On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 3:20 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 4, 3:00 pm, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Conan could reliably get a 1.8 rating. If Fallon comes in over 1.5 NBC >> won't panic. The sign of a failing talk show host is the inability to >> book guests. Considering NBC will have 3.5 talk shows to book come >> fall, there's a chance that could be trouble for Fallon if he hasn't >> found a faithful audience by then. > > The advantage Fallon will have is that he'll have the only NY-based > franchise, but I'd expect the competition between Fallon and Letterman > would be non-existant until Fallon finds himself (assuming he does). > Given the choice of an established host or a guy trying to figure out > what his show is, I'd imagine most bookings (other than NBC "stars") > would opt for the former.
Except - it seems like Fallon is benefiting from the contacts of Lorne Michaels to book A list guests, at least this first week (unlike say, Jimmy Kimmel's experience in the wilderness). It looks like Friends of Lorne, and stars that want to be considered in with the SNL crowd, will be on for a while. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
