As others have said, almost certainly they give it to either a POC or a woman (assuming social developments in the Beta Universe are similar to here), but I doubt that in any universe NBC would be willing to do both. They would have to consider Noah, but I don’t see him as having been successful enough where he is to have a strong case. I think they go with a white woman who has been successful on network TV, probably Tina Fey, maybe Amy Poehler. And both of them have the Lorne connections, if those are still helpful.
Contra Kevin, I suspect late night tv us still profitable, just not what it used to be. Their budgets are pretty low, they are used to hype the networks own stuff. I could not find any estimates of the profitability of the Tonight Show, but it looks like it generates enough profit just from YouTube revenues to defray mist of Fallon’s salary. On Sun, 14 Feb 2021 at 5:31 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > I’d like to believe that after Conan, they’d retire the concept of late > night TV as some sort of separate genre. We’ve all seen the ratings. > There’s nothing keeping The Tonight Show on the air except network execs > feeling beholden to Lorne Michaels. Put it out if NBC’s (and our) misery. > > On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 4:22 PM Brad Beam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> After 12 years at the helm, Conan O’Brien will be stepping down from “The >> Tonight Show” in June. So who’s the next host? (Make any assumptions >> necessary.) >> >> >> >> _ _ >> >> |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV >> >> |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw >> >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/006d01d70330%24a2b9ad30%24e82d0790%24%40suddenlink.net >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/006d01d70330%24a2b9ad30%24e82d0790%24%40suddenlink.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4A8U%3D%3DEZdF8oYgGraY-OzXsfC7EiRkzAGvN-owwjgZtDA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4A8U%3D%3DEZdF8oYgGraY-OzXsfC7EiRkzAGvN-owwjgZtDA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLC4ohJqRtwrYEfJAPyjqNT8K3ckHg2Lm2Y2jeHoGgUGg%40mail.gmail.com.
