2 NEW SHOWS TO DEBUT AFTER "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" ON MOST NBC STATIONS

[nomadcowatbk]

I don't know about ALL of America, but Almost Live is a pretty good rerun in Seattle.
Being specific to that market, how many reruns are there?
Maybe soon enough people will actually get tired of those reruns and demand to see
SNL reruns instead...just a guess! 8)

"Almost Live!" has been syndicated twice - once in the early '90s via the fledgling Comedy Central cable network, and again around 1997 to local stations. Since KING-TV no longer produces new episodes, and that much of the content on the show is Seattle-centric, I don't think it would work on a national basis.

How will people know about the Roscoe's Oriental Rug Emporium's 60th going of business sale?

 

[benwolf]

The next logical step is for NBC to sell their late-late night time slots to Byron Allen for his low-budget court shows he produces for syndication.

At this point I could forsee Byron taking over NBC with how they've been lately ;D. He turned a terrible show filled with junket interviews into a goldmine and entire networks of programming (constantly looping FiOS exclusive networks, but nonetheless, networks), which still amazes me.

Considering NBC's prime time ratings, we're talking a minuscule audience for Late weekend, almost not worth talking about.

 

[bpatrick]

I'm not sure if NBC is currently airing anything after SNL.

One show 1ST LOOK focuses on the best places to eat and have fun.

The other OPEN HOUSE NYC is about homes for sale and design tips.

http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/nbc...t-blocks-1st-look-open-house-nyc/#more-266986

Heaven forbid these are going national. I don't stay up that late and can't say if they're any good, but how many more lifestyle shows can the world take? ABC put two in the afternoon and has already given one ("The Revolution") its walking papers. If I can't watch these things at 1 PM, I'm certainly not going to watch them at 1 AM.

 

[mr.ric]

KPRC here in Houston has never aired the classic SNL that followed. The GM there in those days who goes by the name  Steve Wasserman was a total a-hole. He was the guy who delayed Conan for several years. I think he did the same to Dave too. I remember once Dave wanted to bring the show to Houston for a week but Wasserman wouldn't accomodate him.

KPRC is one of the crappiest NBC affiliates out there. One reason is they have been delaying that Carson Daly show by an hour and a half since 2005... when they first began airing it. Im pretty sure that show was on longer then that.

 

[JeeperOne]

??? Whatever happened to that extreme sport bloopers show they (ie NBC Buffalo) used to air right after Saturday night live? They were funny!!!

As was TV Censored Bloopers & Practical Jokes which was an NBC primetime show hosted by Dick Clark & Ed McMahon back in the 1980s

No reason to believe that show couldn't be modernized & put back on the air (Either in primetime or after SNL). Only question is who would make a good pair to host it since both Dick & Ed are dead? I'm thinking Ryan Seacrest *could* be one of them

Thoughts?

Cheers ;D

 

[nathannah]

I don't know about ALL of America, but Almost Live is a pretty good rerun in Seattle.
Being specific to that market, how many reruns are there?
Maybe soon enough people will actually get tired of those reruns and demand to see
SNL reruns instead...just a guess! 8)

"Almost Live!" has been syndicated twice - once in the early '90s via the fledgling Comedy Central cable network, and again around 1997 to local stations. Since KING-TV no longer produces new episodes, and that much of the content on the show is Seattle-centric, I don't think it would work on a national basis.

Anyone remember Kwik Witz back in the late 90's, which was also designed for that after-SNL timeslot? I remember it originated in Milwaukee back in 1995 as an improv game showcase (like ComedySportz) and that seemed to be the height of programming to counter or compliment SNL like America's Dumbest Criminals, Night Stand with Dick Dietrich (probably has aged horribly but something I'd love to see on Netflix), the MST3K syndication package and Almost Live, while other stations in other markets followed it with Showtime at the Apollo and Soul Train in late night to catch the party crowd getting home, or locally-based horror shlockfest programs which provide a few fun laughs. These days it just seems stations are content to put on the awful 'week in review' shows for newsmagazines or infomercials.

