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Conan vs. Jimmy: Whose New Show Is Off to the Best Start?
These past few months have been like late-night musical chairs over at NBC: First, Jimmy Fallon took over Conan O'Brien's old Late Night gig. Then, Conan slid into Jay Leno's Tonight Show seat. (Leno will be back in September with a new primetime show.)
Settling into a new late-night show can take some time, so how do you think these two are doing?
Will You Give Jimmy Fallon's Late Night a Chance?
NBC's long-planned late night transition really gets underway tonight, when Jimmy Fallon takes the Late Night reigns from Conan O'Brien. Since December, Fallon's been doing regular video blogs online, and he's already gotten some buzz for a couple of things, including hiring The Roots as his house band and "Jack McBrayer's response to the Internet response to the Republican response to the President's address to Congress."
Nonetheless, O'Brien's bound to be a tough act to follow, so I'm wondering: Will you be giving Fallon's version of Late Night a chance?
Buzz In: Who Should Have His or Her Own Talk Show?
With all the Jay Leno news and Jimmy Fallon buzz lately, it was interesting to read this story suggesting that Joel McHale of The Soup would be a good candidate for a late-night talk show of his own.
According to the story, McHale wouldn't want the job anyway (he'd rather do movies), but I think it's a great idea. From everything I've seen, he's definitely funny enough to hold down a weeknight slot.
Jay Leno's Not Going Anywhere: NBC Gives Him a New Show
Whoa! Here's some breaking news from the late-night TV world: TV Week is reporting that Jay Leno's going to get a new show at 10 p.m. every weeknight starting in the Fall of 2009, leading into Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show and Jimmy Fallon's Late Night.
Whose Strike Beard Is Better?
So the late-night hosts returned to TV on Wednesday — some with their writers, some without — for the first time since the start of the writers' strike two months ago. There were a bunch of questions: Would David Letterman and Craig Ferguson get better guests since their shows aren't being picketed? And would people be more likely to watch the shows with writers or the ones without?
Are You More Likely to Watch Letterman and Ferguson Tonight?
All of the major late-night hosts — Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O'Brien, and Craig Ferguson — return to the air tonight with new episodes for the first time since the Hollywood writers' strike began in November. Leno, Kimmel, and O'Brien will be winging it without their writers (and with picketing writers demonstrating outside their shows' studios).
Letterman and Ferguson, however, have their writing staffs intact after Letterman's Worldwide Pants production company, which owns the shows, cut a deal with the Writers Guild of America.
All Late-Night Hosts Might Return Jan. 2
We already knew that Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien would be returning to host their late-night shows on Jan. 2, and now it looks like all the other major talk show hosts might be ready to join them.
Jimmy Kimmel will definitely be back on the air then.
Late-Night Hosts Could Return in January
Late-night hosts have been off the air for almost six weeks now, since the Hollywood writers' strike began and the hosts refused to cross their writers' picket lines. But now there's a new report that the hosts could return in early January. Sources told Variety that since late-night ratings are plunging and an end to the strike seems so far off, the hosts are thinking it's time to come back on the air.
Should the Late-Night Shows Bring In Guest Hosts?
Boy, I wouldn't want to solve this dilemma for Jay Leno: If he continues supporting the Hollywood writers' strike by staying away from The Tonight Show, his whole crew will be laid off. But if he comes back to work, he has to cross picket lines. Other late-night hosts are in similar jams this week, as their shows enter a second week of repeats and the networks start to get antsy.
Should Leno or Conan Host The Tonight Show?
The groundwork has been in place for years for Conan O'Brien to take over The Tonight Show from Jay Leno in 2009. But now there's a new twist to the story: Leno doesn't want to leave. Some in the industry are also wondering if Conan's irreverent humor will work in an earlier time slot.
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