Jimmy Kimmel: “I Don’t Know If There Will Be Any Late-Night Shows On Network TV In 10 Years”
https://deadline.com/2024/08/jimmy-kimmel-future-of-late-night-tv-1236038166/
Jimmy Kimmel: “I Don’t Know If There Will Be Any Late-Night Shows On Network TV In 10 Years”
https://deadline.com/2024/08/jimmy-kimmel-future-of-late-night-tv-1236038166/
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The format has run its course really. Guests only come on to promote and sell their stuff while pretending they’re having a totally not rehearsed and pre-screened conversation with the host.
My kids don’t know what ABC or CBS are.
The format is a damn fossil. Nobody wants to hear laugh tracks and inauthentic jokes. The podcast format changed the game
The only reason they’re still a thing is because small clips of the show go viral and get aggregated by social media. Nobody is actually sitting down to watch these celebrity puff piece shows anymore.
Like a lot of once popular things, the mask has been lifted and people see it for what it is.
There will be if theres entertaining people on the screen making people happy. I wouldnt know what that would look like though, as its been so long…
Not gonna lie, that’s gonna be the end of an era that I’ll miss
What the hell is a “Late-Night Show?” Just stream it during the day lol /s
I’m curious… Is there anyone reading this who still regularly watches late night shows on a TV (via air, cable or streaming), while they’re being broadcast? Or a recorded version?
How about those who subscribe/follow shows to *regularly* watch clips on your social media of choice (YouTube, TikTok, FB, etc.)?
I’d guess the numbers are pretty low. It’s an unsustainable business model.
I still enjoy late night shows. I find them to be a solid way to end the day and just chill out. That said, it’s a tricky medium and I figure they’ll maintain some presence but I bet networks panic at some point and start thinking they can get bigger ratings by putting some other crap there.
Maybe not on tv but I’m going to guess that YouTube will get more involved in hosting shows on their platform. They’re already doing it with Hot Ones.
I mean, I stopped watching late-night talk shows so many years ago.
They’re just movie ads. Sometimes ads for albums from artists the RIAA has manufactured and thinks I need to pay them for.
Maybe if they offered something compelling?
Ads aren’t compelling.
Surprised they’ve lasted this long, honestly.
It won’t be long before at least one of these late night shows transitions to fully online exclusive. That’s where a growing majority of people watch it anyway.
Every time I read an article about late night talk shows, I miss Johnny Carson. Johnny was the star, but when the guests came out to talk…he let them be the star. Not one of them do that now.
I’m 36 and have never sat through one of these, though I do enjoy the odd clip that floats to the top on YouTube.
Even if one were hosted by my top 3 comedians of all time, living or dead I still can’t see myself tuning in live, just wait for the best bits later.
It’s wild they’ve held on this long to be honest, they are a product of another time, not unlike explaining cable TV and commercials to my 6 and 7 year old.
Good. Late night shows are now like 70% recycled political jokes with 30% advertisements.
I don’t know how they are still a thing. Fallon’s salary is almost $20M a year and he barely gets over a million viewers in total. A mid level comedy podcast gets ten times more viewers/listeners and they’re more engaged. It’s an outdated format.
Corden’s show got cancelled because it was too expensive. Conan is gone and recently they got rid of Seth Meyers’ live band which is probably the beginning of the end for his show.
IMO the last golden age of talk shows died when Letterman retired and Conan got rid of the desk. I love him but you could tell the last couple of years his heart wasn’t in it and he was on autopilot. He is so much better in podcast format and on his MAX travel show.
I still watch some old classic talk show moments on Youtube, but I don’t really care for the guys that are left.
It’s because they’re not as good as non-network interviews. They’re completely inauthentic and lack any charisma. Hot ones, chicken shop dates, and broski’s royal court, are actually good and cost way less to produce. I want to see real interviews that are the same generic surface level questions with no thought put into them.
Why would anyone want to watch a half-hour ad with phony celebs fellating each other and doing nothing but regurgitating a rehearsed convo about their new movie/show/album? These shows died a long time ago
Well if their like his, I hope not.
Jimmy sit down… you’re drunk again
the hosts think the shows about them – Johny Carson showed the way but they got lost in one upmanship – Letterman
Being younger, the format is just tough to get into. Tons of commercials, guests just promote whatever movie they’re in and seem fake, and monologues are all politically driven.
It’s not really an escape; I’d rather watch a movie or TV show
It’ll just become over produced youtube clips instead of a full show…. wait…
Pod casts are slowly melding I to the same format if late night shows. Conan obrian needs a friends is basically his show in regards to the guests now.
Hard to even imagine what the networks will be like, let alone the late night format
Broadcast television will soon be news, sports, and competition shows. Everything else will be on demand.
Are *you* staying up to watch them or just watching clips on YouTube?
The times I’ve tuned in to current late night shows on live TV it seems like NBC promoting other things on NBC. ABC promoting things for ABC. The jokes are lame and tame and it all feels like a giant commercial in between other commercials. 10 years is 15 years too long. The ship has sailed.
It’s pretty remarkable how durable the late-night talk show format has been. The Tonight Show has barely changed after eight decades and the format itself started in the late 1940’s.
If it doesn’t survive the 2020’s, it’s not for a lack of enduring appeal.
He’s being polite. Mostly to his friends – and family – who work – and some who are only good for – that medium. Everything has its place and time. The late night format ripped off the variety showcase, which cashed in on vaudeville, etc. Its just a cycle. People are too precious with this stuff. What we love about Kimmel etc will find it’s place elsewhere. Americans think they invented light entertainment and the variety show.
I watch Colbert and Myers M-Th nights. I multi-task with Steam
People watch network tv still?
I don’t know if there will be any network tv …