Here's a Vulture article about the show's extensive use of standup comics: http://www.vulture.com/2017/01/conan-move-could-be-a-blow-to-stand-up-comedy.html
The most interesting passage: *Last year, Conan had 41 stand-up sets.... * *Assuming that Conan's eventual new format doesn't allow the time or flexibility for stand-up sets, it would be a significant blow to comedy. The other nightly late-night shows still have stand-up, but sparingly, seemingly there only to remind people that they are doing the same thing that Carson once did. Last year Corden and Meyers had eight sets apiece, Fallon had 15, Colbert had 16, and Kimmel had three. That, despite Fallon and Colbert doing over 50 more episodes than Conan, and Kimmel having **70** more. Last year, Conan had a stand-up set once every 3.7 episodes, which is more than once a week. No one else is anywhere close to that.* Aside from the show's reliance on standups, one thing stood out for me here: that Fallon and Colbert do 10 more weeks of shows a year, and Kimmel does 14 weeks more. And it sometimes feels to me like *they're *on vacation too much. If you want to know why people aren't tuning in to *Conan *that frequently anymore, well, there's a big reason right there. 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] <javascript:>> > *To:* "[email protected] <javascript:>" <[email protected] > <javascript:>> > *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] <javascript:>" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *To:* TVorNotTV <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *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] > <javascript:> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:> > 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:>. > 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.
