Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Thank Netflix for Fallon Tonight tweak

2019-05-30 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Jim Ellwanger, to Brad Beam, today (5/30): > > It's only 30 seconds (11:34:30 for Fallon versus 11:35:00 for Colbert), > but program guides can only deal in full-minute increments. Years ago, NBC > shifted the end of primetime to 10:59:30 -- in order to give affiliates a > 30-second jump on

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Thank Netflix for Fallon Tonight tweak

2019-05-30 Thread Jim Ellwanger
> On May 30, 2019, at 2:53 PM, Brad Beam wrote: > > Interestingly enough, my TiVo guide shows Fallon has a minute's head start on > Colbert. It's only 30 seconds (11:34:30 for Fallon versus 11:35:00 for Colbert), but program guides can only deal in full-minute increments. Years ago, NBC

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Thank Netflix for Fallon Tonight tweak

2019-05-30 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Thank Netflix for Fallon Tonight tweak

2019-05-30 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Tom Wolper, to Jim Ellwanger, today (5/30): > > Although to play devil's advocate -- I wonder what percentage of viewers >> are watching in a way that they can see the guest list via an on-screen >> display (from their cable/satellite box, or from their streaming service -- >> even some

RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: Thank Netflix for Fallon Tonight tweak

2019-05-30 Thread Brad Beam
-Original Message- From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Ellwanger >Although to play devil's advocate -- I wonder what percentage of viewers are >watching in a way that they can see the guest list via an on-screen display >(from their

[TV orNotTV] Thank Netflix for Fallon Tonight tweak

2019-05-30 Thread M-D November
I don't quite get the logic here. Granted, Colbert has a cold open, but he's still running a full credit sequence (or, at least, the version they've been running for the last 2 years - I miss the time-lapse film). I feel like they're just deflecting - NBC!Jimmy's ratings aren't slipping because

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Thank Netflix for Fallon Tonight tweak

2019-05-30 Thread Tom Wolper
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 4:19 PM Jim Ellwanger wrote: > > > On May 30, 2019, at 1:13 PM, Diner wrote: > > > > Getting rid of the opening credits sequence - including the list of > tonight's guests - means that usually the audience isn't informed of the > guest list until after the opening

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Thank Netflix for Fallon Tonight tweak

2019-05-30 Thread Jim Ellwanger
> On May 30, 2019, at 1:13 PM, Diner wrote: > > Getting rid of the opening credits sequence - including the list of tonight's > guests - means that usually the audience isn't informed of the guest list > until after the opening monologue. Although to play devil's advocate -- I wonder what

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Thank Netflix for Fallon Tonight tweak

2019-05-30 Thread Kevin M.
Yeah, I’d rather watch an hour of The Roots performing music than any passage of time featuring Jimmy Fallon. Reducing their musical contribution is not going to entice me to the series. On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 1:13 PM Diner wrote: > Having watched a handful of Tonight Shows over the past few

[TV orNotTV] Re: Thank Netflix for Fallon Tonight tweak

2019-05-30 Thread Diner
Having watched a handful of Tonight Shows over the past few months, I find the new opening highly unsatisfying. And not just because it has meant dropping one of the best current TV theme songs. Getting rid of the opening credits sequence - including the list of tonight's guests - means that

[TV orNotTV] "Good Fight" S1 to repeat on the big network

2019-05-30 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
On Sundays beginning 6/16, said Joe Ianniello to CBS' annual shareholders meeting, Wed. (29) at NY's Museum of Modern Art. In other meeting highlights, Ianniello and acting board chairman Strauss Zelnick addressed selected issues, like CBS Sports' potential for getting in on sports betting,

[TV orNotTV] 70% of Hulu subs are to with-ads version

2019-05-30 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
Said their head of ad sales... streamer's working on drawing advertisers more relevant to the bingeing crowd (food delivery, anyone?) and the incentive of an ad-free period to bingers that don't skip adverts...

[TV orNotTV] Thank Netflix for Fallon Tonight tweak

2019-05-30 Thread 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV
The option to skip ahead of a program's opening credits on the streaming service convinced Jimmy and his new exec, ex-"Today" 'runner Jim Bell, to do some shortening of their own... but the underlying reasoning has been around since (*gasp!*) before 2000...