Which now leaves Sam Bee as the one show that hasn't got its audience
back.  I suspect that Bee doesn't want an audience, although the fact that
they're taping somewhere in Connecticut for the tax credits may also be a
factor.

Mark Jeffries
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On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 11:21 AM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.
>>
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