David Letterman on CBS Replacing ‘Late Show’ With ‘Comics Unleashed’: “They Don’t Want to Spend Any Money”
by yourfavchoom
David Letterman on CBS Replacing ‘Late Show’ With ‘Comics Unleashed’: “They Don’t Want to Spend Any Money”
by yourfavchoom
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That’s gotta make Byron Allen feel good
It’s such a shame to see the era of big, personality driven late night shows end like this. They’re really trading a legacy for a cheap, generic format.
I love UK TV but never really got into the panel shows. I’ve started watching a NZ show called 7 Days and am hooked. I kind of wish they’d do an American version of that because I think it could work well in late night. Gutfeld is kind of in the same vein, but they don’t have the stand up/sketches and there’s a still a traditional late night monologue.
As far as the traditional late night show model is concerned, take all the politics and Trump stuff out of it, I just don’t know if this format works.
For me personally staying up late outside of a sports game is out of the question anyway. But I also think we aren’t as drawn to celebrities as we used to be.
With social media we have access to whatever we want from them: the good, the bad, the ugly and everything else.
Why do I need to hear Halle Berry tell a made up story about her stepmom or Zendaya make fun of Jimmy Kimmel not knowing any famous YouTubers?
I think something comic driven and more fun could catch on. I don’t think the answer is Comics Unleashed, but CBS has at least been trying some stuff with At Midnight and the new show after Byron they’re working on.