> Chris Wallace was given so much time last night It sure didn't feel like that to me trying to watch his portion, given the constant ad breaks. Although you're right that Holland Taylor was barely on.
They should've deep-sixed the lame emoji "comedy" bit to allow more time for the guests. On Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 8:29:15 PM UTC-4 Dave Sikula wrote: > Timing has been fakakta since the return from the long break. Chris > Wallace was given so much time last night that poor Holland Taylor (whom I > don't really like, but whom I also imagine has amassed some pretty good > stories over the decades) for maybe three minutes jammed into the end. She > looked very distressed as Colbert was billboarding Corden, as though she > had forgotten to say something important. > > I wonder, do they make the audience sit through the recorded band > appearances? Considering how awful they are, it'd be a blessing. I also > have to wonder if and when Meyers will get his studio audience back. > Personally, I enjoy the crowd-free shows, but since Colbert and Fallon are > each working live (as will Oliver this weekend), it's obviously not an NYC > thing keeping people away, > > --Dave Sikula > > On Thursday, September 9, 2021, 10:45:31 AM PDT, Mark Jeffries < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Unfortunately, as long as they are top-rated in the time slot and on > social media (unless you want to count what some say about "Gutfeld!"), > Licht isn't going to change anything that's important. Considering that > Colbert still has the writers that supported the Rev. Dr. Stephen T. > Colbert, D.F.A. character so well on the "Report," it's amazing that they > seem to be going through the motions. > > (For the record, they've also started squeezing back the first break ads > to do behind-the-scenes shots and lower thirds telling what's coming up and > moving up the last local break so that the show's last act is now either > the musical guest or the last guest into the goodnights. The plug for > tomorrow night's guest goes into the next-to-last break with the band > playing the break music, not the theme with canned cheering, and there's no > plug now for "Tooning Out the News." And the CBS logo bug is now in the > left-hand corner of the screen, but that has to be network-wide.) > > Mark Jeffries > [email protected] > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 4:45 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hope they enjoy it. I found it vertiginous, too fast, and capable of > causing nausea. > > Rather than work on the credits, I wish they'd work on the writing and > Colbert's interviewing. Tonight's panel with Martin, Short, and Gomez was a > train wreck, with no focus, wit, or enlightenment. It was four people all > talking over each other to no effect. If a talk show can't make at least > two of those people interesting, it's the show's fault. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 1:54:45 PM UTC-7 Jon Delfin wrote: > > > https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/stephen-colbert-late-show-credit-sequence-batiste-1235057860/ > > but I bet the announcer will continue to lie at the end and say "live on > tape" > > -- > 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/73b16c4f-41b5-488b-a0bc-5f95a5e2c945n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/73b16c4f-41b5-488b-a0bc-5f95a5e2c945n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tvornottv/cRimYqvwKm0/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi_Z0FU0hd6SyrQTvp5692UozfW_ae0Sm3b4Etp4%3D_YR9g%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi_Z0FU0hd6SyrQTvp5692UozfW_ae0Sm3b4Etp4%3D_YR9g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/5aed68a4-ef39-46a2-89e1-846d5daf26d8n%40googlegroups.com.
