Reminds me of the Rome sequence of “History of the World: Part One.” “When you die at the Palace, you REALLY die at the Palace.”
On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 8:15 AM Tom Wolper <twol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Whatever one thinks of TV execs they have to hit a rapidly moving target. > Using the decisions made 7 years ago, let alone decisions made 30 years ago > is a sure recipe for failure. Whatever CBS chooses to do with the show or > the time slot, they should know they can’t replicate the past. > > On Sat, May 14, 2022 at 5:54 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It’s hard for me to take this article seriously. I clicked through the >> links he provided to support the three points he used to set it up, and >> found the following: >> >> 1. The link he used to support claim that Late night talk show ratings >> are falling, an article in the Hollywood reporter, actually said that >> Fallon’s ratings were falling while Colbert’s were basically flat, in an >> environment in which most TV ratings were falling. >> >> 2. The link supporting claim that “Others” are saying the problem with >> Late Night us a Trump obsession is from an article in the college newspaper >> of the University of Wisconsin from almost a year ago. And of course, if >> anything this claim is undermined by the article cited in support of point >> #1 (the show with the biggest Trump obsession has the best ratings, not the >> worst). >> >> 3. The link supporting the claim that “Others” are saying the late night >> format is out of date is from something called *Mud Magazine*, a “pop >> culture hub for Gen-Z.” >> >> I’m not saying I necessarily disagree with any of these points, but I >> don’t find the support he provides persuasive. >> >> Well, I don’t agree with #1 as stated. Any think piece starting with the >> premise that any particular part of linear television is experiencing >> ratings decline greater than linear television overall really has to start >> with evidence that those ratings (whether for Late night TV, the Olympics, >> the Oscars, sitcoms, or the NBA playoffs) are in fact worse than some >> reliable measure of television ratings over all. Based on this article That >> basic premise does not seem to be true, late night ratings are not falling >> faster than television ratings over all (though maybe Jimmy Fallon’s are). >> >> On Thu, 12 May 2022 at 3:37 PM Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> A former writer for Fallon turned college professor on why he believes >>> late night is in decline, criticizing the overemphasis on the news cycle >>> and celebrity worship and defending Lilly Singh and, uh, Greg Gutfeld: >>> >>> >>> https://theconversation.com/what-can-reverse-late-night-tvs-decline-177028?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%2011%202022%20-%202287122745&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20May%2011%202022%20-%202287122745+CID_867b28d67437a411e29d5c8a5569e7de&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=What%20can%20reverse%20late-night%20TVs%20decline >>> >>> Discuss. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/f7d94ff5-b3c5-4a8f-9a32-121845b006b5n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/f7d94ff5-b3c5-4a8f-9a32-121845b006b5n%40googlegroups.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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BsC%3DWP5nE1T_bhfHG%2BVxQMHtCPmJMtdCt%3DYctni7xXzw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BsC%3DWP5nE1T_bhfHG%2BVxQMHtCPmJMtdCt%3DYctni7xXzw%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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiG3QLP5ZVCw5zC9vThk1Zo--XFLZxV%2Bhn2HFVt7Y3i0hA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiG3QLP5ZVCw5zC9vThk1Zo--XFLZxV%2Bhn2HFVt7Y3i0hA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. 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