When Richard Simmons was told his talk show was cancelled, he sat in the studio and sobbed uncontrollably for fifteen minutes. The press release stated he was voluntarily/happily giving up his show to focus on his fitness endeavors.
When they brought back Arsenio’s talk show, Jay Leno came on the show to announce the syndicators had renewed it for a second season. The show was axed a month later. Nothing in Hollywood should ever be taken at face value. Kevin M. (RPCV) On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM John Edwards <jedward...@gmail.com> wrote: > If we take the statements at face value, they had already renewed the show > for a third season before Taylor Tomlinson decided to leave. > > That tells me that CBS was happy to have it around while it was there, but > didn't want to spend the time and money involved in either finding a new > host for After Midnight or developing a new show. Or they've just spent two > years trolling the Redditors who refuse to admit that Chris Hardwick isn't > walking through that door. > > > > On Sat, Mar 29, 2025 at 6:24 AM Tom Wolper <twol...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> If that was the case CBS could have replaced her and kept the show going. >> I’m not claiming any malfeasance but if the show meant anything to anybody >> (including advertisers) CBS wouldn’t be canceling it and returning the time >> slot to affiliates. >> >> On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >>> M-D November, March 28th: >>> >>> The article I read (I forget if it was Variety or Hollywood Reporter) >>> made it clear that the main reason for the cancellation was Tomlinson's >>> desire to be out on the road doing standup; the taping schedule has >>> severely constricted her ability to take road dates. >>> >>> >>> It was V... >>> https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/after-midnight-canceled-cbs-taylor-tomlinson-1236348922/ >>> (link) >>> >>> >>> As for replacements, the network has made it clear they're not producing >>> a replacement program. I'm sure somewhere Byron Allen is salivating at the >>> possibilities. >>> >>> >>> OP Mark J also observed the latter. B >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/861ceba0-21cb-4df9-9ee8-cbf1da9e1873n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/861ceba0-21cb-4df9-9ee8-cbf1da9e1873n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHSwy8%2BPtxNdn-GnZx9b5b_9cU8HdC-PcRet_sDQX9gCw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHSwy8%2BPtxNdn-GnZx9b5b_9cU8HdC-PcRet_sDQX9gCw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > John Edwards > "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against > incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtM%2BJW3%2BF9Eie2BskxySBcEfaXBT%2BqcgiSumvd2RuzOcGGg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtM%2BJW3%2BF9Eie2BskxySBcEfaXBT%2BqcgiSumvd2RuzOcGGg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4C-1dFL%2Bf7qNhtjpAPiw5ONxBsRyFJNdbVK6QMDkcE_wA%40mail.gmail.com.
