Yes, but... Dave brought as much of his stuff from NBC as he could, Evan as he was re-making himself for 11:35 and CBS. I understand that Stephen was tired of being limited to the cage of the Colbert character, but I think he could still transcend it while using components of it selectively. And nothing allows Stephen to come off as smart and interesting as when he is playing against that character.
As I think about this, it seems clearer and clearer to me that there are > two shows the Colbert people are trying to avoid: > > 1. The Report. It may well be that Colbert himself didn't/doesn't want to > play the character any more, and they may have all felt that they took that > idea as far as it will go. With the new show, everyone might have felt it > best to make clear that the old one is over, and that they won't do > anything to make anyone think that they're bringing the old character back. > (Snip) > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- 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.
