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In the context of the discussion about the death of late night, a new late night show is about to debut on CNN:

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CNN to Debut Nighttime Show with Elex Michaelson Next Week

The new program will be based in Los Angeles and will cover "stories that audiences care about across sport, health, technology, entertainment and more," according to the network.
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This new talk show will air starting at midnight ET. It will be based in LA, so it will be 9PM PT.
 
TheBigA said:
In the context of the discussion about the death of late night, a new late night show is about to debut on CNN:

barrettmedia.com

CNN to Debut Nighttime Show with Elex Michaelson Next Week

The new program will be based in Los Angeles and will cover "stories that audiences care about across sport, health, technology, entertainment and more," according to the network.
barrettmedia.com barrettmedia.com

This new talk show will air starting at midnight ET. It will be based in LA, so it will be 9PM PT.
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why on CNN and not TBS where they had Conan? trying to prop up CNN All Access
 
nomadcowatbk said:
why on CNN and not TBS where they had Conan? trying to prop up CNN All Access
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TBS is a linear cable asset that, barring a sale of the whole, Warner Bros. Discovery intends to spin off. They want this and yeah, they want it on CNN All Access.

Given that it will literally have everything that’s on CNN plus additional content and hasn’t launched yet, “prop up” is an odd phrase.
 
nomadcowatbk said:
why on CNN and not TBS where they had Conan? trying to prop up CNN All Access
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The success of Gutfield on Fox News has shown there can be an audience for talk on news/talk TV that isn't strictly political. The difference is that Fox News started with a massive local audience, and CNN doesn't. But CNN is the place for talk. CNN needs to find an identity that is broader than what it is, and not stick with political news. People are tired of it. They want talk without being divisive.
 
AbrahamJSimpson said:
Do they? And do they want it on that outlet? Remains to be seen. Gutfield is hardly “non-divisive.” Wrapping a few jokes and trappings of a “traditional” late-night show doesn’t change the hard slant.
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We'll find out. It debuts tonight. Elex won't be "non-divisive" either. But he'll be talking to the vast audience that doesn't watch Fox News.
 
The new CNN show sounds like relatively low cost programming and it eliminates 2 hours of repeated prime time programming CNN currently airs at midnight ET which probably attracts very low viewership.
 
Larry said:
The new CNN show sounds like relatively low cost programming and it eliminates 2 hours of repeated prime time programming CNN currently airs at midnight ET which probably attracts very low viewership.
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Low cost live programming is still way more expensive than repeats. So it's likely this is an audition for something bigger.
 
TheBigA said:
The success of Gutfield on Fox News has shown there can be an audience for talk on news/talk TV that isn't strictly political.
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I'm sorry, what?

Gutfeld is all about politics and the culture wars.

Kimmel and Meyers are political off the top of their shows, but usually, after 11-15 minutes, they're pretty standard entertainment shows. Colbert stretches it out further by booking politicians, elected officials and Supreme Court justices as guests, but there's almost always a second guest that steers it back into entertainment.
 
CNN has been trying to expand since Anthony Bourdain. Stanley Tucci, Eva Longoria and now Tony Shaloub all have travel/food shows. A late-night show that is no more political than what the others do makes sense.
 
michael hagerty said:
I'm sorry, what?

Gutfeld is all about politics and the culture wars.

Kimmel and Meyers are political off the top of their shows, but usually, after 11-15 minutes, they're pretty standard entertainment shows. Colbert stretches it out further by booking politicians, elected officials and Supreme Court justices as guests, but there's almost always a second guest that steers it back into entertainment.
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late night TV since Leno and Letterman retired stop revolving around traditional topical humor and has become straight up political humor that often left leaning hence why the republicans including President Trump want all late night shows canceled, i think it played a factor for why Conan retired from late night and decided to do a travel show on HBO Max. i think Jimmy Fallon is the least political of the current late night shows on network TV as Myers is directly political, as is Kimmel and Colbert and we all know Daily Show and Last Week Tonight with Jon Oliver and Real Time with Bill Maher are truly political based late night shows on cable (or in the case of Oliver and Maher, premium cable/streaming). Greg Gutfield's show on Fox News is not a late night talk show, it's a late night news/opinion show pretending to be one, and Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen is not a late night show in the traditional sense as it's more of a recap/interview show similar to Talking Dead (the recap show that aired after The Walking Dead that recapped The Walking Dead episode the aired before the broadcast).
 
Will_H_69_9 said:
late night TV since Leno and Letterman retired stop revolving around traditional topical humor and has become straight up political humor that often left leaning hence why the republicans including President Trump want all late night shows canceled, i think it played a factor for why Conan retired from late night and decided to do a travel show on HBO Max. i think Jimmy Fallon is the least political of the current late night shows on network TV as Myers is directly political, as is Kimmel and Colbert and we all know Daily Show and Last Week Tonight with Jon Oliver and Real Time with Bill Maher are truly political based late night shows on cable (or in the case of Oliver and Maher, premium cable/streaming). Greg Gutfield's show on Fox News is not a late night talk show, it's a late night news/opinion show pretending to be one, and Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen is not a late night show in the traditional sense as it's more of a recap/interview show similar to Talking Dead (the recap show that aired after The Walking Dead that recapped The Walking Dead episode the aired before the broadcast).
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As I said, Kimmel, Meyers and Colbert each do 11-15 minutes of politics off the top of their shows. That’s 25 to 33% of the show. Some nights Colbert’s lead guest is political. It happens, but less frequently, for Kimmel and Seth.
 
TheBigA said:
We'll find out. It debuts tonight. Elex won't be "non-divisive" either. But he'll be talking to the vast audience that doesn't watch Fox News.
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CNN shows Real Time with Bill Maher Saturday nights.o_O:confused: (n) Sadly its watched by 700,000 that night, but I never saw his appeal and think he's an ass.
 
tall_guy1 said:
CNN shows Real Time with Bill Maher Saturday nights.o_O:confused: (n) Sadly its watched by 700,000 that night, but I never saw his appeal and think he's an ass.
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I was going to mention that Maher's show airs Saturday nights at 8 pm est on CNN. It always seems to get 6-800,000 viewers a week. Sometimes I listen to it on Saturday nights.
 
Will_H_69_9 said:
late night TV since Leno and Letterman retired stop revolving around traditional topical humor and has become straight up political humor that often left leaning hence why the republicans including President Trump want all late night shows canceled
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Whew, remember the good old days when we lived in a free, democratic country and people outside of the rightwing media sphere were allowed to share their opinions without the Head of State wanting all their shows canceled and the broadcasters' licenses revoked?
 
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