As far back as the ‘90s when I was an NBC Page, I was lobbying hard for NBC to transform the post-Late Night time slot into a place to broadcast experimental programming. As South Park was a pop culture hit at the time, NBC lamented their prime time lineup had no room for edgy programming. Then as now, I think 1:30am would be a great place to try new things. But new things scare networks, so they’ll find another white guy to wear a suit and host a cookie cutter show.
On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 9:37 AM Tom Wolper <twol...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 6:42 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> I'm all for the snark about Carson "I am a complete tool" Daly (tm Jimmy >> F). I mean, it's so much easier for him to host a show when he doesn't >> have to be in the same place to produce it. >> >> But I will note that Last Call has made a point to showcase musical acts >> much more than other late night programs. In it's current iteration, there >> are typically two songs from a lesser known act. For a 30 minute show >> that's big. Sure, they can do it because they just tape the act when it >> comes through LA or NYC and broadcast it later. With Conan now music act >> free, and at least Colbert not doing a music act every night, I will miss >> this part of the show. >> >> Should NBC want to continue broadcasting in that spot, they might >> consider Jameela Jamil, known to US readers from her role on The Good >> Place. She's had a recurring segment on the program these last few months. >> > > In the snark I was thinking more along the lines of "Carson Daly still has > a show?' > > Any heat a show airing at that hour is going to generate is going to come > from later viewings on YouTube. The network might want to keep a show in > that slot to sell commercial time but it wouldn't surprise me if they > turned it over to the stations for reruns or infomercials. When one of the > Later hosts left NBC put SCTV reruns in the slot and they drew the same > ratings as new Later shows. > > As for finding new music, when Letterman announced he was ending his show, > one thing I realized was that was the only place I heard new musicians and > bands. I got out of the habit of watching late night shows daily and radio > playlists have become so short that I'm not going to discover new music > there. > > -- > 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. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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.
