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Ep 51.1: Nick Bernstein (Senior Vice President, Late Night Programming (West Coast), ViacomCBS)
Ep 51.1: Nick Bernstein (Senior Vice President, Late Night Programming (West Coast), ViacomCBS)
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60 minutes
Released:
Jun 13, 2021
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Podcast episode
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Nick Bernstein is the Senior Vice President of Late Night Programming (West Coast) at ViacomCBS & is the executive in charge of the Late Late Show with James Corden. In Part 1 of this episode with Nick, we explore what it was like growing up in Maryland and how he would spend 4 hours every Sunday morning charting America’s Top 40 biggest hits on radio, the impact that Camp Taconic had & continues to have in his life, and how he ended up being an NBC page and working with legendary late night television executive, Rick Ludwin.Highlights:7:04: Why summer camps were & continue to be so important to Nick15:13: Majoring in broadcast journalism at Syracuse University19:28: How Nick became a NBC page 24:39: How Nick ended up working for Rick Ludwin, who’s worked with every The Tonight Show host from Steve Allen to Jimmy Fallon30:28: What makes a good host33:11: Why Rick was a “man of conviction” who stood behind hosts like Conan O’Brien when no one else would39:05: Believing that Conan O’Brien & Jimmy Fallon were the future of late night back in 200242:41: Replacing late night hosts48:41: The Conan/Jay Leno debacle56:00: Giving as much runway to shows as possible or… not??Show notes: www.sothisismywhy.com/51-1 ? Sign up for the weekly STIMY newsletter: https://sothisismywhy.ck.page/ebf231f605
Released:
Jun 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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