Arsenio Hall’s new late-night talk show, distributed by CBS Television Distribution, is now a "firm go," reports our friend Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com.
The show is set to debut in the fall of 2013, and has been cleared in 85% of the country, the story notes, adding that the program has been cleared in all of the nation’s top 50 markets.
Andreeva writes that besides certain CBS and Tribune stations, clearances have been obtained by stations owned by the following groups: Sinclair Broadcasting, LIN Television Stations, Belo Corp., Cox Enterprises, Media General, Post-Newsweek Stations, Newport Television, Raycom Media and The Grant Group.
Time for the oldest guy to retire. Ahem, Mr. Letterman.