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On Feb 13, 2019, 9:50 AM, at 9:50 AM, "Kevin M." <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: >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. -- 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.
