"Rumours are starting," Calvin had said. "Ratings are falling off. I don't know if they're true -- I don't care if they're true, but enough people do and we need to think about the show."
A decision was reached. Casey stayed and had a pool of sexy female co-hosts who flirted with him on air. Dan switched networks and got a political commentary show of his own.
After a year of building separate audiences, their names were rarely mentioned in the same breath and 'Dan-and-Casey' was a thing of the past.
It meant nobody ever noticed their carefully coordinated vacation schedules.