Leno's good-bye versus Carson's

[suzeaa]

Originally Posted by TheKeenGuy

Both Jimmy Kimmel and Carson Daly tried to buck the format in various ways when their shows started, and slowly, both shows came to exactly resemble all the others. So, there MUST be market-testing that has shown that the current late night talk show format is the only successful one.

And the variety show attempts have failed again and again in the last couple decades.

Ever see 'Fernwood 2night'? LOL And I liked 'Larry Sanders', too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IgD3...eature=related

Both were well done spoofs of the genre.

'Chelsea Lately' is a little bit different, in that she has a kind of round table discussion for the first half, with different comedian guests (or even the writers from her show), then goes and sits down with someone else for a one-on-one.

[Pasquali56]

The whole thing is very interesting and raises a lot of questions. Such as:

Will Conan retain the more mainstream Leno audience -- or will many of those viewers defect to Letterman?

Will Leno in prime time actually hurt or help Conan's numbers?

Only time will tell.

[Madbandit]

Originally Posted by TheKeenGuy

And the variety show attempts have failed again and again in the last couple decades.

Great point. Remember "Rosie Live"? Then again, who would....

[SI_NYC]

Originally Posted by suzeaa

I'm looking forward to George Lopez' new late-night talk show this fall.

I only watch any of the others if there's a guest on I really, really like.

A George Lopez talk show is going to be a bear for these other shows to compete against. It would seem that there would have to be a shakeout among the late-night talk shows before long, with this many shows on and George Lopez hitting the scene.

This might also be true of daytime talk-shows, does anyone have any decent ideas for talk shows that could be consolidated/merged?

The first one that comes to my mind is that Maury could be the most in demand performer in daytime, the possibilities of how many shows that could use his DNA Tests reveal the Dad segments are almost endless!

[WriteByNight]

Originally Posted by wcmartell

Daly ditched the desk. He does remotes from interesting locations now.

Leno is going to be a variety show with or without the desk - that's what the Tonight Show is, more or less. I think the problem is at 10pm we expect a whole different kind of show...

- Bill

something tells me Leno's new gig will tank. It seems like a project designed merely to pacify either him or the network or both.

[Slappynipsy]

Originally Posted by Slappynipsy

What happens if Prime Time Jay and Tonight Show with Conan flops? Will they fire Conan and put Jay back on the Tonight Show?

Who called it?
(points thumbs at chest)
right here.

[billythrilly7]

Originally Posted by Slappynipsy

Who called it?
(points thumbs at chest)
right here.

You didn't call it. You asked.

"I bet Jay's show tanks and they put him back on at 11:30."

That's calling it.

Jay is a jerk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GxGsHl2g9k

What happened Jay?

[Bono]

Did you (general you) forget how he got the job in the first place? It was supposed to be Letterman's. And unlike Carson he refused to have guest hosts.

[Slappynipsy]

Originally Posted by billythrilly7

You didn't call it. You asked.

"I bet Jay's show tanks and they put him back on at 11:30."

That's calling it.

Jay is a jerk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GxGsHl2g9k

What happened Jay?

Don't snake my glow brother... I'm not right much

[NikeeGoddess]

slappy called it!