Also checked out 1ST LOOK last night...no offense to Ali Fedotowsky or the show (which is par for the course for a lifestyle show), but she was so perky and happy that it just doesn't seem like a post-SNL show at all and bad scheduling on NBC's part. And of course, it has the whole 'rubbing the 1%er lifestyle in your face' problem going on.

 

[EricStein]

Anyone remember Kwik Witz back in the late 90's, which was also designed for that after-SNL timeslot? I remember it originated in Milwaukee back in 1995 as an improv game showcase (like ComedySportz) and that seemed to be the height of programming to counter or compliment SNL like America's Dumbest Criminals, Night Stand with Dick Dietrich (probably has aged horribly but something I'd love to see on Netflix), the MST3K syndication package and Almost Live, while other stations in other markets followed it with Showtime at the Apollo and Soul Train in late night to catch the party crowd getting home, or locally-based horror shlockfest programs which provide a few fun laughs. These days it just seems stations are content to put on the awful 'week in review' shows for newsmagazines or infomercials.

"Kwik Witz" moved production to WMAQ-TV in Chicago in 1996, the same year it went into national syndication. It was somewhat based off of Britain's "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (the UK version was airing on Comedy Central at the time), and also featured an up-and-coming comic by the name of Wayne Brady from time to time. I remember it being opposite "SNL," following "MAD TV" on the local FOX affiliate. Months before that, the ABC station put Australian import "The Extraordinary" and the syndicated "MST3K Hour" on late Saturday night/early Sunday morning (I recall the drama "Forever Knight" airing in between the two aforementioned shows). Even better was when local stations had access to the syndicated revival of "Night Flight" in the early-'90s.

One thing that has disappeared is the music variety show. "Live From Daryl's House" (Daryl Hall's web-based show edited for TV) currently airs in many cities on Saturday nights, but I'm not sure if it will be syndicated next year. But nothing like "The Midnight Special" or even "It's Showtime at the Apollo" air on broadcast TV anymore.

 

[rgseark2009]

I took a look at TitanTV listings for KARK (my "local" NBC affiliate).  Both those "new" NBC shows are airing at 2am CT since KARK airs "St Mark's Baptist Church" at midnight, an infomercial at 12:30am, and repeats of Judge Joe Brown at 1am.

BTW, KARK has aired that Church program for 20+ years following SNL.

 

[bpatrick]

??? Whatever happened to that extreme sport bloopers show they (ie NBC Buffalo) used to air right after Saturday night live? They were funny!!!

As was TV Censored Bloopers & Practical Jokes which was an NBC primetime show hosted by Dick Clark & Ed McMahon back in the 1980s

No reason to believe that show couldn't be modernized & put back on the air (Either in primetime or after SNL). Only question is who would make a good pair to host it since both Dick & Ed are dead? I'm thinking Ryan Seacrest *could* be one of them

Thoughts?

Cheers ;D

"Roggin's Heroes"? That was funny, and I liked it better than "America's Funniest Home Videos." (I used to think, though, that Fred Roggin and Bob Saget could pass for brothers.) If you're thinking about the "George Michael Sports Machine," I don't remember that being on any night but Sunday. But please...no more shows with Ryan Seacrest. Give somebody else a break, will ya?

 

[crainbebo]

Live from Daryl's House airs here in Seattle at 10-11PM Saturday nights on KZJO 22. It's an OK music show, wish it was still around next year!

-crainbebo

 

[EricStein]

As was TV Censored Bloopers & Practical Jokes which was an NBC primetime show hosted by Dick Clark & Ed McMahon back in the 1980s

No reason to believe that show couldn't be modernized & put back on the air (Either in primetime or after SNL). Only question is who would make a good pair to host it since both Dick & Ed are dead? I'm thinking Ryan Seacrest *could* be one of them

They are bringing back "Bloopers" to syndication, but it looks like a total knockoff of Comedy Central's "Tosh.0" and a show that was syndicated a couple years back called "Smash Cuts." Former TV "Superman" and made-for-DVD movie actor Dean Cain will host.

http://www.trifectaentertainment.com/bloopers_vid.html

 

[blackgold]

I sometimes dream that I'm watching the old WNAC-TV channel 7 at 4 a.m. when they're presenting a live inspirational music spot and the host thanks the performers for showing up before signing the station off. Yawn!

