Clinton to CBS?
America's love affair with Bill Clinton started in the summer of 1992, when candidate Clinton whipped out his sax on Arsenio Hall's late night talk show. Now, nearly ten years later, Clinton is said to be a candidate to host his own show. Specifically, inside sources at CBS tell "Extra" that Clinton is being seriously considered to replace the retiring Bryant Gumbel.
No doubt, CBS' ratings-starved morning show needs a big name replacement. But is it really possible America could soon wake up to "The Early Show" with Bill Clinton and Jane Clayson?
Officially, CBS will neither confirm nor deny our inside information. And while the former president's people are shooting down the story, there's no denying Clinton meets many of the qualifications for the job. He lives in New York, loves to wake up early, and has countless hours of TV experience.
And we know Clinton is media savvy as he demonstrated to his audience at a Democratic fundraiser in Harlem this week, joking about TV reporters who get information fed to them thru an earpiece. He said, “And I don't have one of these ear things, you know like they do, where they cheat and pretend to know what they're doing and they have no clue.”
Bill even bragged, unlike Bryant and most broadcasters, he does not need a teleprompter. He said, “I gave the State of the Union and they didn't have a teleprompter. I had to stand up there and fake it for 15 minutes before a hundred million people. Some people think I faked it for eight years before a hundred million people.”
Gumbel's CBS contract ends May 31st. His final day on the air has yet to be decided.
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