On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 6:52 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 5:01 AM, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The main story line over the last few weeks is that Conan is sinking > pretty > >> steadily. It looked to some like he might be stabilizing around 1.0/.0 > >> (demo), but he has dropped .1 each of the last two weeks, and is now at > .7. > > > > I'm amazed at how little buzz there's been since Conan debuted on TBS. > > Has anything noteworthy happened on the show? > > I don't know, since -- despite not being distributed internationally > -- those of us who would love to watch the show but live overseas are > denied access to the website. > As noted I have only seen it sporadically since the first week, but I think he is doing a pretty good job. Andy Richter was on the Pollack Chatshow (can you get that behind the iron curtain Kevin?) last week and made a point of saying that their approach to this show is very different from previous versions - basically that they don't work as hard. They don't work weekends and the day off on filming and recording extra bits for example. I think he said something like "this show is more about us just hanging out and having a good time". I don't know if that is starting to cost them viewers, or if the structural disadvantages of being on TBS are starting to catch up with them. Dave of course made a similar change some years ago now, with a lot less extra work on bits and more just him riffing from the desk in the second segment (which I think is always the highlight of the show, but I know some here think that is Dave being lazy and phoning it in). Richter also mentioned that so far they have chosen not to use much of their previous "intellectual property" (though I seem to remember the masturbating bear on the first show). He said they might change in the future, but for now they want to challenge themselves to create new stuff - I guess its possible some fans are tuning out because they are not finding enough familiar stuff. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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
