As always with these lists it’s silly to consider them definitive. I think Aaron was taking a stroll down Memory Lane and was looking for a frame to write about some of these less well known shows.
I remember Howard Stern had a late night show on Fridays that never went anywhere. He couldn’t be transgressive on network TV and he was just trying to do a televised version of his radio show (not like what he did on E!, which was bringing a TV crew in to tape his radio show). Of course if someone criticizes Howard online they risk dealing with a troll army. J Elvis Weinstein was the head writer for Later With Greg Kinnear and he’s talked about it on several podcasts. He said when movie work popped up for Kinnear, they dealt with it by taping several shows in one day so that they could cover for the days Kinnear wasn’t available. Between the burnout of staff and crew from having to put together so many shows in such a short time and Kinnear phoning it in while his mind was on his movie career, the show had no hope. On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 6:20 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > So Aaron is counting Leno"s Tonight Show under Helen Kushnick. Could > turning the ratings powerhouse into a third place finisher under Fallon > count for anything? Playing beer pong while Rome burned -- does misreading > the mood of the country count? > I am a Larry Wilmore fan and I don't see how his show, which I enjoyed, > can be lumped in with some truly awful shoes. > The Morten Downey Jr. Show was syndicated and aired at different times, > but I think it was targeted for late night and deserves a spot on the list. > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2022, 10:23 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Some you know (Joan Rivers, Alan Thicke, Sajak), some you've forgotten >> ("The Wilton North Report," "Last Call"), some you may've thought were >> never artistically a hit (Big Jaw): >> >> >> https://www.primetimer.com/barnhart/the-ten-biggest-fails-in-late-night-tv-history >> >> And no Lilly Singh? >> >> -- >> 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/fefa4e7a-22b6-4b9c-b868-a8f54cc93d7bn%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/fefa4e7a-22b6-4b9c-b868-a8f54cc93d7bn%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/CAH5J8yyjMKuFWjB4d5O2RsX42YojCM7o4EZfU8TQqfYjecbECQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yyjMKuFWjB4d5O2RsX42YojCM7o4EZfU8TQqfYjecbECQ%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/CAJE-FiG9Gb0jNm0acBn9SkE%3DO2dRzadHJyc4Kdhio2HD7ioM2Q%40mail.gmail.com.
