On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:10 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Fallon's First Show > From: "Mark J." <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, March 05, 2009 12:54 pm > To: TVorNotTV [email protected] > >> Drew Barrymore--34 >> Cameron Diaz--36 >> Tina Fey--38 >> >> Not that much difference in age. Also, her big breakthrough movie was >> a teenybop comedy with Lindsay Lohan and people consider "SNL" the >> kids' show, even if she was known for doing fake news. > > Seriously? You consider "Mean Girls" to be Tina Fey's "big breakthrough"? > You'd never heard of the woman before she rode Lindsay Lohan's coattails to > fame? :)
Well, he did say it was her "breakthrough movie", not her breakthrough. I am a Tina Fey groupie, and I could not name another Tina Fey film prior to Mean Girls. Clearly the Fallon show is going for a younger audience than my demo - and if he proves popular with the young people, more power to him. I think the point about the paradox with the guest list though is valid. I only watched the first two episodes because the guests skewed more to my demo, and frankly I suspect his high ratings numbers are only a result of the star power of those early guest names. If at some point his guest list is taken more from reality shows and CW sitcoms, we will see if Fallon himself has enough appeal to even young viewers to keep them interested. I only don't watch Dave when he has one of three guests on: Dr. Phil, Donald Trump, Martha Stewart. I'm not sure Fallon will inspire that kind of loyalty among his demographic, but that might just be because I am an old guy. FWIW, I checked in with my college student daughter, living in Manhattan, and asked her if she or her friends had watched Fallon's show (I was actually emailing her to encourage her to go to the Tribeca Film Festival Di Niro was pimping). Not only did she not watch it, she didn't know anything about it, and thought that when I told her about the Fallon show I was making a joke (she and I do both have a soft spot for the Barry Gibb talk show). Small sample, but bad news if their target audience is hipster Manhattan college students... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
