EXCLUSIVE: Craig Ferguson Show Paying Audience Members!
Posted on Feb 25, 2010 @ 04:14PM
The mountains of praise Craig Ferguson is receiving for his “no audience” trial show may be undeserved: Ferguson is the only late night show to pay audience members, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
“The Craig Ferguson Show is currently using a service for their audience procurement,” an insider tells RadarOnline.com. “They have 100 seats, of which 10 are reserved for house guests, and 30-40 members are through requests for tickets. The rest of the seats, about 50-60, are each paid for by the show. At around $20 per person, that’s almost $1,000 per hour-long taping, which is one expensive laugh machine.”
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Ferguson claimed the quiet set was a “nod to his predecessor, Tom Snyder, who went audience free for years,” but in reality, insiders tell RadarOnline.com that the show simply can’t fill the seats and wants to save money.
“No one else in late night pays for any portion of their audience. There’s beyond enough of a demand for tickets to Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon,” said our source. “They regularly have too many people who want to attend,” adding that their studios are much larger, averaging around 200 seats or more.
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“Why Craig has to pay people to sit through his show is beyond me. It’s even more funny that when he stopped, everyone is lauding him for ‘breaking the mold.’ He hasn’t done anything original!” laughed our source. “This was a decision based solely on need.”
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Ok, but we still think he’s hilarious.
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Craig and his people paying people to attend his shows makes as much sense as Ashton being paid to cheat on Demi! Think about it....
Posted Thu, 09/30/2010 - 12:18am
I don't see radar updating this story since his rep responded to the story...
Posted Tue, 03/02/2010 - 4:50am
Did you even attempt to verify this ridiculous accusation before you published it? Utter tripe.
Posted Sat, 02/27/2010 - 9:05pm
He's a funny guy, a great host & a good actor too. Doen't have any late night peers.
Posted Sat, 02/27/2010 - 2:45am
I don't know where you got your info from, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't pay his audience. Many of my friends have been to the tapings, and they can assure you the audience doesn't get money for showing up. Just sayin'. Craig rocks ♥
Posted Fri, 02/26/2010 - 8:33pm
You couldn't pay me to watch any other late night show. Craig Ferguson is the funniest guy on tv.
I think yer insider's just a cheeky monkey stirring a very fishy pot.
Posted Fri, 02/26/2010 - 3:27pm
Also, Was the "insider", mentioned in this article, work for NBC by chance? Just a question. Ferguson is the best!
Posted Fri, 02/26/2010 - 2:41pm
The funniest host in late night!. I can't believe ire anyone. I saw his Comedy Show and it was sold out! No one had to pay me. Maybe more investigation needs to be done. If it's true, then it can't possibly the only show that does it! Who else?
Posted Fri, 02/26/2010 - 2:10pm
loved him even back on red dwarf
Posted Fri, 02/26/2010 - 1:45am
he is the funniest. He's also the sexiest :x
Posted Fri, 02/26/2010 - 1:45am