is valued even less.

[Neumms]

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'140981\' date=\'Dec 19 2006, 02:35 AM\']
[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'140976\' date=\'Dec 19 2006, 01:26 AM\']


So you think an Executive Producer of The Price is Right doesn't have a say?  Perhaps this is naive of me, but I can't possibly think that someone else can be exculsively calling the shots.


[/quote]
 

I see it as similar to what happened with the Tonight Show.  Johnny Carson wanted Letterman to succeed him, NBC wanted Leno.  The only difference here is Bob is being forced to retire, so his opinion is valued even less.
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NBC owns the Tonight Show, however, and CBS does not own TPIR.

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'140976\' date=\'Dec 19 2006, 01:26 AM\']
So you think an Executive Producer of The Price is Right doesn't have a say?  Perhaps this is naive of me, but I can't possibly think that someone else can be exculsively calling the shots.
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If you honest to gawd think that Bob-o does anything more than selectively fire the models, you're being a LOT more than naive with that statement.