On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 10:34 AM, stannc <[email protected]> wrote: > But at least “The Best of Carson” had shows that were older than just a > few weeks or months. >
There are two large reasons why you don't get to see vintage late night episodes on TV: Network executives and late night TV producers. Their reasoning is simple and selfish: They don't want viewers thinking the "best of" late night happened long ago; they want to insist the "best of" is whatever they are producing or broadcasting right now, because if their best days are behind them... they are going to be out of a job. Remember as the "Later with..." transition was occurring, NBC decided to run old episodes of SCTV in the timeslot? Ratings were basically on par with new episodes of their late night fare. So although there is evidence the old stuff works, a TV network exists to provide new and original content to audiences (nobody wins awards or accolades for showing reruns). > > -- > 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. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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.
