TV: Late Show - Letterman retiring May 20; Colbert debuting Sept 8 (post: 248)

[Stanley Foobrick]

Tribute to Dave on the side of the car he owns at this years Indy 500.

 

[Jussi]

Jim Carrey and Julia Louis-Dreyfus

 

[McPuritania]

Debuts this Tuesday!

Been looking forward to this for a while now. He's brought the same creative team from the Report to the Late Show, so I'm pretty stoked. With Jon Stewart having left, it'll be great to have one of my late night guys back.

First week of guests looks good.

Tuesday:

George Clooney
Jeb Bush
Jon Batiste

Wednesday:

Scarlett Johansson
Elon Musk
Kendrick Lamar

Thursday:

Toby Keith
Joe Biden
Travis Kalanick

Friday:

Amy Schumer
Stephen King
Troubled Waters

 

[John Price]

Looks good can't wait

 

[Garo]

Biden is going for the Colbert Bump.

 

[ProPAIN]

I enjoyed Colbert in the Report format, but will definitely check this out.

Last time Jon Batiste was interviewed/appeared on Colbert's show, they ended up having a show on the streets as if it was New Orleans or something. Epic.

 

[Telos]

Will be nice to see him after dropping the character. He has mentioned a few times that it grows tiring and is restrictive for him.

 

[RockLobster]

Will be nice to see him after dropping the character. He has mentioned a few times that it grows tiring and is restrictive for him.

Whether or not he portrayed the character "Stephen Colbert", he still has an exceptionally quick wit, and is great with satire.

He's going to do great, and I don't think it'll take him long to get situated and even bring in consistently better ratings than his counterparts.

 

[Takeo]

I don't remotely care about Colbert or this show or the political scene. But juxtaposing these guests is interesting.

 

[donghabs98]

I can't wait to see how he does. Late night TV has changed a lot during the past 2 years. The only show which hasn't changed is Kimmel.

 

[Shareefruck]

I hope he does well, otherwise Late Night TV would be pretty much dead to me--- Myers, Fallon, and Corden are a perfect trifecta of lameness, IMO.

 

[Kurtz]

I can't wait to see how he does. Late night TV has changed a lot during the past 2 years. The only show which hasn't changed is Kimmel.

I haven't really seen any late night tv for the past couple of years. How has it changed?

 

[Philly85*]

yeah i wonder as well. none of that made sense to me. maybe just with the demographic these late night programs are supposedly catering to?

 

[donghabs98]

I haven't really seen any late night tv for the past couple of years. How has it changed?

In 2013 the Late Night landscape looked like this:

Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Colbert Report
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Late Show with David Letterman
Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Conan

By October 2014 it will be this:

Daily Show with Trevor Noah
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
Late Night with Seth Myers
Late Late Show with James Corden
Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Tonight Show Staring Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Conan

 

[Jussi]

In 2013 the Late Night landscape looked like this:

Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Colbert Report
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Late Show with David Letterman
Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Jimmy Kimmel Live

By October 2014 it will be this:

Daily Show with Trevor Noah
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
Late Night with Seth Myers
Late Late Show with James Corden
Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Tonight Show Staring Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Kimmel Live

Conan on TBS.

 

[donghabs98]

Conan on TBS.

True, I had a feeling I was missing someone.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Day's finally here. Hoping Colbert kicks ass.

 

[SJSharksfan39]

I'm intregued by the show. I hope Colbert does well even though it will be weird to hear him without the character. Not a fan of all the political guests, but tis the season I guess.

 

[donghabs98]

I'm intregued by the show. I hope Colbert does well even though it will be weird to hear him without the character. Not a fan of all the political guests, but tis the season I guess.

I think it's his way of making the show stick out. With Fallon his show is more playful and loose. Kimmel is like that as well. It seems like Colbert is trying to appeal to a more older/news driven crowd who doesn't care about games and skits.

 

[SJSharksfan39]

I think it's his way of making the show stick out. With Fallon his show is more playful and loose. Kimmel is like that as well. It seems like Colbert is trying to appeal to a more older/news driven crowd who doesn't care about games and skits.

But wasn't The Colbert Report targeted to the younger demographic. Seems a little risky to go from the 18-39 crowd to a much older crowd.

 

[McPuritania]

I think it's his way of making the show stick out. With Fallon his show is more playful and loose. Kimmel is like that as well. It seems like Colbert is trying to appeal to a more older/news driven crowd who doesn't care about games and skits.

I enjoy silliness, and games as much as the next guy, but it's nice to be able to watch some programs that are funny, intelligent, and a touch sophisticated. Colbert manages to be all that while still putting on a compelling, and intriguing broadcast. Not to mention he's charismatic as hell.

 

[Shareefruck]

But wasn't The Colbert Report targeted to the younger demographic. Seems a little risky to go from the 18-39 crowd to a much older crowd.

I think it would be more risky to ignore the existing older Letterman crowd and expect his younger Colbert Report crowd to follow him over.

 

[Pilky01]

How he handles the Jeb Bush interview will be very telling.

 

[Kurtz]

How he handles the Jeb Bush interview will be very telling.

Yea it's interesting. Colbert is clever enough to eviscerate whoever he wants, if he chooses to do so. At the same time, he probably doesn't want to hurt his ability to attract politicians to his show in the future...and I would guess he probably is somewhat sympathetic towards Jeb, given who he's running against.

I anticipate that it'll be funny with next to no animosity/hostility.

 

[Reality Check]

Colbert was funny long before he started doing the "Colbert" shtick. I think he will also try to reach viewers who have been alienated by Fallon's insipid show. Thus, Bush..Toby Keith etc...

I'm sticking with Conan. But I'll dvr Colbert for a while to see how it goes. I have high hopes and believe he will do well. Perhaps not as good as Fallon, but in the days of dvr and the internet, it's not as big of a deal anymore.