Conan's rating in the demo was lower than Carson Daly's. LINK <https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/weekly-ratings/late-night-ratings-oct-1-5-2018/>
On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 8:40 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I'll stipulate that any late night television band doesn't fool around. > And that The Roots don't quite fit the mold here. But whether led by Max > Weinberg or Jimmy Vivino, the band backing Conan is my first choice to pay > money to hear live. > > Of the shows I've seen taped, the pre-show combination of The Basic Cable > Band and Jimmy Pardo as warm-up comic will be hard to top. > > David > > On Sunday, October 7, 2018, 10:52:04 PM EDT, Kevin M. < > drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Conan’s tribute to his band was touching. They really do have a fat > (phat?) rocking sound. > > https://youtu.be/xG3ccQtKGrI > > And Conan sat in with the band to perform “40 Days,” the song he used to > close his live shows > > https://youtu.be/TdIgpVazr-k > > I only briefly worked on Late Night with Conan when the series did its > “Conan in LA” week in Carson’s old studio. Hearing that band live was a > definite highlight. > > > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 8:19 PM Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> > wrote: > > I may be the only one on this list who’s been watching Conan consistently > since 1993, so this clearly marks the end of an era for me. The format > change is unfortunate not just because the band was so good, but also > because Conan’s bookers have always been excellent at getting musical acts > on the show. > > Back in the early days of his “Late Night," the people in my college dorm > would opine that, given that Conan’s interviews were by far the weak link > in the show, they should get rid of those and reformat it into “The Conan > O’Brien Variety Hour” and just have comedy sketches and musical guests. So > it’s very interesting that, 25 years later, it’s basically the reverse > that’s happening. (In a manner of speaking — I’m interested to see how much > time is allotted for comedy sketches in the new format.) > > I suspect during the three months off, they’ll build a new, smaller set > for the show, and a number of former staff members will be clearing out > their desks. > > > On Oct 4, 2018, at 9:18 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > I'm a few days behind, but outlets were reporting that the Basic Cable > Band was playing its last episode of Conan tonight, so I tuned in mid-way. > > Jimmy Vivino and the band are/were tonight's musical guest, and former > Tonight Show/Conan writer/performer Deon Cole was a (the?) guest. > > Before they played, Conan announced that the band will not be part of the > 30 minute version of the show. While this makes economic sense, and is > consistent with the previous announcement that there wouldn't be musical > guests, I hadn't heard anything about this before tonight. Nor that > tonight was the last hour-long late night edition of Conan. > > I didn't catch this segment during the broadcast (link below), but the > show will keep with the already announced start date of January for the new > format. In the meantime, there will be another Conan Without Borders > episode (Japan), an 18-city tour, a podcast (not Serious Jibber-Jabber), > the launch of the online archive, and other projects. > > > http://teamcoco.com/video/conan-highlight-catch-conan-s-new-podcast-live-tour-more > > With TBS baseball playoffs mucking up the schedule starting now, I can > sort of see why stop the hour long now. But three months seems like a long > time to be away. I know back in 2010 the online stuff was an important way > to keep O'Brien in the spotlight, but the space is a lot more crowded now > and there won't be as much excitement as there was in the aftermath of Late > Night Wars II > > All that said, the archive sounds promising, and almost Carsonian. > > > -- > 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > Kevin M. 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