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Jay Leno moves to 10pm, NBC save $300m (December 2008)

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paul_hadley
Letterman in the best in my opinion. Smile

Then probably Jon Stewart second, Conan third and Craig Ferguson fourth.
GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
lateshowuk posted:
Letterman in the best in my opinion. Smile

Then probably Jon Stewart second, Conan third and Craig Ferguson fourth.


With a username like "lateshowuk" you do surprise me Wink
IS
Inspector Sands
lateshowuk posted:
Letterman in the best in my opinion. Smile

Then probably Jon Stewart second, Conan third and Craig Ferguson fourth.


Jon Stewart does a totally different show though. There's no comparison between the traditional guest based late night talk show and the news/satire based Daily Show
HC
Hatton Cross
By the way, has NBCU announced where The Tonight Show with Conan will be produced from?

I know a while back there was some talk that Conan was reluctant to move from his current home at 30 Rock to The Tonight Show's usual home over in Burbank.,Ca.
With Jay stopping put (and one would guess still using the same studio) will NBC keep Conan in New York?
JC
JCB
Hatton Cross posted:
By the way, has NBCU announced where The Tonight Show with Conan will be produced from?

I know a while back there was some talk that Conan was reluctant to move from his current home at 30 Rock to The Tonight Show's usual home over in Burbank.,Ca.
With Jay stopping put (and one would guess still using the same studio) will NBC keep Conan in New York?


No, He'll be broadcasting from Stage 1 at Universal Studios.

I do Like Conan & Letterman, also Stewart/Colbert. Not really fond on Craig Ferguson's show however. It could grow on me though.
IS
Inspector Sands
JCB posted:

I do Like Conan & Letterman, also Stewart/Colbert. Not really fond on Craig Ferguson's show however. It could grow on me though.


Craig's show's ok, although how the yanks understand his accent I have no idea.

Really like Bill Maher's show on HBO too (although it's once a week, not nightly)
JC
JCB
Inspector Sands posted:
JCB posted:

I do Like Conan & Letterman, also Stewart/Colbert. Not really fond on Craig Ferguson's show however. It could grow on me though.


Craig's show's ok, although how the yanks understand his accent I have no idea.

Really like Bill Maher's show on HBO too (although it's once a week, not nightly)


Yeah, Real Time is good too. I hope someone over here picks that up.
IS
Inspector Sands
JCB posted:

Yeah, Real Time is good too. I hope someone over here picks that up.


At one point the episodes were popping up on YouTube. Not sure if they still are, or whether it's currently on air
RU
russnet Founding member
rdd posted:
Essentially this is the compromise created by Leno promising to quit the Tonight Show but then refusing too, nearly causing a rerun of the fracus that happened when Johnny Carson quit. Otherwise O'Brien might have done what Letterman did all those years ago - go elsewhere and prosper.


But how do you mean Propser, Letterman only really got the ratings up until Hugh Grant appeared on the Leno show in the mid 90s due to hookergate and Lenos ratings have been consistantly better than Letterman ever since.
CY
cylon6
This is a good article that sums up the positives and negatives of Leno's new show.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=24&entry_id=33408
MI
Michael
The trouble with these shows is they're all pretty much the same, so the host really has to make theirs stand out.

Ferguson's monologues about his father, his alcoholism and the more deep in-depth thought he gives to his openings stands out for me.
DJ
DJGM
Brekkie posted:

. . . and the jury is still out on Knightrider and My Own Worst Enemy


The jury is still out on the new Knight Rider, the future of which depends on the retooling. Contrary to what most seem to
believe, the retooling for Knight Rider seems to have been already decided upon several weeks before it was reported.

As for "My Own Worst Enemy", the jury have already declared their verdict ... it's been cancelled.

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