Nate's 538 boys bring their Stat Magic to an analysis of Colbert's Late Show. I find this kind of thing really interesting, and it does confirm what seems apparent to regular viewers - that Stephen books a different kind of guest. I do disagree with the claim that the conventional wisdom was that Colbert would be the ratings champ - if he is still beating Dave's numbers, then I think CBS is probably very happy.
"The big finding is that Colbert’s guest list doesn’t look very late night. While his competitors interviewed actors about two-thirds of the time (Kimmel: 68.7 percent; Fallon: 65.1 percent), Colbert’s actor-interview rate lagged well behind, at 42.8 percent. The late-night-guest scene is highly incestuous: Almost 90 guests — roughly 17 percent of all guests interviewed in this period — appeared on at least two of the three shows. But Colbert was much more likely than his late-night rivals to interview writers, political figures, members of the business world, hosts of other shows, scientists and activists. He was also the only host in this sample to interview an astronaut or religious figure." http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-statistical-analysis-of-stephen-colberts-first-100-episodes-of-the-late-show/?ex_cid=538fb -- -- 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.
