There may have been logistical hurdles to bringing back an audience - TDS just moved into new digs @ 1515 B'way (the ancestral home of Carson Daly), and while that's not a location unfamiliar to handling audiences, it's more complex than TDS's old "let 'em wait on the street" approach. On Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 10:58:38 AM UTC-4 Adam Bowie wrote:
> According to Deadline, they're testing having an audience back with Noah: > https://deadline.com/2021/11/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-to-test-out-studio-audience-return-1234866100/ > > I've got to say that with TDS being the one US chat show I at least on/off > watched (aside from John Oliver), the pandemic production values didn't > really help. First they increased the length when really, if anything, the > show needed tightening up. Then when they went back to the studio, it was > without an audience. > > I certainly understand the safety aspects, but I can't help thinking that > Comedy Central were cheaping out. Audiences cost money to wrangle, added to > which, it felt like they'd moved into a much smaller - cheaper - facility. > > I watched one recent episode and I could swear I heard a siren from > outside the studio somewhere at one point. If you're not even soundproofing > your facilities can you even call them studios? > > I still like Noah overall, and Jordan Klepper's remote pieces are some of > the best bits I ever see, but the show's reboot at this point hasn't > worked, and they need to shorten things up and get an audience who will at > least let them realise to an extent what is and isn't working. > > > Adam > > PS The fake TV show that Kendall nearly appeared on in this week's > Succession, "The Disruption" seemed to be a cross between TDS, Samantha Bee > and John Oliver. I did enjoy that even if the jokes on the show within a > show were a bit crass. > -- 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/2ba72f0f-4dc8-4290-b799-8d39ebca5efbn%40googlegroups.com.
