Craig Ferguson starts production company
Late-night talk-show host draws inspiration from Letterman.
The Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson has launched a production company with hopes of tapping young talent for TV comedies.
Ferguson said the production foray was a natural extension of his job as a host of a late-night talk show.
"You meet everybody," he said. "You get to see every actor who is doing stuff, and you get to see the younger comedians on their way up. That is a natural symbiosis."
Ferguson said he draws inspiration from CBS's other late-night host, David Letterman, whose Worldwide Pants banner has a strong track record producing such series as Everybody Loves Raymond, Ed, and Ferguson's show.
Ferguson's company, Green Mountain West Incorporated, has entered a one-year deal with CBS Paramount Network TV. It includes a first-look component for sister network CBS, which carries Ferguson's late-night show.
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