I've not had a chance to see the show yet. But it sounds as if there are more than a few steals from Graham Norton (to be found on BBC America I believe). The host not sitting behind a desk and having guests to his left is also what Norton does. And he relaxes his guests with alcohol. OK - not an actual bar, but guests often sip glasses of wine etc. I think it's all part of the idea that you're at an exclusive party somewhere where everyone is having fun.
I'll withhold judgment until I've actually seen the show as to how well it works having all the guests at once. In Norton's case it does work, but that's because he's done some serious homework beforehand. He's thought hard about routes into linking from guest A to guest B. I'd suggest that's a lot easier when you only have one show a week and therefore more time to plan. The daily grind makes things much harder. I'm not sure that just because the previous host was a recovering alcoholic that it means it shouldn't be allowed in the future. On the other hand, it always feels to me that Brits and Americans (West Coast American all the more so) have very different attitudes to alcohol. That all said, I'm pretty certain in the UK you'd not be allowed to have an alcohol sponsor actually on-set like that! Adam On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Saw the first episode. I'll check back in a few months and see how he's > settled in. First impressions are that many celebrities are going to > struggle sitting on the couch longer than the usual six or seven minutes. > Also, the previous host was very vocal about his years of sobriety and > struggles with addiction; I have no problem with drinking but having a bar > on set is either a slap in the face of the previous host's sobriety or it > is a not so subtle way of saying "we aren't like the last host." Either > way, I don't think those messages are the ones the show ought to be > sending. Lastly, Corden laughs at his own jokes too much. he needs to work > that out of his system. > > On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 3:18 AM, 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Now that the first episode's come and (thankfully) gone, may I just say >> that all my early expectations were realized? After hearing Corden >> interviewed on KPCC's "The Frame," I found him earnest and humble enough, >> and was pulling for him to succeed, but the first entry was pretty bad. The >> opening pre-tape of how Corden got the job and was trained for it had a fun >> premise, but went on for what seemed like days, and the segment with Hanks >> where they relived some of his more notable roles made me long for the >> brevity and wit of the pre-tape. The panels were actually pretty good; >> loose and casual. though Corden's reliance on Reggie Watts's personality >> and alleged charm seems misplaced at best. All in all, most of the program >> felt like the worst parts of an overly-long awards show. >> >> It's unfair to predict the future of a show based on the first episode, >> but suffice it to say, Corden and his unnamed writers have their >> considerable work cut out for them. >> - >> --Dave Sikula >> >> >> On Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 12:04:53 AM UTC-7, JW wrote: >>> >>> >> As far as having all the guests on the set, it depends on whether >>> they're >>> >> using the Carson model of one guest at a time, in which case the >>> previous >>> >> guests aren't usually encouraged to interact after they've moved down >>> the >>> >> couch, or talking to everyone at once in a Bill Maher-type panel. My >>> >> uninformed guess is that it's the former system. >>> > >>> > I suspect that they'll all come on together and that he'll try to make >>> it a >>> > bit more interactive between the guests. 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