On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 3:27 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote:
> If CC wants broadcast-level ratings for its 11:30 cable slot, I think > they'll usually be disappointed. > > Would it be a more useful comparison to see how Conan's second half-hour > is doing? > Doesn’t matter. TV executives always want more. More ratings. More buzz. More awards. More opportunities to get a pat on the back. They do not care what the other guy gets, nor to they care about reasonable expectations. Anything less than the series finale of MASH or the OJ verdict simply will not do. More more more. Now now now. > David > > On Friday, June 15, 2018, 6:10:18 PM EDT, Steve Timko < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Klepper has talent but the few times I've watched in the last month or so > he still has too much of the frat boy persona to play a wingnut. > > What are the odds they'd bring "The Nightly show" back? > > Both Colbert's and Kimmel's ratings are up. I wonder if Klepper was a > casualty? > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 1:42 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Anyone remember the Daily Show’s forerunner series “Everything You Need To > Know”? Hosted by then barely-known Christopher Hitchens. I know it didn’t > last long, but Hitchens wasn't quite the egomaniac he’d devolve into and > was good in the role. > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 1:29 PM Ben Combee <[email protected]> wrote: > > ah, and it looks like "Night after Night with Allan Havey" was on > several nights a week; that was a show CC inherited from the merger of > Ha! and The Comedy Channel. > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 3:19 PM, Ben Combee <[email protected]> wrote: > > Never forget "Short Attention Span Theater"! That was a nightly strip > > show, although usually earlier in the day. > > > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 3:12 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've been trying to figure out if any 11:30 programs that preceded The > >> Colbert Report lasted for any length of time. > >> > >> As best as I can tell, however, there may not have been many 'daily' > >> programs at that time prior to Colbert. I think Win Ben Stein's Money > aired > >> earlier in the evening. Regardless, it ran for five and a half years. > >> Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn ran for almost 2 years. > >> > >> Other popular CC shows before Colbert were typically weekly. Exceptions > >> would be The Daily Show, and the show it replaced (because it moved to > ABC), > >> Politically Incorrect. That show ran on CC for only 3 years before > heading > >> to broadcast. > >> > >> David > >> > >> Klepper will be kept on for a weekly show, to air next year. > >> http://www.tvguide.com/news/ the-opposition-jordan-klepper- canceled/ > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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+unsubscribe@ googlegroups.com > <tvornottv%[email protected]>. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ optout > <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+unsubscribe@ googlegroups.com > <tvornottv%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ optout > <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+unsubscribe@ googlegroups.com > <[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ optout > <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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
