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There's no money in late-night anymore, streaming killed it dead. Why watch cable when you can save that time for a binge marathon?
I mean, f* Fallon and his laughing at his own jokes, but my boy Seth Meyers deserves better. Even Colbert seems like he's trying.
I can't remember the last time I actually watched an entire late night show. I usually just watch the clips that interest me on YT.
I usually watch every drop of Meyers' "Corrections", which is online only. Quite a few of the "A Deeper Look" segments.
Thinking about it now, Seth and his crew seem to be the best prepared for dealing with the modern media landscape. Clearly defined segments that are easily digestible outside of the broadcast.
I'd say Colbert is right behind them.
Fallon I definitely watch the least. I probably watch more clips of old Letterman shows.
I'm pretty sure Seth is entirely aware of where his bread is buttered. I recall him joking about it in the past. As much as I'm loathe to admit it, short digestible clips are the way things are right now.
I think Quibi's only problem wasn't the length of it's shows, but it's assertion that their content should be vertical because people watch on their phones; without stopping to realise that auto-rotate is a thing....
Many of the interviews (across all of late night) just don't interest me, so the clips work well.
Same here. I only watch Seth on YouTube, and sometimes Colbert. About the only thing I'll go out of my way to watch in it's entirety is Jon Oliver; which is a whole different beast entirely.
Incidentally, I love Seth and John's bro-mance. They seem to really get along whenever John is on Seth's show.
John Oliver is definitely a different thing. And I can definitely sit through most of his shows.
I used to love him, and still try to watch.
But oh my god, now I'd rather watch birthday clips from Auschwitz, it is SOOOOO depressing. I get that it's reality, but it's funny how it followed Game of Thrones and Chernobyl, and was always far more depressing than either.
Yeah. Oliver really is a "Welcome to the hell that is our reality" type of show. But his gimmicks and his absolute love of spending HBO's money on random crap is still crazy entertaining to me.
Oh really? You're not enraptured by hearing an anecdote about how this random young actor/actress was so surprised when they first came to LA?
There are actually funny interviews too, mostly old people who do not give a shit about promoting anymore, and watching Harrison Ford be all over everything is great.
But 90% of it is the monologue and first feature, ie A Closer Look, Roll Call (Scollins, man, get another wifebeater, come on), and that one guy who did proper one-man skits (Jeff Wright, "then why'd he give me mine in the butt?")
I did say many - not all. I do watch some. I really like that I can pick and choose.
I only watch Seth and Colbert on YouTube clips from the show. Mainly the monologues and A Closer Look.
Stephen Colbert used to be way funnier when he was a conservative.
After selling out so he could get a spot on late night he got a lot less funny.
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Ah, this is satire.
He was 100x funnier on The Repor^^^^^t . Terrifyingly so.
Mainstream couldn't handle that, but he's still way inside watchable, I just wish he let himself go more often.
That bit played out, tho. It was good cuz he was believable. After the correspondents dinner when he went mask off it was basically over and he had to kind of reinvent himself.
He picked the right time to exit, if it wasn't completely played out it was close, and knowing when to end a bit is core comedy talent.
Trying to play that under Trump would just be so weird.