FWIW, Corden started live shows from his home this week (he did do a
quarantine-themed primetime special in late March). Bandleader Reggie Watts
appears, for about as long as Jon Batiste does on the Late Show.
Corden's dad, a retired military musician, features tonight, as he's taken to
doing weekly concerts from his driveway in High Wycombe.
David
On Wednesday, April 15, 2020, 5:59:07 AM EDT, 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV
<[email protected]> wrote:
As I noted after Colbert's first night at home, I'm mostly enjoying the
format, as the panels seem less canned and more spontaneous. Tonight's
interview with Cate Blanchett was refreshing in its conversational
presentation; just two people who like each other having a chat.
Now, that said: Fallon's show continues to be an amateurish nightmare (so he's
continuing the standard he set at 30 Rock) and his kids continue to be less
charming than he thinks. Meyers's interviews run hot and cold, since he's not
the performer Colbert is. The scripted material in the first half-hour is good,
although why he continues to give his writer Amber a spotlight is as much a
mystery to me as Colbert's obsession with Brian Stack. I can't speak to what
Kimmel and Corden are doing, since I rarely watch the former and can't stand
the latter.
For me, the biggest loser is TDS, because Noah's material is weak (especially
without a braying audience), his delivery obnoxious (I'm really growing to hate
his lousy dialects and Trump impression), and the correspondents are mostly
second-rate (exceptions: Roy Wood, Jr. and Jordan Klepper--though the latter is
hampered by not being able to do remotes). The saving grace is that the
interviews with public officials and experts have been generally good; far
better than the celebrities he drags out.
I am ready to go back to real shows, though.
--Dave Sikula
On Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 7:33:58 PM UTC-7, stannc wrote:
It’s only been a month and I can’t believe how much I miss HD-quality talk
shows, with a desk, a set, a band, and two people in the same shot.
-Stan
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