I'm reserving judgement for a few weeks until Wilmore and his team have a chance to work out the kinks. But so far I like what I see.
Re: the act 1 "anchorlogue", it wasn't uncommon for Stewart and Colbert to hit many of the same notes (if not tell outright identical jokes), so I'm not surprised that there's some overlap between TDS and TNS. And about Colbert's first few episodes: I remember thinking then that Colbert hit the ground running (in part because the basic framework for the Report was established in the mock promos that ran on TDS), but he needed to work out a way to keep the gimmick going 4 days a week. Similarly, Wilmore's show is informed by TDS work as "senior black correspondent", but aside from a point of view, he's coming at this with a clean slate and, from what I've read, relatively few test shows. But I like the act 2 panel format, and the "Keeping it 100" thing has potential (although they'd be wise to have a wheel of different things to do with the panel in act 3) - let's see where they go from here. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
