Late Night with Seth Meyers

I remember Letterman getting a little criticism. Leno did, but nowhere near what Conan, Kimmel and Fallon got.

It takes time for a host to find their voice (or in Letterman's case and presumably Fallon's case, adjusting their content from 12:30 to 11:30.

 

When Kimmel first started I thought there was no way he'd last more than a year or so. Not with the competition, time slot, background, etc. And here it is 11 or 12 years later and he's kicking strong. I'd also make it a toss up of who I like more at the moment, him or Fallon.

 

The 1st week of Kimmel was awesome. People were drunk, they were deep frying dummies, Snoop Dog was high. I miss that show.
Of course, I have The Man Show on DVD, so I guess I could pull that out.

 

Didn't he have Mike Tyson as his sidekick during the first week?

 

I just don't see Meyers growing into this in any way that is going to interest me.

Fallon just does things bigger.

 

Posted this on the Tonight Show thread but thought it also fit in here after seeing this comment:

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/jimmy-fallon

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This segment is fairly funny, but I kept thinking it would be funnier -- and more polished -- had Fallon or Kimmel been doing it. Cassandra is a scream, though, and Meyers' ad libs are his best moments.

http://t.today.com/entertainment/seth-meyers-wins-fake-or-florida-game-show-late-night-2D12181954

 

Meyers' delivery will improve. He's so used to performing in front of an audience, I don't think he gets that he's actually supposed to use it and play off them a bit more. He'll get there. I don't think he's been a bad interviewer.

 

That's almost a direct ripoff of a bit Carolla has been doing for about a decade. It's called Germany or Florida and they read a totally fucked-up story and guess whether it happened in Florida or Germany.

 

I don't think Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert or Pete Holmes are appropriate for comparison. They are not the same format. Same timeslot but different shows

I think the Carson-Leno-Letterman-O'Brian format style is a dinosaur. I don't know why Fallon and Myers are recreating it.
It should become extinct.

 

I thought it was Snoop the first week. But it may have been Iron Mike. Either way, I know they were drinking a lot and doing funny, stupid things. And they served beer to the audience and a girl threw up, so they had to stop doing that.

 

Want to know why they're recreating it?

Total viewers from last week:

Fallon - 8.5 million
Letterman - 2.9 million
Kimmel - 2.6 million
Meyers - 2.2 million
Ferguson - 1.5 million
Stewart - 1.3 million
Colbert - 1.1 million
Conan - .7 million

They're going with that format because that's what more people want to watch, and it's not even remotely close.