To answer my own question, it looks like Conan's ratings dropped to where Lopez's ratings were when it got bumped to the earlier time slot and got canceled. http://www.salon.com/2011/08/10/why_did_tbs_cancel_lopez_tonight/
On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > I tuned in to Conan a few months ago and his interview skills seemed to have > detiorated. He went full Arsenio and wasn't engaging the guest at all. > I know it is a different time, but does anyone remember George Lopez's > ratings? > > Not sent from an iPhone. > On Jan 6, 2017, at 9:34 AM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Frankly, this isn't a terrible idea. With the glut of late-night options, >> changing things up may keep the show fresh; ironically, the weekly/specials >> route is probably the path Leno should have followed when he initially >> stepped down from the Tonight Show, but we all know how that went... >> >> On Friday, January 6, 2017 at 9:19:42 AM UTC-5, David Bruggeman wrote: >>> >>> Additional discussion of what TBS and Conan have actually been talking >>> about via Vulture. More details than the THR article, including comments >>> from Jeff Ross (the Conan EP, not the Roastmaster General). >>> >>> >>> http://www.vulture.com/2017/01/conan-reportedly-switching-to-weekly-format.html >>> >>> TL;DR - Conan and TBS both like the remote shows, and are exploring ways >>> to do more of them that don't stretch the Conan crew too thin. After all, >>> they are spending more time per show on programs like Cuba or Berlin than >>> they probably do for a week in NYC or at Comic-Con. This could simply mean >>> more weeks of repeats, fewer nights a week, a shorter length program, or >>> some other schedule. >>> >>> David >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: David Bruggeman <[email protected]> >>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2017 5:02 PM >>> Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] "Conan" going the weekly route >>> >>> Kevin Reilly, TBS head, emphasizes that there are no concrete timetable >>> or plan for the switchover, which may not be to weekly, but would try and >>> make it easier for the show to do the remote shows that have been a bigger >>> part of the program over the last few years. >>> >>> >>> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/conan-obrien-remain-nightly-tbs-boss-kevin-reilly-says-961128 >>> >>> The article gets at something I don't think Conan has gotten as much >>> attention for compared to the Jimmys - his viral content. Arguably that >>> sustained him in the time between NBC and TBS. >>> >>> David >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> To: TVorNotTV <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2017 4:34 PM >>> Subject: [TV orNotTV] "Conan" going the weekly route >>> >>> TBS says it plans to rework Conan O'Brien's talk show from a nightly >>> format to a weekly one. No date has been announced for the switchover ... >>> >>> http://www.thewrap.com/conan-obrien-weekly-tbs/ >>> >>> The network suggests the weekly format may take the form of Conan's "on >>> the road" episodes where he's gone to Cuba, South Korea and the like. >>> -- >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> > -- -- 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.
