Almost as soon as it aired, 'Late Night' became one of the most buzzed-about shows on television.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I feel my shows are like a late-night talk show that we settle down and do every night.
The truth is, we have this idea that late night is about creativity and being cool, but that's not our job. Our job is to get as many people watching the commercials in between our show. That's the reality of it.
Fallon tells me about first starting 'Late Night': how he knew audiences were dubious.
If I have one criticism of the other late-night shows, it's that they're almost entirely scripted.
Late-night television is like the cereal aisle in the supermarket: too many choices. Also, too many 'different' brands that really aren't different at all.
I'm on the Internet a lot more than I watch TV and most everybody I know is, and yet if you watch most late-night talk shows, it's as if it doesn't even exist.
Late night television is ready for someone like me... standards have gone to an all-time low.
In my whole career, in fact, I can remember only two first nights when a show was at its peak on the first night. And I just wish we could devise a system where critics came not on a single evening but were given a choice of performances to attend.
I'm kind of an insomniac and watch TV late at night.
There seems to be a vulnerability at the networks in late night. They are losing more and more audience, particularly young viewers who are now looking at cable television. 'Tonight' is an old show. CBS has reruns, and having a public affairs series like 'Nightline' on ABC is a big mistake.