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THE TV COLUMN
By Lisa de Moraes
Wednesday, February 18, 2004; Page C07
Dennis Miller's CNBC show has been on the schedule for only three weeks,
and
already they've brought in someone to fix it. Steve Friedman is heading to
Los
Angeles today to work as a consultant on the show for the next two months.
Friedman flew out west last week to meet with Miller and senior producer
Eddie
Feldmann before accepting the gig. "I think they've got a good start and I
think I can help them as they evolve into a signature program for CNBC,"
the
longtime "Today" executive producer told The TV Column yesterday.
"Dennis Miller is a comedy genius and a talk show host; the question is,
how to
do both elements in one show," Friedman said.
Miller opened with a bang, averaging nearly 750,000 viewers with
California
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as a guest. But the show has never repeated
that
performance, dipping under 200,000 on occasion.
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