Posted on 08/23/2022 3:58:00 PM PDT by Libloather
In July, TBS announced that, after seven seasons, "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" would not be returning, and Desus Nice and The Kid Mero disclosed that their Showtime show, "Desus & Mero," was ending. That news came just months after James Corden revealed that he'd be leaving "The Late Late Show" and about a year after Conan O'Brien decided to say goodbye to late-night after almost 30 years.
If late-night television had a true golden age, we probably passed it sometime in the past decade. After a period of what looked like unchecked expansion, with new late-night shows popping up like wildflowers (or sometimes weeds), the reaper seems to have arrived. Late night's future is now looking much more limited, if not completely grim.
The genre's winnowing arguably began with Jon Stewart's decision in 2015 to walk away from "The Daily Show," which he hosted for more than 16 years. Unlike David Letterman and Jay Leno, who both stayed on well into their 60s, Stewart was only 52 when he stepped away. And O'Brien was only 58.
While Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon are still around as network hosts, their ratings have certainly taken a hit, especially among audiences between the ages of 18 and 54. And among the newer hosts who are still surviving, it seems unlikely many will have runs anywhere near as long as the recent legends.
Losing hosts of color, like Nice and The Kid Mero, and Bee, the most prominent woman host since Joan Rivers in the 1980s, is also not a sign of a prospering genre. At least Amber Ruffin, who broke out on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" and is now starring in her own show on Peacock, has made a strong start.
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SNL died when Belushi and Akroyd left.
Yup. I think he just got tired of the constant monotonous nature of it all.
It was over when Johnny Carson retired.
Walter Cronkite’s Last Broadcast
“For god’s sake knock off that tickety-tickety-tickety!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJafME2mKag
Jim Fowler - Johnny would tell jokes about Marlon Perkins beforehand.
Yes, he could be funny, but he's like an exotic French cheese - there's always an aftertaste of "ew", even in his better nights.
I watched Johnny Carson from a young age. I would check TV Guide to see who was on, and then sneak watch if I could. He was always my number one. I remember watching Freddie Prince from his first time on Johnny, then Chico and the Man. I also watched Roseanne Barr’s first appearances. I loved The Tonight Show. I never watch the Demonicrat-hosted trash.
Anyone remember Tom Snyder?
You got that right.
Eddie Murphy as Buck Wheat was spectacular.
RoseAnna Danna...
Then they Mafia type priest?
The cone heads
Belushi man was he great.
Akroyd and Martin....great team.
Then who’s the guy, the news guy? Bill Murry?
“Jane you miserable Slut”
Oh sure! Once Gutfeld starts kicking in the teeth of these late-night red-diaper-doper-babies; suddenly it’s the “end of an era”. Whatever.
Never heard of them. Next stop: "Would you like fries with that?"
The 50’s were the Golden Age of America. Period. As far as TV goes, tentacles of it lingered on via Carson, Leno, Dean Martin Roast, Carol Burnett show, early SNL, Bob Hope specials, Mannix, Charlies Angels etc.
Agreed. He was the last good one. He was liberal but he'll make jokes about everyone including Bill Clinton. He'll there to do a show and to entertain everyone. Apparently that's a lost art.
Phil Hartman as Reagan and Clinton were both classics.
“Jim, let me tell you something...there’s gonna be a lot of things we don’t tell Mrs. Clinton about.”
If he was motivated, he could have replaced Jay Leno. That's not the case. Plus he wouldn't have the support from the bosses in NBC, which is a must. Norm Macdonald found that out.
Carol Burnett was great.
Great skits.
Great team.
Always a good time.
That was Phil Hartman....Piscopo did Ebony and Ivory with Stevie Wonder.
I am black and you are white
You are blind as a bat and I have sight
Side by side, you are my amigo
Negro....let's not fiiiiight!
” Steve Allen and Jack Paar...”
There are youtube videos of those guys.
In the morning there was Dave Garroway.
I am not sure Leno is a complete liberal.
He is good friends with Tim Allen and has said he listens to talk radio. I do not think he is a conservative but I do not think he is a flaming leftist
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