On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 4:57 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Here's the prof's analysis -
> http://www.stephenwinzenburg.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/The_Late_Night_Revolution.18273319.pdf
>
> There's a higher percentage of snark within that I would have expected
> from an academic, even one in media studies.  Robert Thompson likely has
> nothing to worry about from this guy.
>

I really don't recommend that anybody read that paper. A small part of it
is his breaking shows down according how much is spent on scripted and
unscripted segments. Then he goes show by show and gives his opinions about
the hosts. His opinions about the hosts have nothing to do with the
numerical analysis, and when I read it, I thought it was a project done by
a very young grad (or even undergrad) student and not a communications
professor. As an academic publishing a paper, he should at least have
gotten in touch with some producers and asked them why they chose to
structure their shows the way they do. This was a very poor effort and is
of almost no value - the only value is the chart with the numbers.

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