On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 2:39 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.
This is the first talk show set designed in the HDTV era and there's no reason that the set design can't be a departure from previous design geared to the new technology. At least find some sense of 21st Century design rather than look at past talk shows and add nothing. NBC had a huge budget and the opportunity to build the Tonight Show studio from the ground up and that gives them more possibilities in set design. I just sense that they were looking for risk avoidance and being overly conservative and that leads them to a mediocre set. 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
