> Fallon's success and format may > not signal the death of late night talk shows as we have known them, but it > might signal that a traditional talk show is no longer required to draw a > strong audience in that time slot. I expect we will be seeing traditional > talk shows in the late night time slot for many years to come, but we also > may be seeing other kinds of late night entertainment shows too.
The one thing I'll say here, and I don't want to overstate it, is that these shows tend to find their way back to the Carson template, no matter how hard the people involved try to change it. Even Ferguson, who tried so hard to be different, found that interacting with a sidekick (goofy though Geoff may be) works well for him. Fallon may prefer Yambo to interviewing, but the formula evolved because it works. -- -- 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/d/optout.
