Comments on: Fallon to Find His Late Night Show Online

By: Jimmy Fallon Plays It Safe, Not Funny, On Late Night « NewTeeVee

Jimmy Fallon Plays It Safe, Not Funny, On Late Night « NewTeeVee — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:32:48 +0000

[...] no. Not really. Back in July, Lorne Michaels promised that Fallon and his team would be producing 5-10 minute episodes of the new Late Night for web distribution. But in the time since that announcement the Fallon online experience has been downgraded from [...]

By: Jimmy Fallon Plays It Safe, Not Funny, On Late Night - NewTeeVee Station

Jimmy Fallon Plays It Safe, Not Funny, On Late Night - NewTeeVee Station — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:04:31 +0000

By: Moonves: The Internet is a Lab for TV « NewTeeVee

Moonves: The Internet is a Lab for TV « NewTeeVee — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:00:28 +0000

[...] this year, NBC announced that it would start airing the upcoming Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on the web first, to work out the kinks and find its groove before the show was broadcast on [...]

By: Liz Gannes

Liz Gannes — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:42:37 +0000

I know what you mean, Alec -- it was interesting to read both this and the Ben Silverman take on quarterlife last night. But it's not like online audiences aren't quick to judge as well.

By: Alec McNayr

Alec McNayr — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:28:10 +0000

It's good to test things out, but I wonder what would happen if his numbers really did poorly online... would big, bad, profit-minded media still have the guts to let him keep his TV gig in the spring?

I hope it doesn't happen that way, because he really is funny, but the networks haven't proven themselves to like "experimenting" too much...

By: Bobby Jennings

Bobby Jennings — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:43:32 +0000

That's great! Maybe he could give a shot to online comedians Kevin Brueck and Bobby Jennings of WAF to come on as writers for his show. That would be radical.