I was surprised by how much I liked the first show - so much better than “After Midnight.” It seemed like the point of the show is for the civilian is to be kind of a straight man, and I thought he was fine, though maybe he or Wood should have somehow brought in a little bit of who he was in real life. Wood was funny, but I agree the energy level was a bit off; it’s almost like they watched the first eek of After Midnight and decided whatever they did they wanted to avoid that desperate manic vibe. I know the points don’t matter but they hardly existed at all, o scoreboard or explanation, so it sounded like a non sequitur when they were mentioned a few times late in the show.
Sent from Gmail Mobile On Sun, 15 Sep 2024 at 11:55 PM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > Anyone else watch it? I have no familiarity with the British version, so I > can't compare it. > > For the most part, it wasn't very good. While I like Roy Wood Jr. a lot, > and run hot and cold on Amber Ruffin and Robin Thede, it was one of the > first times I've liked Ian Michael Black. > > The two biggest problems I found were 1) the Libertarian panelist. It > wasn't his politics (which mostly went unexpressed); it was that he was > basically a smart author forced to compete with four professional > comedians, and there aren't a lot of civilians who are equipped for that. > He was game, but out of his depth. (For example, in the closing "What Will > Be News Next Week?" bit, the other three gave humorous answers while his > was sober and serious.) > > The other, bigger, problem was that it felt like -- despite a live > audience -- there was a lot of dead air; it was a 30--minute show crammed > into a 60-minute slot. > > To be honest, probably the liveliest and most unexpected thing on the show > was the two unbleeped "motherfuckers." Guess CNN didn't go with a > seven-second delay. > > Hopefully, they'll solve some of the problems as they go along, but right > now, there's not a lot there. > > --Dave Sikula > > -- > 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/a5cbcd06-6724-4686-be49-0af9a0fe4014n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a5cbcd06-6724-4686-be49-0af9a0fe4014n%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/CAKGtkYKq2o50L66KnHFmXZrpPrEUxP%3DZv7ByeKj8-89f-f%2BAJQ%40mail.gmail.com.
