Re: [TV orNotTV] late late night news

2023-02-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
And Funny or Die produced that pickleball special with Colbert. It all comes around eventually. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 1:17 PM M-D November wrote: > Hardwick sold Nerdist Industries to Legendary Entertainment about a decade > ago, and he stepped down from

Re: [TV orNotTV] late late night news

2023-02-09 Thread M-D November
Hardwick sold Nerdist Industries to Legendary Entertainment about a decade ago, and he stepped down from any executive position back in 2015, well before the 'unpleasantness'. IIRC, Funny or Die was involved with production of the original @midnight, so it makes sense that they'd retain the

Re: [TV orNotTV] late late night news

2023-02-08 Thread Steve Timko
I was also a fan of @midnight and I’m even a fan of Chris Hardwick. I liked @midnight for the same reason I liked Lights Out With David Spade. It gave me a chance to see a bunch of new comedians. Hardwick’s company helped produce @midnight. It was part of his empire that included his podcast and

Re: [TV orNotTV] late late night news

2023-02-08 Thread Kevin M.
On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 11:21 AM M-D November wrote: > *raises hand* > > I know I'm in the minority here, but I really enjoyed the original run of > @midnight and was not happy when CC pulled it, so I'm glad to see it coming > back in some form. > > I do have concerns that having the show air on

Re: [TV orNotTV] late late night news

2023-02-08 Thread Jon Delfin
isn't Hardwick under contract with NBC? it might be that simple On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 3:53 PM Jim Ellwanger wrote: > I'll admit that I liked it, too, although I only watched occasionally > (mainly when a comedian I really liked was among the "competitors"). > > I wonder if the new version is

Re: [TV orNotTV] late late night news

2023-02-08 Thread Jim Ellwanger
I'll admit that I liked it, too, although I only watched occasionally (mainly when a comedian I really liked was among the "competitors"). I wonder if the new version is going to open with the host saying "It's 12:36 and 59 seconds." > On Feb 8, 2023, at 11:21 AM, M-D November wrote: > >

Re: [TV orNotTV] late late night news

2023-02-08 Thread M-D November
*raises hand* I know I'm in the minority here, but I really enjoyed the original run of @midnight and was not happy when CC pulled it, so I'm glad to see it coming back in some form. I do have concerns that having the show air on CBS will tone down some of the humor, but I can see the panel

Re: [TV orNotTV] late late night news

2023-02-07 Thread Jim Ellwanger
I’m sure Elon Musk is looking forward to the return of Hashtag Wars to increase Twitter engagement. > On Feb 7, 2023, at 6:22 PM, PGage wrote: > > Hard to believe anyone in the world has been crossing their fingers hoping > for an @Midnight reboot. But this is exactly the kind of choice that

Re: [TV orNotTV] late late night news

2023-02-07 Thread PGage
Hard to believe anyone in the world has been crossing their fingers hoping for an @Midnight reboot. But this is exactly the kind of choice that makes sense: easy to produce, allows for stars of films to TV shows to serve as panelists to pimp projects (totally expect at least one non-comic chair

Re: [TV orNotTV] late late night news

2023-02-07 Thread Kevin M.
Yeah, let’s get a host who is a lot less Hardwicky On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 6:08 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Unless the new host (whenever that is announced) of The Daily Show moves > the program out west, Kimmel will be the sole late night west coast

Re: [TV orNotTV] late late night news

2023-02-07 Thread 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV
Unless the new host (whenever that is announced) of The Daily Show moves the program out west, Kimmel will be the sole late night west coast program. The Hardwick-hosted version of @midnight focused on comedians.  Since Hardwick isn't attached, it's possible the show may cast a wider booking

Re: [TV orNotTV] late late night news

2023-02-07 Thread Doug Eastick
Meh. I wasn't sure what to expect as a replacement, but that choice doesn't give me much "I'll give that a try" feeling. So then, west coast late night shows for PR rounds of TV/movie people is just Kimmel then? On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 8:18 PM Jon Delfin wrote: > >