Any value in expanding TDS to 60 minutes?  I suspect the staff works plenty 
hard as it is, but if CC is stuck on having an hour of news satire (which 
doesn't strike me as a given), I'd think they would consider it.


David



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 From: M-D November <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Options for Comedy Central
 


None of the shows you mentioned (Key & Peele, Inside Amy Schumer, Kroll Show, 
etc.) pair well enough with TDS to keep that hour in tact. TDS & Colbert work 
as a unit because the two shows, despite differing styles of satirizing the 
news, follow a similar vein.  Installing a sketch show into the 11:30 spot 
eliminates any possibility of topical humor that can tie into what TDS covered 
at the top of the hour, and will almost certainly result in viewers tuning out 
to Jimmy or Colbert.  (Of course, it's entirely likely the Colbert Nation will 
follow him anyway.)  Similarly, you can't just install @midnight at 11:30; 
aside from the obvious naming issue (@eleventhirty?), I don't think it's a 
strong enough show to hold viewers.

My vote would be for Sam Bee or John Hodgman to take 11:30.  Or maybe something 
with Bee and Jason Jones, doing a play on Fox & Friends or the other morning 
pundits-on-parade shows?  

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