First, Conan to replace Jay Leno. Oh wait... Jay's pissed... Ok, we'll give him his own show at 9 CST. Damn, now nothing has changed. We've done a bunch of stuff, without actually doing anything. This is doomed to failure.
Quick, let's switch it back and and act like nothing ever happened (commence deflective awkward whistling).
That's right. NBC made us sit through all of those dumb promos, retrospective shows and general confusion (at least on my part) as to what time it is... and now they're just going back to the old line up and time slots. Check out this NYTimes article.
Like I said, I feel like this thing was doomed to fail. There was a lot of hype about nothing. By giving Jay another show it gave noone any reason to give Conan a chance. They should have just announced a time shift in the beginning, and made a big deal about that... because thats all it is.
I think NBC might think a little to highly of "The Tonight Show" as a branded television show. As Shakespeare would say, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Or in the case of Jay Leno, the show was smelling like rotten bananas and diapers. Given that NBC didn't let Conan bring all of his show format and style with him, his show is souring as well.
The real loser here is Jimmy Fallon who actually has a really good and unique show; its moving back to the late late timeslot.
The Roots as a house band, SNL alum genuinely excited and happy to be on a show... doing skits, hilarious(esque) games like Wheel of Carpet Samples, Guests participating in games and above all Jimmy's down to earth, approachable, demeanor. I can't speak higher about that show, especially with its position as third wheel to the NBC
Watch this skit from the show...
Will Ferrell being the man... but even in the interview segment... these guys play off each other, its actually funny...
Awesome! I think of Fallon's show as a cross between the Johnny Carson Dean Matin shows of the past (where the guests felt like friends), and an SNL game/talk show skit gone array.
Hopefully NBC gets its act together, figures this thing out, and make me laugh.
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