In the early 2000s, when TV ratings for the Tony Awards seemed perennially stuck in the basement, Broadway fretted that CBS might ditch the telecast. Rumors swirled that the Tonys would go local, broadcast by NY1, Channel 13 or A&E Network (before it became "Law & Order" Network). Producers were terrified. The Tonys, even with...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:16AM on June 10, 2016