Two sidelights of the Stewart appearance: Lumpy attacked back on his Friday radio show, bringing out that tired "how about your writers" meme (Hannity doesn't have writers on his TV show? I know Billo writes everything himself) but at least not doing that "Jon Liebovitz" crap:
http://lastnighton.com/2016/07/25/sean-hannity-responds-to-jon-stewarts-late-show-rant/ And the musical trio of Case/lang/Veirs (that's Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs) were supposed to be on Thursday night and were pulled before taping to probably fit in the Stewart segment. Case, former Owner of the Internet for the Next 23 1/2 Hours on "@midnight," in particular was pissed, thinking that it was because of Donald Trump: http://pitchfork.com/news/66988-neko-case-says-caselangveirs-colbert-appearance-canceled-for-donald-trump/ And this Consequence of Sound post dated the 22nd shows that the poster hadn't even bothered watching Colbert to figure out why the trio got bumped: http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/07/colbert-cancels-caselangviers-performance-because-america-cant-get-enough-trump/ Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 11:58 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > This is by far the best version of the "Colbert is in trouble" article > that I have seen. It lays out some of the real problems (finding his voice, > the overwork, and the still not quite right revisions after the entrance of > a show runner) without the overheated hysterics (the show is profitable for > CBS, Colbert is still in the same position that Dave was, behind NBC but > ahead of ABC). > > Since I have been calling for the use of more TCR elements, I was very > happy to see the return of the Colbert Character on Monday, and I hope they > bring back a few other elements regularly. I still like him a low, and > enjoy his show, but I have been disappointed that more often than not there > is not much that is very distinctive or must-see about it - it is mostly a > pleasant hour spent with a likable and intelligent host, which is not > nothing, since there is so little of that in the mass media these days, but > fewer days when I feel the inclination to post something to my FB page that > he said or did, compared to TCR, when it was rare that a week would go by > without at least one thing like that. > > I do get the impression that he is taking too literally the idea of "being > himself" and doing a show that appeals to "everyone". I don't want him to > be rude to his guests, or to be narrowly partisan or even political. But he > does better when he has a little bit of an edge, maybe more than he has > been comfortable sharing as his "real" self. > > On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Bob Jersey <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> Found with the help of the NY Daily News: A longform THR >> <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/stephen-colbert-republican-national-convention-comeback-character-more-2016-912341> >> (link) chat with Stephen just after pre-taping the J-Stew bit. He addresses >> the they'll-switch-him-and-Corden buzz. >> >> B >> >> -- >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
