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 [email protected] 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. >> > -- > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/2ba72f0f-4dc8-4290-b799-8d39ebca5efbn%40googlegroups.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/CAJ_uKi_z-kMiBZpbANEb7tr2okf_WE4PkCZpGDiUM0PuEOXeQw%40mail.gmail.com.
