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Conan to Shift to Weekly Format
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Maybe he's got better, but from what I've seen of him he isn't very funny, with some pretty awkward delivery.
This should be great! I never get the chance to watch the show daily, but I can pretty much always make time to see John Oliver or Sam Bee's once/week. The fact that I will now be able to once again see all of Conan's content like I did back in school is something I really appreciate.
Unofficial Craig Ferguson clips on YouTube is all you need.
Diprosalic
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this is great news, i always believed that the weekly format is better.
less things to watch, should bring segments and better guests as you don't have to fill 5 days with people.
i will watch full episodes again instead of the occasional youtube video.
best would be if he does a travel show though.
less things to watch, should bring segments and better guests as you don't have to fill 5 days with people.
i will watch full episodes again instead of the occasional youtube video.
best would be if he does a travel show though.
triplestation
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Quality should go up, so good!
Goro Majima
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Will there still be guests?
I feel like all late night shows would be better if they'd just cut out the whole sit and banter thing. When I would watch Conan, I'd just turn it off when they brought the first guest out.
So if we got one episode a week where it's just a solid hour of sketches and bits, that'd be fantastic.
On the same note, SNL would really benefit to being trimmed down to an hour.
I feel like all late night shows would be better if they'd just cut out the whole sit and banter thing. When I would watch Conan, I'd just turn it off when they brought the first guest out.
So if we got one episode a week where it's just a solid hour of sketches and bits, that'd be fantastic.
On the same note, SNL would really benefit to being trimmed down to an hour.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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The Hollywood Reporter said:
That's awesome.
Gavin Robertson
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Huh, TBS and TNT president Kevin Reilly now says this is not true....
http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/05/conan-continue-nightly-show
http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/05/conan-continue-nightly-show
I'm not sure TBS cares about the format right now to be honest. They are generating enough exposure that they deem acceptable. If they have a different strategy for their prime time programing or if they are thinking about renewing/extending his contract, they would likely revise.
MrCunningham
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I doubt it given how few Clueless Gamers a year that he makes.
broncobuster
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A Conan show focused on remotes or the occasional themed show would be excellent.
Just saw and updated.
Extra Sauce
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He bid his time for sixteen years at NBC as they promised him the Tonight Show. He refused far more lucrative offers from FOX during that period. Then when he finally got the gig, NBC didn't give him a real shot. It takes time and a decent lead-in for a show like that to build an audience. His lead-in was the catastrophic Jay Leno Show. That's right, Leno himself weakened Conan's ratings before swooping in for the kill and taking back the show after publicly retiring and handing over the mantle to Conan.
Coco isn't a failure. Americans are. They prefer the celebrity games, song, and dance (not literal) of Fallon to written attempts at humor and a highly cultivated personality and visual sense of delivery, which is a moral failure any way you slice it.
Ninja Scooter
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He was foolish for holding out so much for the Tonight Show. You said it yourself, he was white hot in (iirc) 2004 and could have gone to Fox and had their full support, instead he re-upped for 5 years with NBC to be 2nd banana to Leno. Seinfeld I believe said it best in that book, and i'm paraphrasing, but basically that Conan was so interested in protecting an institution in "The Tonight Show" brand, that no longer existed. It wasn't Johnny Carson's Tonight Show anymore. It was Leno. Or Letterman. Or Conan. He was the brand, he could have taken that to Fox.
yeh i watch all the talk show stuff on youtube.
What a terrible post. That's not how it happened at all.
It's amazing to me how many people are THIS clueless over what happened in that whole saga.
Conan hosted the 12:30 show for 16 years. 10 years in, he started getting big offers from other networks - including ABC and FOX. Jay Leno's numbers in the younger demos were poorer and poorer all the time and they decided they would try to get Conan to stay by offering him the Tonight Show after Leno's contract expired. He didn't force his way in at all - he just took his dream job.
Conan sat and waited for 4 extra years for Leno's contract to end and inherit his dream show, only for NBC to sweep in last minute and give Leno a 10pm show. Leno's ratings were so bad in that timeslot that it actually killed the local syndicates 11pm news, and by extension, damaged the 11:30 Tonight Show.
Conan's Tonight Show wasn't canceled for it's own performance at all. Syndicated networks desperately wanted Leno replaced with a scripted lead-in, but Leno had a new contract. So they tried to get Leno in at a later timeslot and bump Conan to midnight. Conan balked that the Tonight Show be moved to the late late night slot and they negotiated a deal to buy him out, and reinstall Jay Leno.
Do you know where it was Seinfeld said that? I've been trying to find a quote where he said Conan isn't a "comedian" and is just a "host", but haven't been able. I'm sure it's not just my imagination. Perhaps it's from the same source as the quote you're referencing?
the_batman
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i've been watching Conan since 2004 or so, crazy.
i hope Conan and the staff are cool with this.
also hope this doesn't lead to an eventual cancellation of the show.
i hope Conan and the staff are cool with this.
also hope this doesn't lead to an eventual cancellation of the show.
VeteranGamer
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Yes
IggyChooChoo
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I remember Louis CK saying something along these lines. Not the comedian/host thing but that Conan was overly focused on the Tonight Show as an institution when he was the institution.
Ninja Scooter
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The book "The War For Late Night" by Bill Carter.
Yeah I liked what Louis had to say about the whole thing
Ahh that's probably where the quote I'm thinking of came from also. I have read that book. Always confused me why I couldn't find the quote online.
Ninja Scooter
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Yeah I couldn't find it online either earlier this morning. Grabbed the book when I got home tonight.
Emperor Bohe
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I think it was Chris Rock that said that
Extra Sauce
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That wasn't even Seinfeld's only dig at Conan.
Leno and Seinfeld are old buddies who hang out, this was just him looking out for his fellow out-of-touch car collecting comedian.
Leno and Seinfeld are old buddies who hang out, this was just him looking out for his fellow out-of-touch car collecting comedian.
perfectchaos007
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It probably is true, but this is one of those announcements that probably wouldn't be made until they actually had a final date set for his final season. Until they finalize the details, it's in the show's best interest to keep silent about their plans keep silent on their plans.
Ninja Scooter
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out of touch or not, he had a point. The Tonight Show, to most of Conan's audience especially, was no longer some sacred institution, it was just that lame show Jay Leno hosted, and had been that for decades. There was nothing to protect anymore. Conan was foolish. Well meaning, but foolish.
Yeah I think it's happening eventually.
Zen_Arcade
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Yeah, but if we are going to start thinning the herd Conan should be one of the last ones on the chopping block.
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