I don't think it was a matter of NBC not wanting to take the time to cultivate a replacement (like there's a farm of talk show hosts out there -- though I'd imagine NBC's would look like Oliver Wendell Douglas's),
I think it was that Lorne has shown enough success with SNL (which attracts viewership and buzz no matter how bad it gets -- and it manages to find new bottoms to that barrel every week) and Fallon's Late Night (ditto) that they were willing to trust him with Tonight. Lorne seems something in Fallon that completely eludes me -- other than the ability to attract clicks on line -- and that gives us both Fallon and Meyers. another TV performer who has exhibited little if any personality to this point. He's the perfect compliment to Fallon and certainly no threat to him. I described Fallon as the tofu of show business last night: Bland, tasteless, and harmless on his own, he takes on the flavor of whoever he's seen with. --Dave Sikula On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 9:10:21 PM UTC-8, David Bruggeman wrote: > > *From:* Kevin M. <[email protected] <javascript:>> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 19, 2014 10:33 PM > *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] Did Fallon need to introduce himself last > night? > > If your point is that NBC had nobody worthy of the legacy, I couldn't > agree more. What they had was Leno-as-placeholder, maintaining the top > ratings, but instead of taking time to find and cultivate someone, they > thought short-term (as usual with network executives) and signed Fallon. > Fallon is the result of a rush-job. Ask any plumber what the inevitable > result of a rush-job is. > > ----- > > I'd agree that NBC had nobody worthy of the legacy, because that would be > the equivalent of replacing Carson of 1992 with Letterman of 2014. > > Carson didn't bend the curve for late night hosting, he broke it. The > scrambling for Tonight host pre-Carson was arguably more dynamic than it's > been since 2009 (The plumber wouldn't have approved). There never was a > farm team for NBC late night the way there was (is?) for NBC news. > > David > -- -- 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.
