It was noted here before that NBC has picked up a new season of Last Comic Standing with Wanda Sykes's production company running the show. This article talks about how they plan on dealing with the weaknesses of the earlier version:
http://www.laughspin.com/2014/01/17/drastic-changes-coming-to-last-comic-standing-on-nbc-exclusive/ I never watched the show, but I have heard many contestants and judges talk about their experiences on Marc Maron's podcast. In the first season, they wanted to be an equivalent to American Idol, using open call auditions to bring new performers to prominence. The problem is that a new comic doing open mike nights needs five minutes of material that works, a feature comic needs twenty minutes, and a headliner needs an hour. By looking for new people, they got many who had,at best, five minutes of material that worked, and if they proceeded to the next round, they had nothing new to present. They dealt with that by bringing experienced comics in but then they had the problem that the judges and contestants knew each other from working on the road and that created an awkward tension. The new season won't have open call auditions, and, as the article puts it, it will be more like The Voice than Survivor. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