 

[bigman2005]

Anyone remember Kwik Witz back in the late 90's, which was also designed for that after-SNL timeslot? I remember it originated in Milwaukee back in 1995 as an improv game showcase (like ComedySportz) and that seemed to be the height of programming to counter or compliment SNL like America's Dumbest Criminals, Night Stand with Dick Dietrich (probably has aged horribly but something I'd love to see on Netflix), the MST3K syndication package and Almost Live, while other stations in other markets followed it with Showtime at the Apollo and Soul Train in late night to catch the party crowd getting home, or locally-based horror shlockfest programs which provide a few fun laughs. These days it just seems stations are content to put on the awful 'week in review' shows for newsmagazines or infomercials.

"Kwik Witz" moved production to WMAQ-TV in Chicago in 1996, the same year it went into national syndication. It was somewhat based off of Britain's "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (the UK version was airing on Comedy Central at the time), and also featured an up-and-coming comic by the name of Wayne Brady from time to time. I remember it being opposite "SNL," following "MAD TV" on the local FOX affiliate. Months before that, the ABC station put Australian import "The Extraordinary" and the syndicated "MST3K Hour" on late Saturday night/early Sunday morning (I recall the drama "Forever Knight" airing in between the two aforementioned shows). Even better was when local stations had access to the syndicated revival of "Night Flight" in the early-'90s.

One thing that has disappeared is the music variety show. "Live From Daryl's House" (Daryl Hall's web-based show edited for TV) currently airs in many cities on Saturday nights, but I'm not sure if it will be syndicated next year. But nothing like "The Midnight Special" or even "It's Showtime at the Apollo" air on broadcast TV anymore.

Anybody remember "Night Music" with David Sanborn? It came on after SNL, was produced by Broadway Video, and was advertised as "SNL without the comedy".

 

[gregg75]

What killed BLOOPERS was that it went from an entertaining show to one mostly spotlighting
the programs only on it's network (abc I think).......and many of them were lame.

 

[Ultimajock]

What killed BLOOPERS was that it went from an entertaining show to one mostly spotlighting
the programs only on it's network (abc I think)

...TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes was on NBC as a weekly series, but after NBC cancelled it Dick Clark occasionally revived Bloopers as recurring specials on ABC...

 

[vchimpanzee]

??? Whatever happened to that extreme sport bloopers show they (ie NBC Buffalo) used to air right after Saturday night live? They were funny!!!

As was TV Censored Bloopers & Practical Jokes which was an NBC primetime show hosted by Dick Clark & Ed McMahon back in the 1980s

No reason to believe that show couldn't be modernized & put back on the air (Either in primetime or after SNL). Only question is who would make a good pair to host it since both Dick & Ed are dead? I'm thinking Ryan Seacrest *could* be one of them

Thoughts?

Cheers ;D

"Roggin's Heroes"? That was funny, and I liked it better than "America's Funniest Home Videos." (I used to think, though, that Fred Roggin and Bob Saget could pass for brothers.) If you're thinking about the "George Michael Sports Machine," I don't remember that being on any night but Sunday. But please...no more shows with Ryan Seacrest. Give somebody else a break, will ya?

I liked "Bloopers" and would like to see it come back. The closest thing in recent years was hosted by Erik Estrada and Laura Mackenzie.

I also enjoyed "Roggin's Heroes".

 

[Wright County Guy]

These "new" NBC late night shows are reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly after SNL in the Twin Cities: 5-6:30am Sunday mornings.

(To me it makes as much, if not, more sense than 12:02am)