NBC Late Night

[MikeandRaph87]

Anyone anticipating the late night lineup shakeup? Never cared much for NBC but I do like its late night. Jay Leno's place was shown only at and very effective the 11:30 timeslot back in 2009 derailing Conan O'Brien's gig and the whole thing was a mess when he refused to return to his old job. 4 years later things seem different and Leno is willing to bow out completely( car special pending). Jimmy Fallon left Hollywood for his roots and made talk shows much more sketch friendly. My favorite, Seth Meyers leaves the Weekend Update chair February 1st after all these years to fill Jimmy's seat as he moves up on February 24th. Many questions remain.

Will we have a sequel or will it go over smoothly? I may lose my interest in SNL but I will give both The Tonight Show and Late Night a chance. Jimmy has done well to catch my interest in Late Night over the last couple of years and while I am not sure what Late Night will be I like the host already. Thoughts?

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[Wildcat]

My favorite late night host is Craig Ferguson.

I never quite understood the problem with Leno and Conan. I know they let him go and brought back Leno but do they really hate each other now?

I like Jimmy Fallon. I watch his show sometines if Craig's a rerun. I like Leno too but mostly just watched for Headlines or if a certain guest was on.

[Dirty Blond]

Jimmy Kimmel and Craig Ferguson are both the present and the future of late night television. Conan is still solid. Leno is leaving at the right time, though not of his own volition. Letterman has squandered the past 10 years (at least). He's been mailing it in most nights and his show is really stale.

But you can always watch these, in a pinch:

[Dawnatello Turtle Chick]

I miss the HELL out of Carson.... Hands down the best late night talk show host, period. Such classic skits that never get old.

That being said, I am a big fan of Fallon. He has tremendous work ethic and spends hours making each skit and show perfect (in his eyes). I've yet to see a skit I didn't like. Conan is funny, but there have been more than a few moments that fell flat with me.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Carson owns all!

I've lost interest in Late Night talk shows, always the same bullcrap skits and they seem to drag on too damn long between guests

[TigerClaw]

With Jimmy Falling hosting the Tonight Show, I hope he brings along his video game coverage too.

[MikeandRaph87]

Seth Meyer's has a replacement in place on the Weekend Update chair. I don't believe this guy is a repertory or featured player but with so many new faces and my disinterest I could be wrong.A writer for the show who is Harvard education. A Harvard educated comedian? Interesting. Still think I will transition to Tonight/Late Night instead. Thought the likes Jester and co would be interested in this Update development.

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/snl-names-w...050000274.html

Here is the guy, Colin Jost, writer since 2005.

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[FlogginMcMurryZombiePizza]

So Seth Myer's show will be like a spinoff from SNL?
I might watch it... His stuff was funny on SNL.

I'm a Craig Ferguson fan.
Also: Conan and Kimmel.
I have never cared for Leno and Fallon has bothered me since SNL.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by FlogginMcMurryZombiePizza

So Seth Myer's show will be like a spinoff from SNL?
I might watch it... His stuff was funny on SNL.

I'm a Craig Ferguson fan.
Also: Conan and Kimmel.
I have never cared for Leno and Fallon has bothered me since SNL.

To an extent yes. Fallon loves fitting in sketches whenever he can. Seth is not really into that and would rather write jokes for himself related to current events. His summer tours are essentially that. Seth mentioned bringing on characters much like his Weekend Update segment. The formula calls for two guest a segment during his solo tenure but I would expect one to show up following the jokes arriving at his desk when making fun headlines or whatever right before the real guest of the night show up. How often? Not as often as WU obiviously but its the one difference he did mention. That will take the place of the sketches that Fallon fits into the program. He is working on getting a house band at the moment.

As for Jimmy,I like his enthusiasm and I can relate to him. He is constantly engaging in outrangeous stunts like the water war with Ryan Reynolds,racing gokarts through the studio with Chris Hemsworth or bringing on my two favorite fictional musicians, Jesse Kotstoplis and Elwood Blues. His constantly cracking up mid sketches is constant and annyoing. The fact he struggles to this to hold himself together makes me question how he gained such success in this form of media. I perfer the cerebral straight man in Seth even if he is a liberal.

[Guitar_Raph]

With the Tonight Show going back to New York after 42 years, that means the sole surviving NBC show done in Burbank is also the sole survivor of NBC Daytime...

"Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Days of Our Lives. This is MacDonald Carey & these are the Days of Our Lives."

[MikeandRaph87]

Seth finished his SNL run this Saturday February 1st. He had Amy Poheler, Stefon(Bill Hader) and Andy Samberg's randomly walking behind he desk and singing a farewell song. I was confused by Hader's Stefon, Seth's #1 fan, claiming Seth as his husband. Seth, the character stopped the wedding to Cooper but refers to his wife since gainining a co-anchor. Loved seeing Fred's Governor Patterson if only for a few seconds bumping into the camera. It was a solid finale for Seth and now Weekend Update is gonna suck without him. Strong only got the gig because she is dating the #2 writer.

http://screen.yahoo.com/snl/weekend-...085424456.html

While my interest in SNL has taken a serious hit I do like the prospect of both Tonight Show and Late Night With Seth Meyers.

Last July Late Show with Jimmy Fallon had John Stamos in characters as Jesse Kostopolis head up his fictional band Jesse and The Rippers and making the most of the publicity of a comemrical had Bob Saget(another pevious guest) and Dave Coulier help him get over his fears of leaving Late Night for the Tonight Show in an excellent homage for fans of the show.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertain...icle-1.1596438

[MikeandRaph87]

I did know know Fred Armisen had any musical talent! Jester,I would like your take on this. An odd choice but outside music he is a a person Seth knows fell to play off of! I am hoping for Obama or Governor Patterson to show up now!

http://tv.yahoo.com/news/seth-meyers...213801071.html

[MikeandRaph87]

Jimmy Fallon premires on his version of The tonight Show tomorrow night at 11:35. I hope it will be successful though I admikt to of his first weeks guest and friends of his are among my least favorite Hollywooders. Any last minute thoughts or about Seth's bandleading wingman?