New York -- A second familiar face in CNBC's primetime is leaving the air.
Former Disney chief Michael Eisner is taking leave of "Conversations With Michael Eisner," which has been airing about once a month since March 2006. But this isn't CNBC's choice. Eisner's other business interests, Tornante Co., make it harder for him to work as much as he'd like on "Conversations."
"He decided he didn't have the time to give 'Eisner' his full attention," a CNBC spokesman said.
It apparently wasn't a situation like "Donny Deutsch," which the network put on hiatus a few weeks ago."
The program was never a great ratings success for CNBC, averaging about 100,000 viewers per original episode. Eisner, however, was able to bring star power to the interview show with a lot of top names. His most recent was with Houston megachurch pastor Joel Osteen.
Eisner's Tornante includes Web sharer Veoh, Topps and the...
Former Disney chief Michael Eisner is taking leave of "Conversations With Michael Eisner," which has been airing about once a month since March 2006. But this isn't CNBC's choice. Eisner's other business interests, Tornante Co., make it harder for him to work as much as he'd like on "Conversations."
"He decided he didn't have the time to give 'Eisner' his full attention," a CNBC spokesman said.
It apparently wasn't a situation like "Donny Deutsch," which the network put on hiatus a few weeks ago."
The program was never a great ratings success for CNBC, averaging about 100,000 viewers per original episode. Eisner, however, was able to bring star power to the interview show with a lot of top names. His most recent was with Houston megachurch pastor Joel Osteen.
Eisner's Tornante includes Web sharer Veoh, Topps and the...
- 12/29/2008
- by By Paul J. Gough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
WASHINGTON -- Michael Eisner's star power failed to attract a large audience in front of the camera Tuesday in the debut of his CNBC talk show. The much-touted Conversations With Michael Eisner averaged only 95,000 viewers including a mousy 39,000 viewers in the adults 25-54 demographic, according to data released Wednesday by Nielsen Media Research. That 9 p.m. time slot must have hurt even more for the former Wonderful World of Disney host and Disney CEO, who had a fairly substantial lead-in with a repeat of comedian Howie Mandel's Deal or No Deal. At 8 p.m., Deal averaged 518,000 viewers including 245,000 in the demo. Eisner's show, which featured an interview with Marta Stewart, dropped 82% of the Deal audience on CNBC. The premiere was down 23% in viewers compared to the first quarter, 25% compared to last Tuesday and 14% compared to the same day last week (and down 47% in the demo).
- 3/30/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
WASHINGTON -- Former Walt Disney Co. chief Michael Eisner's CEO star power failed to attract a large audience Tuesday in the debut of his CNBC talk show. Conversations with Michael Eisner brought in 95,000 viewers, including 39,000 viewers in CNBC's target adults 25-54 demographic, according to data released Wednesday by Nielsen Media Research. Conversations plunged from its lead-in, a repeat of comedian Howie Mandel's NBC game show Deal or No Deal, which drew 518,000 viewers. The premiere was down 23% in viewers compared with CNBC's average in the time slot in the first quarter of this year.
- 3/30/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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