I think the issue is that...well, it's the "Tonight" Show. The set is expected to look a certain way, have a certain feel, etc. regardless of who's hosting it at the time.
The only other possible comparison is "Late Night", but even that's not a fair comparison. "Tonight" has been around almost as long as commercial television, whereas "Late Night" is only in its third decade (and 2X fewer hosts). "Late Night" can get away with more drastic (and more frequent) set redesigns because of the supposed LACK of tradition, and even then, things are pretty constant - Letterman only made gradual tweaks to his set over his 10 or so years on NBC, and Conan only had the one major redesign, which was almost intended to signal NBC's confidence in the show and acknowledge Conan's maturity as a host. Someone else registered surprise at the fact that Conan is retaining the traditional "desk on Stage Right, band on Stage Left" setup from Leno & Carson's sets, but really, he had to - Letterman's set on "Late Show" is just an exploded version of his "Late Night" set...which means he retained the 'desk at stage left' configuration. Conan HAS to go right to differentiate. Knowing Conan, I'm sure he and his staff will find ways to tweak the set once they're comfortable. In the meantime, remember this: it took Leno 5 years and a trip to Studio 8H to get his set just right. M-D On May 17, 11:41 pm, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > With the exception of Colbert's esoterica and the occasional uses of > Letterman's backdrop, most late night sets are similarly bland. > > David > > ________________________________ > From: Tom Wolper <[email protected]> > > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > ...leaked to Adalian: > > >http://www.tvweek.com/tvmojoe/2009/05/conan-is-feeling-a-little-blue.php > > The only word I can think to describe it is mediocre. There's nothing > in that set that shows any originality or personality. > > Tom W --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
