It's Arsenioooooooooo... in Fall 2013

[Rollo-Smokes]

... The Finger, the Dog Pound and the Posse (maybe) are coming back to late night next year, with Tribune-owned stations as the linchpins.  CBS Television Distribution, the successor to his original distributor Paramount Television, will handle those responsibilities this time around.

From the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-arsenio-hall-will-host-new-latenight-talk-show-in-2013-20120618,0,785159.story?track=rss

[ShawnHill1]

I'm looking to forward it...I know the ratings (and affiliates) of his old show were dwindling by the end, but I thought he got sort of a raw deal from Paramount at the time.  I think if he sticks to the formula of the original show, but with a modern twist (it's been a generation since the demise of the first show), it'll be a ratings hit.

[landtuna]

The suits just keep trotting out the old, tired retro acts.

There's a reason he failed before.

[Rollo-Smokes]

The suits just keep trotting out the old, tired retro acts.

There's a reason he failed before.

I'd hardly call a five-year mostly successful run a failure.  Either you're too young to remember or you were living under a rock between '89 and '94 and just didn't care.  But check the books - Arsenio changed late night.  Let's see how his second act unfolds.

[nomadcowatbk]

Will this be on WGN America is this doesn't get enough clearance?

[nomadcowatbk]

Will this have a consistent time slot throughout the country?

[azumanga]

...check the books - Arsenio changed late night.

Agreed -- he took away some of Johnny Carson's audience and was even a threat to Jay Leno after Johnny stepped down, to a point where Jay's manager, Helen Kushnick, would ban guests to appear on The Tonight Show if they appeared on Arsenio. But once Kushnick was fired and David Letterman moved to CBS, that's when viewers started to migrate back to the networks, leading to Arsenio's 1994 cancellation.

[landtuna]

Leno and Carson were in two different leagues.  Arsenio hadn't reach either level yet.  I really doubt Carson's people were worried although Jay's might well have been.

As far as changing late night....I don't see how.......and it sure didn't stick.

[radiorob2.0]

...check the books - Arsenio changed late night.

Agreed -- he took away some of Johnny Carson's audience and was even a threat to Jay Leno after Johnny stepped down, to a point where Jay's manager, Helen Kushnick, would ban guests to appear on The Tonight Show if they appeared on Arsenio. But once Kushnick was fired and David Letterman moved to CBS, that's when viewers started to migrate back to the networks, leading to Arsenio's 1994 cancellation.

A related issue with Letterman, there were several stations carrying Arsenio that were CBS affiliates.  Many of those affiliates decided to carry Letterman.  Chevy Chase showed up around the same time and a large number of Fox affiliates dropped Arsenio.  If those two events hadn't happened Arsenio might've survived.     

[Greg Goodfellow]

Was today the 20-year anniversary of then-candidate Bill Clinton's game-changing/sax playing appearance?