Bill Carter: How Jimmy Fallon Crushed Stephen Colbert (and Everyone Else in Late Night): This article goes to great pains attempting to explain why Stephen Colbert is failing in ratings.. One theory even says he is too smart for his audience. I disagree. If you read back in the annals of this website, I predicted … Read moreThe ratings collapse of Colbert
THE NEW YORK POST is hitting at Fallon today with rumors of his impending train wreck. Fallon has had two strange hand injuries.. From the POST rumor mill: It’s the party guy’s third injury in four months, and sources say NBC is worried that Fallon’s drinking has turned excessive. And while they’re not doing anything … Read moreNY POST REPORTS: On Oct. 24, Fallon was stitched up at a hospital in Cambridge, Mass., after falling — and dropping a bottle of Jägermeister — while receiving the Harvard Lampoon’s Elmer Award for Excellence in Humor. “I threw the bottle and then I landed on broken glass,” a bandaged Fallon recapped on his show the following Monday. “There [were] pools of blood everywhere.”
How disappointing.. So basically, late night comedy shows have gone from lampooning politicians to a world where they will allow them to ‘soften their image’ and be even faker than they were before. Goodbye Carson…1980-1995 Letterman.. and all the others.. Hello Jimmy Fallon. Good luck being everyone’s friend. The changed politics of late-night ‘comedy’ TV–FOR … Read moreThe changed politics of late-night ‘comedy’ TV–FOR THE WORST
…it is returning to New York City after 42 years. Now that is cool. Him as a host? Not sure about that.. time will tell. But glad it’s back in New York City…there ‘TONIGHT’ begins.
Billy Crystal will be the final Jay Leno TONIGHT guest.. Jimmy Fallon already announces his first TONIGHT SHOW guests: Will Smith and U2.. I think the show will be highly rated for a bit. I think that eventually people will move over to Jimmy Kimmel. I just don’t think Fallon has what it takes to engage … Read more
Got to say I’m a not surprised by this.. I think the show is stale now, I can’t even imagine what Letterman circa 2015 will be like.. But he really can’t go out on top. He hasn’t been on top since Hugh Grant was on top of a hooker and Leno got the first interview–and … Read moreLetterman, CBS sign ‘Late Show’ deal through 2015
I received an email last night from a good friend and fellow blogger CINEMA PYSCHO *(check his site out*) about my Jay Leno post.. and he’s right on the money.. Hollywood hates Leno and NBC does too. It goes back to bad blood in the early 1990s.. And he was right when he said Leno would screw … Read moreA theory from a friend on why NBC doesn’t care about Jay Leno’s ratings: They just don’t like him
They say it’s good to leave when you’re on top.. Jerry Seinfeld even did that when he stopped his program before the end of the 20th century.The world of late night television will soon see an exit of Jay Leno, who will leave the NBC’S TONIGHT SHOW. When he does leave, he will move on … Read moreThe late night host who leaves at the top of his game.. why?
So.. Think NBC will regret letting Leno go? He certainly has worked for them since about 1995 when Letterman changed his style and started the ratings dive… I still say late night television was ready for a female comedy host. They missed their chance.. Chelsea Handler or Tina Fey would have been spot on.. Instead … Read moreNBC’s Rising Leno Dominates Kimmel and Letterman
Never noticed until now, but apparently David Letterman likes drums. Like a lot.. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)