David Letterman retiring in 2015...

• ts1227

  

  Heretic;1600983 wrote:I think the only time I watched any of them was Letterman back in college occasionally. Part of the "get drunj/high with friends and watch TV" thing during non-bar nights. Nothing we made a point to do, but just did some nights, particularly if a guest was someone any of us were a fan of.
  
  And then I graduated and pretty much completely stopped watching any of them.

  I watched them when I was in grad school in 2010 during the controversy because they were just fucking brutal to one another, and that's about it. But yeah, the booze helped.
  
  That's about the last time I did as well, though.
• dlazz

  SportsAndLady;1601119 wrote:This guy watches late night comedy shows

  Not religiously, but it's easy to tell good ones from the bad.
• isadore

  salto;1600611 wrote:Dave> Carson/Leno/Fallen

  CARSON> the rest
• gut

  dlazz;1601125 wrote:Not religiously, but it's easy to tell good ones from the bad.

  You do realize your ranking was almost the exact opposite order of the ratings?
• dlazz

  gut;1601139 wrote:You do realize your ranking was almost the exact opposite order of the ratings?

  You do realize I don't give a shit?
• like_that

  

  gut;1600939 wrote:LMAO....40 hours? Insightful isn't a word commonly used to describe you, is it? There might be 15-20 shows I watch regularly, but because of staggered seasons it's probably only like 10 hours a week without commercials. And some sports, not a ton but mostly college football and basketball.
  
  And I still get out, but I'm no longer in my 20's so I don't go out every Thurs/Fri/Sat any more.

  It was a question about your personal life. I wasn't trying to be insightful. Didn't meant to get you all butt hurt. You just seem to know about every show out there. I have no idea how you would have that much time to watch that much tv with how awesome your life is.
• reclegend22

  

  gut;1601139 wrote:You do realize your ranking was almost the exact opposite order of the ratings?

  If the ratings say Fallon is the best, then the ratings are flawed. /thread
  
  He fucking sucks.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  reclegend22;1601200 wrote:If the ratings say Fallon is the best, then the ratings are flawed. /thread
  
  He fucking sucks.

  Only seen a few of his skits, the rap thing with Justin Timberlake was pretty funny. He was awful on Saturday Night Live, then again the entire show has been awful for years.
• salto

  

  http://mashable.com/2014/04/04/stephen-colbert-replace-david-letterman-late-night/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss
  
  [h=1]Stephen Colbert Is CBS' Top Choice to Succeed Letterman, and He's Into It[/h]
• reclegend22

  

  Manhattan Buckeye;1601265 wrote:Only seen a few of his skits, the rap thing with Justin Timberlake was pretty funny. He was awful on Saturday Night Live, then again the entire show has been awful for years.

  The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon is just Saturday Night Live during the week. There's very little difference other than more singing. And there's nothing more awful than a singing Jimmy Fallon.
• gut

  like_that;1601190 wrote: I have no idea how you would have that much time to watch that much tv with how awesome your life is.

  Wow, you really seem to be keeping track of me (and doing a poor job of it). I don't watch nearly as many tv shows as you think, either that or you are extremely mathematically challenged. And, yeah, I know OF shows I've never watched because I've read about them......reading....wherever do I find the time with all the tv I supposedly watch?
  
  But it is funny to have my personal life questioned by someone who posts almost twice as much as me on this board.
• gut

  reclegend22;1601200 wrote:If the ratings say Fallon is the best, then the ratings are flawed. /thread
  
  He fucking sucks.

  I don't like him either, but his ratings are higher than Leno's. That means he doesn't suck no matter how you want to slice it.
• sportchampps

  I don't think Fallon is like SNL at all
• sportchampps

  I do enjoy Carson because of his musical guests which are usually great
• reclegend22

  

  gut;1601308 wrote:I don't like him either, but his ratings are higher than Leno's. That means he doesn't suck no matter how you want to slice it.

  My guess is that Fallon, since he's a pretty safe and vanilla talk show host (unlike somebody more off-the-wall, for lack of a better term, such as Conan O'Brien), has probably retained most of the Leno crowd as well as gained some new followers who are interested in checking out the new Tonight Show host. He's only been doing the show for a little more than a month now. Let's wait and see where Fallon's numbers are three months from now or after Leno's fans regularly start to die, which probably is already happening.
  
