On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]>wrote:
> In a HuffPo blog post entitled "No One Puts Baby in Parentheses," Handler > doesn't like the fact that in an article on the latest changes in > late-night, Bill Carter referred to her this way: "(The only female host > in late-night is Chelsea Handler, 38, on E!)"--All of the other hosts > weren't in parentheses: > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chelsea-handler/no-one-puts-baby-in-paren_b_4830076.html > > She points out that it's not because of what anyone thinks about "Chelsea > Lately" (the soundtrack of which now simulcasts weeknights on Sirius XM's > Raw Dog Comedy channel) or that her age has been revealed (she's probably > said her age at least once on her show), it's just that she feels that she > has achieved success in her own niche in late-night that's being > marginalized because of her gender. And even if you don't care for her > (and one of our regulars has made it very clear in the past that he doesn't > think much of her comedy style), that is a valid point. > For 2013 Handler averaged 571,000 Viewers, less than 2/3 of the next lowest Late Night audience (Conan, 914,000). It is actually kind of hard to get the numbers for Handler's show (I got the above from this article about Jimmy Fallon, following links from the wikis: http://adage.com/article/media/jimmy-fallon-s-tonight-show-thrive-fewer-viewers/291646/). I have read reports that her audience has declined since 2013, and may now be under 500,000. The Handler wiki page, apparently edited by fans, emphasizes not actual numbers, but how she has in the past attracted more young women than some of her competitors. I don't blame Carter for treating her in a parentheses, but I also don't blame her for pushing back on it, and really, unless the NYT has some kind of policy requiring treating all late night shows with ratings under 750,000 in parentheses, it was a little thoughtless of him to single her out for parenthetic treatment. I am surprised that anyone would even suggest noting her age was a problem - I think every article I have read about the late night hosts in the build up to the Fallon take-over has mentioned and often focused on the hosts age. -- -- 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.
