On right now, new show, but my guide doesn't have it on again the rest of the week, at least in this timeslot.

Good stuff. Kinda like TDS/Colbert before Comedy Central got B-list hosts

2/8/2016 10:38:51 PM

I like the idea that Jon Stewart (star of Short Attention Span Theater) and Stephen Colbert (supporting player on cable sitcom Strangers With Candy) were not B-list hosts when they started.

This is not to disparage them; Stewart was close to taking over for Letterman in 1993, but a 12:30 TV show is the very definition of B-list.

Stewart & Colbert made themselves A-listers through their work. TDS and an 11:30 cable show are not A-list jobs.

[Edited on February 9, 2016 at 1:54 PM. Reason : 4]

2/9/2016 1:40:42 PM

it's not like Stewart had his own late night talk show for 2 years before TDS or anything

2/9/2016 1:59:45 PM

Zach Galifiankis had his own show half a decade before becoming an A-list celebrity

2/9/2016 2:20:35 PM

feels like this thread is getting off track

apparently this show is just gonna be once a week

[Edited on February 9, 2016 at 2:25 PM. Reason : .]

2/9/2016 2:23:23 PM

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"feels like this thread is getting off track"

says the guy who set out bait in the first post

2/9/2016 2:27:35 PM

Was hoping there would be no images in this thread. Fully pleased.

2/9/2016 2:28:21 PM

says the one of the guys who is overanalyzing the fuck out of the first post

[Edited on February 9, 2016 at 2:28 PM. Reason : .]

2/9/2016 2:28:29 PM

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"it's not like Stewart had his own late night talk show for 2 years before TDS or anything"

He had a talk show on fucking MTV that was changed for syndication and lasted less than a year.

It was a good show, but it was decidedly B-list.

Trevor Noah was a standup with some industry traction, just like Jon Stewart when he got TDS.

Larry Wilmore was an excellent and influential TDS contributor, just like Colbert when he started the Report.

2/9/2016 8:34:42 PM

It lasted 2 years. And he had bigger stars on it than Larry Wilmore or Trevor Noah had ever messed with.

I guess my biggest mistake was calling Wilmore and Noah B-list when they're more like C- or D-list.

Meanwhile, Sam B did her thing last night, in case anyone other than me actually watched the topic of the thread.

Format is no guests, but basically like a 15-minute "monologue" / joke session, then one of the on-site interviews / stories like TDS and TCR did so well. At least that's how the premiere went.

Bottom line is Sam B has more TDS and other comedy clout than any of the current 11pm-12am Comedy Central hosts, which should've been pretty obvious as my points in the OP.

2/10/2016 1:18:15 AM

Samantha Bee rules, but her comedy clout is nowhere near as large as Larry Wilmores

2/10/2016 8:32:35 AM