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.
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.
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.
Posted: 6/8/15 at 8:30pm
They won't drop it.
Posted: 6/8/15 at 8:33pm
Aren't they contracted with CBS for several more years?
Posted: 6/8/15 at 8:54pm
Who cares about facts when there are IMPORTANT THINGS to fret and worry about.
Posted: 6/8/15 at 9:06pm
Posted: 6/8/15 at 9:06pm
Like they're going to pull it when they've already signed Jane Lynch's contract.
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.
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?
Posted: 6/8/15 at 10:40pm
I'd imagine it's about 5 million down the drain...
Posted: 6/8/15 at 10:47pm
Damn, that's a great ET article, CukorLover! Many thanks.
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
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.
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
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".
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.
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.
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.
