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Arsenio Hall canceled
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Too bad. But it really felt dated in the context of what the Jimmys are doing. I'd switch from Arsenio to Fallon, and Jimmy had skits and unusual bits with his guests. Arsenio was just a talk show. This kind of talk-oriented talk is better for cable. Arsenio got great guests, including a few who normally don't do TV. But most of the time the show dragged.
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This is pretty suspicious, since the show had a two-year deal in place. It was even officially announced as renewed back in February. Something doesn't add up.
The conspiracy theorist in me says this is CBS responding to Tribune, after Liguori's comments towards The CW. (Arsenio was launched as a partnership between CBS and Tribune, and aired on Tribune's CW affiliates.) Perhaps a display of "We make and control the content. Learn your place."
The conspiracy theorist in me says this is CBS responding to Tribune, after Liguori's comments towards The CW. (Arsenio was launched as a partnership between CBS and Tribune, and aired on Tribune's CW affiliates.) Perhaps a display of "We make and control the content. Learn your place."
It was a bit of a shock, especially when they already announced a renewal for season two. Maybe he can take the show to WGN America exclusively, now that CBS is out of the picture.
possibly those Seinfeld and Friends reruns that used to air in the slot made more $
bring back The Magic Hour or the Keynan Ivory Wayans show
Exactly. It's as if we moved from 1991 straight to 2014 a missed all the years in between. He should never have won The Apprentice either. Trump though Arsenio was ready to make a comeback and needed "a big lift" from the Donald. Clay Aiken was the runner up and Trump thought he was washed up.......looks like it was the other way around.
Should Arsenio run for congress?
I'd vote for him. He's in it for the right reasons. He listens.
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Do you have even the slightest clue about what a Congressional Representative actually does?
I do. I spent a few years in Washington covering the House and Senate. I got to know quite a few of them and their staffs. So yes. Arsenio would be a good Rep. He'd be responsible, he wouldn't play games with our government, and he would gladly work for free. But like most smart people, he'd rather stay home than deal with the mess our government has become.
Great, then Old Anvil Puss could backstab Arsenio as he did Conan. (Hey, heyheyhey??)
This was easy to predict. The late-night field is way too crowded, IMO. Hall may be a great person, but we didn't need this show, and we certainly don't need a Jay Leno re-boot. Another easy guess is that Leno isn't interested - he may miss doing his show, but he's got all the money he'll ever need, and more time to do stand-up on the road (for big money). A new Leno show would likely NOT be number one (remember his 10:00 prime-time fiasco?), and I would think he'd be afraid his last TV effort would be a less than a huge hit.
Exactly. There are way too many late night talk shows and they are all basically doing the same thing.
Which means there's room for someone doing something different. Whatever that is.
I really had hope for Arsenio, but I started losing interest in the show...not so much because of the quality of quests (and I'm of the belief that a B/C-level guest can be just as entertaining and interesting than a so-called A-level star), but his monologues were dated, and nearly all of his skits were just flat-out awful. I did like the episodes that Eddie Murphy and Prince, and more recently with Bill Cosby.
I think he waited perhaps 10-15 years too late to make a comeback...nineteen years is far too long to make a return to a segment of television that's more overcrowded than before, and still expect to be relevant.
I think he waited perhaps 10-15 years too late to make a comeback...nineteen years is far too long to make a return to a segment of television that's more overcrowded than before, and still expect to be relevant.
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That "same thing" is interviewing people. A talented interviewer interviewing an interesting guest is, surprise surprise, interesting. A not-so-talented interviewer, or a not-so-interesting guest would not be interesting.
I can't speak for anyone else, but when I'm deciding what late night show I want to watch, I scan through the on-screen listings to see who the guests are. Whichever host has the guest I most want to hear being interviewed is the one I watch. I don't care nearly as much who is doing the interviewing as who is the interviewee. I suspect that many, many other members of the audience look at late night TV the exact same way.
The only thing I object to is having to sit through twenty minutes or so of really lame comedy skits wasting time between the monologue and the first guest.
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