CBS pulling the plug?

[Broadwayhunk]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 8:08pm

After the precipitous drop in ratings for the Tony Awards, those in the know are dropping hints that the Tiffany Network may be prepared to let it go the way of the Miss America Pageant - basic cable graveyard.  

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 8:10pm

Ok

[Fantod]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 8:12pm

I wish it would head to HBO. Then they could show all the awards and not focus on the ratings.

[mattporter17]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 8:15pm

Nah, it'll stay. The ratings have never been great. What they need to realize is that every person watching on TV loves Broadway enough to want to see all the awards. I'm talking about the History that Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron made last night.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 8:30pm

They won't drop it.  

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 8:33pm

Aren't they contracted with CBS for several more years?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 8:35pm

You'd think those in the know would know that.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 8:54pm

Who cares about facts when there are IMPORTANT THINGS to fret and worry about.

[CukorLover]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 9:06pm

Great article!

 

Why are the Tony Awards so afraid of the Tony Awards?

Updated On: 6/8/15 at 09:06 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 9:06pm

Like they're going to pull it when they've already signed Jane Lynch's contract.

[Tag]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 9:29pm

The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing have a contract with CBS until at least 2018.  So no, they aren't pulling the plug.

[RaiseYouUp]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 10:25pm

I hope they don't! Even if the ratings are low, it's only 3 hours of the entire year! What harm does it do?

[Fantod]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 10:40pm

I'd imagine it's about 5 million down the drain...

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 10:47pm

Damn, that's a great ET article, CukorLover! Many thanks.

[CukorLover]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 10:49pm

You're welcome. It sure resonated with me!

[RooMcGoo]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 10:51pm

Love the EW article as well! Happy the speech is online but can't believe it wasn't air on television after all the hard work the team put into the show! 

 

An Incomplete History of the 2015 Tony Awards

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 10:53pm

"those in the know are dropping hints"

"Those in the know" is an odious cliché, an odious cliché.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 10:54pm

CBS is taking a major money hit losing Letterman this year.

The suits could be trying to see if there is any way they can wiggle out of it. We shall see

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 11:05pm

They wigglin' it right now. 

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 6/8/15 at 11:36pm

That's one of my favorite terms.  "The suits".  I just envision a couple of guys sitting behind huge oak desks dressed in loud pinstripes, chomping on cigars and talking like Sheldon Leonard. "We gotta dump this loosa.  Bring me ideas people".

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/9/15 at 12:13am

Why dont they get James Corden to host? He's now a big draw on CBS. Makes sense to me. 

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/9/15 at 12:31am

He IS?  

[HogansHero]

Posted: 6/9/15 at 12:56am

Another thread overflowing with inaccuracy...

1. CBS makes money on the Tonys.

2. CBS has a contract for the Tonys.

3. The producers who fund and control the Tonys are friends with the people who control all 3 networks.

4. The Tonys aren't going anywhere.

5. Ask Robert Greenblatt whether he would rather have the Tonys or Dateline on sunday night.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/9/15 at 1:11am

Plus Jane Lynch is hosting!

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 6/9/15 at 1:14am

CBS pulling the plug on the Tonys is like cspan pulling the plug on the congressional committee on health.