Per this Vulture article, it's on a two-week tryout. FWIW, I'm now curious enough to check in on Late Night.
http://www.vulture.com/2015/08/defense-of-the-late-night-monologue.html Part of the case advanced in the article is that for those who aren't taking the shows virally, that is watching them live, the monologue serves as the late-night equivalent of what used to be the first half hour of the morning shows - news roundup. I'm not sure. Seth and Celebrity Double Dare Jimmy do pull a fair chunk of their material from the news, Conan a little less so (IMO, of course). Letterman Idolator Jimmy isn't so insistent on using news stories, and neither is British Jimmy. They all tend to use the funny/weird stories that serve as radio show filler or Buzzfeed content for the monologue as well. But I wouldn't go so far as the piece did in implying that the evergreen nature of Pete Holmes' monologues (which were more of a break from the form than Ferguson's) are why the show didn't break 100 episodes. David From: Diner <[email protected]> To: TVorNotTV <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert apparently having his TCA day On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 9:45:47 AM UTC-4, Jim Ellwanger wrote: Seems like every new talk show has made this kind of statement, about "shaking up" the monologue, but it never seems to actually come to fruition. Coincidentally, just last night Seth Meyers ditched his stand-up monologue for jokes told at the desk, Weekend Update-style. Will it last? http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/11/seth-meyers-late-night-monologue-ditched -Tim -- -- 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.
