I was asked by CNN.com if I had any reaction to the reports that Jon Stewart had been offered the hosting duties on NBC’s Meet the Press, and had declined. I did…
They’re posted right now on the CNN Money page, and I refer you to that link rather than repeating the entire post here because, well, a) I wrote it for them, and b) it’s easier.
But if you don’t mind me saying saying so, especially about myself, it’s a column about TV worth reading. I especially liked how I linked Jon Stewart not only to Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow, but also to Ernie Kovacs.
My son liked it, too – at least enough, after he came upon the CNN post without any prompting from me, to phone me and ridicule me about using such dated and arcane references. (Well, he might not have used the word “arcane.” That’s my word.) But I’m used to such treatment from my own offspring. That’s why, when Mark Bianculli used to write for this website before heading west to write for Hollywood, his column was called The Son Also Criticizes…