I suspect The Late Show runs much closer to live-to-tape than its first show, which ran very close to the deadline for transmission. I do think that most, if not all, musical acts on The Late Show require a setup that takes longer than the commercial break. Part of this comes from at least some of the performance space also serving as the band's space.
Contrast this with Conan's operation, which I mention mainly because you can now see them start to prep the performance space as they go to that break. David From: David Lynch <djly...@gmail.com> To: "tvornottv@googlegroups.com" <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2016 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] deception On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:50 AM Jon Delfin <jondel...@gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Joe Hass <hassgoc...@gmail.com> wrote: Assuming they're shooting live-to-tape and there's no issues, if it's a standard break, where would the guest likely be at the end of the act before? They're not, as evidenced by the many bits they've done that involve costume changes for Colbert. Lots of tape-stopping. Does anyone know how far from true live-to-tape Colbert is? I had previously gotten the impression that LSwSC is about as close as anyone gets these days -- not timed to the second with how it goes out on air, but shot in order in one take (unless there's a major screwup.) -- -- 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.