They could bring back “Crimetime After Prinetime”! I’ve told the story before of when “Later with…” stopped production at NBC. Initially they played reruns of the series. Then, as an experiment, they put in decades-old reruns of SCTV, only to discover they did as good and often better than new episodes of Later.
Kevin M. (RPCV) On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 7:11 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > The follow up question is not, “why isn’t this show doing better?” It’s > “what could CBS possibly put on in this time slot that would do better?” > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 9:56 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The ratings are… unremarkable >> >> >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/after-midnight-premiere-week-ratings-cbs-1235806088/amp/ >> >> >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 1:00 PM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 8:06 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> The charm of the past and current generation of late night hosts is >>>> their acknowledgment of when a joke or bit doesn’t work. Dave was a master >>>> of it, bringing the audience into his own discomfort. Seth gleefully throws >>>> a writer under the bus when a monologue joke falls flat. My big problem >>>> with After Midnight is every joke gets a huge laugh and earns points >>>> whether or not it’s actually funny. >>>> >>>> >>> I think that's why you have to edit ruthlessly on this type of show. I >>> don't think it's a problem that in the final show, most jokes do, rather >>> than don't work. But you should lose a good 50% of what you record. And I'm >>> just not sure you can do that successfully if you're recording only a few >>> hours before broadcast. Of course, if you're smart, you can lean into >>> things that don't work. Reference the fact that nobody in the audience gets >>> it. >>> >>> -- >>> 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]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGAL7iv90zHAMGCZAOsTytTi13uOzaj7KHgSQ%3DNutqU4Bw%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGAL7iv90zHAMGCZAOsTytTi13uOzaj7KHgSQ%3DNutqU4Bw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> 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]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Cb5GfPaeV8fL0mToBoPTCPtvbeh_xjnUn1bRRnScKq1w%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Cb5GfPaeV8fL0mToBoPTCPtvbeh_xjnUn1bRRnScKq1w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEBP-M%2BfrDf-v6NUWYhNtK0LDCeuf4wMiYcUg8iD3vHnw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEBP-M%2BfrDf-v6NUWYhNtK0LDCeuf4wMiYcUg8iD3vHnw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AKDr8VPHUaxVcC4961qYOo6%2BPF9sBYXiQ5TyfqALxHHg%40mail.gmail.com.
