For a second I thought Anderson was headed to his 60s himself, at which point I was like, “He isn’t that much younger than LeVar!” However, as I feel pretty bad adding 4 years to him, he actually hit the 50s not too long ago.
Mr. Cooper was great, as expected. Having seen his earlier stuff including Channel One as well as the Mole, this would’ve been easy for him, IMO. Man, he was pretty super serious on the latter, though.
I doubt he’s leaving CNN either. What’s a bigger gig, though: Jeopardy or CNN? FWIW, prior to CNN (and 60 minutes) Mr. Cooper had a decent spot with The Mole but the exec sort of botched that program, but nearly 2 decades later, I think Anderson is doing quite well.
If there ever were a pleasant surprise for whoever succeeds Alex, it would be Anderson. He is actually, IMO, one of the top 3 legit candidates they have, including who’s been announced. That would be based on his past and present work.
I think Mr. Burton not even getting a shot is a bigger deal than I (and maybe others) are making it out to be. It would look like they’re just putting him on for “filler” and have no intention of hiring him. I think he would’ve done better than at least a couple of whom we’ve seen, but as mentioned, age is a pretty big factor. Now, I know that he’s around Drew and Steve in terms of age (even though they both don’t work for Sony), but in my opinion, it would be even worse if they hire LeVar for a short-lived stint before someone else to host over the following several decades.
Mr. Burton not getting a shot is saddening due to my respect coupled with the media’s wishes to have him on, but it’s likely overblown due to that. TPTB not giving him a shot isn’t a big deal otherwise
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