  I don't get why so many would choose to avidly watch Fallon. He's a mind-numbingly poor interview who absolutely patronizes his guests by fake laughing after every word they say. It's off-putting, to put it mildly.
• salto

  

  gut;1601307 wrote:
  But it is funny to have my personal life questioned by someone who posts almost twice as much as me on this board.

  
  reps
• gut

  reclegend22;1601314 wrote:My guess is that Fallon, since he's a pretty safe and vanilla talk show host (unlike somebody more off-the-wall, for lack of a better term, such as Conan O'Brien), has probably retained most of the Leno crowd as well as gained some new followers who are interested in checking out the new Tonight Show host. He's only been doing the show for a little more than a month now. Let's wait and see where Fallon's numbers are three months from now or after Leno's fans regularly start to die, which probably is already happening.
  
  I don't get why so many would choose to avidly watch Fallon. He's a mind-numbingly poor interview who absolutely patronizes his guests by fake laughing after every word they say. It's off-putting, to put it mildly.

  I agree with all of that. I don't watch any of these guys, really...just bits and pieces I've seen over the years. I watched a little bit of Fallon right after the Olympics...I thought his show is a lot better than I remember, but still a poor interview.
  
  I haven't seen hardly any of Conan on TBS. Agree with others that he lost something after leaving Late Night.
  
  Don't know if Fallon will have staying power. He's been compared to Carson, so maybe that will work for the older audience. And Letterman has proven your monologue can suck and people still tune-in (Conan is not a stand-up, either).
  
  I think all these shows are dying a slow death, although still relatively cheap to produce (especially if you aren't paying Leno $30M+ a year). But I think I read that DVR playback is already up 22% (vs. several years ago)in that time slot.
  
  If Colbert takes over for Letterman, that will be interesting. I think he's hilarious, but not sure how he'd do in that more traditional format.
• like_that

  

  gut;1601307 wrote:Wow, you really seem to be keeping track of me (and doing a poor job of it). I don't watch nearly as many tv shows as you think, either that or you are extremely mathematically challenged. And, yeah, I know OF shows I've never watched because I've read about them......reading....wherever do I find the time with all the tv I supposedly watch?
  
  But it is funny to have my personal life questioned by someone who posts almost twice as much as me on this board.

  Lol I've never claimed to have an amazing life like you do. I was just curious how you watch so much tv but have time to go out and make fun of the "Ohio hill jacks" on this forum.
  
  Nothing is as pathetic as said_auiota though who uses his brothers account to start a "free said" campaign that nobody gives a fuck about LOL.
  
  Anyway, back on topic. I can't see Colbert taking over.
• salto

  

  like_that;1601679 wrote:
  Nothing is as pathetic as said_auiota though who uses his brothers account to start a "free said" campaign that nobody gives a fuck about LOL.
  .

  You call that a campaign? He posted it once as a joke. As if he really cares.....
  
  
  Calm down you angry and insecure little boy with all your "LOL" replies.
• SportsAndLady

  

  salto;1601750 wrote:You call that a campaign? He posted it once as a joke. As if he really cares.....
  
  
  Calm down you angry and insecure little boy with all your "LOL" replies.

  Stop trying to pretend you're Said's brother lol you are said.
  
  You never ever posted when said wasn't banned. Now said is banned and all of a sudden you're all over the board. We're not idiots. We can put 2 and 2 together
• salto

  

  SportsAndLady;1601767 wrote:
  We're not idiots.

  
  Highly debatable.
  
  
  
  e/ The fact no campaign was ever started by said is not.
• SportsAndLady

  

  salto;1601768 wrote:Highly debatable.
  
  
  
  e/ The fact no campaign was ever started by said is not.

  You're a dumbass, said.
• salto

  

  SportsAndLady;1601771 wrote:You're a dumbass, said.

  reps
• Classyposter58

  

  Colbert is so good though, I think people don't realize the best part of his shows are interviews. He's absolutely ridiculous in them, and many of his skits could easily be done on a show like Letterman. The only thing is how good would his opening monologue be?
• Classyposter58

  

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