These kinds of articles are meaningless to me if they don't compare Colbert's ratings with Dave's at the same week of the year.
Colbert is not really competing with Fallon, he is competing with Kimmel. If over an entire season Colbert begins to fall regularly and significantly to third place, that would be a real cause for concern. If he is basically neck and neck with Kimmel, finishing second at least half the time during the year, then he is not really any worse than Dave. As we have been saying, we know the show is cheaper than Dave's, and if he is roughly where Dave was, then it can hardly be a disaster. The whole: "When will Colbert catch Fallon"? Question is a red herring, and only serves to give them something to write about. Again, that is not to say that there are not real questions about the kind of show Colbert is doing, and how to make it better. But framing those questions under the "Can Colbert out-Jimmy-Jimmy" is ridiculous. Personally, I had originally hoped that he would do a segment a night as his Colbert Report character; He had enough standing bits from the show (The Word, Better Know A..., That thing where he debated himself, etc). Maybe not enough people would like that, or maybe Stephen is just too tired of that character? But I knowI would like that. I would also like to see him interview at least selected guests, for at least one segment, as that character. On Thursday, 23 June 2016, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > > The question may be when Meyers does "Closer > > Look"--before or after 1 a.m. > > "A Closer Look" comes right after the monologue/faux-Update before the > first commercials. > > > And I wonder what The Wrap thinks Licht should have Colbert doing. > > Interviewing "Big Brother" castoffs? Hell, no. > > So far as I could tell, they think he should find a way to get a bigger > audience. Exactly how is an exercise left to the reader, or the network and > producers. > > -- > -- > 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv%[email protected]');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- 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.
