I'm painfully aware that I'm no longer in the demo any of these shows are aiming at, but still...
I really want to like Colbert's Late Show. He's capable of doing a smart, funny show, but instead of improving as the show got over its growing pains, that goal seems to be receding. Fallon remains "Celebrity Double Dare" full of "awesome" guests. Kimmel does a fair amount of sharp material, and seems to have learned well from watching his hero do interviews, but there are too many of his versions of "Jaywalking" or segments that require the viewer to have watched the Bachelor. So I've really been disappointed recently to see Colbert start doing his own Bachelor segments. His interviewing is still a work in progress, as it usually is for late night hosts; he's not at the point where he can make something out of a celebrity guest who has nothing to say. The designed-to-be-viral material doesn't work for me. It feels like they're trading smart for accessible, and it's not a good trade. -- -- 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
