i was wondering what the deal with that was. i live in boston and some show called alias was on so i waited and then the local news came on?
certain cities have decided not to pick up the show, the rumor that I've heard is because it's too lewd. Although at 1205 eastern you're definately going to have a lot of kids watching.
i saw this thing on tv the other day talking about how he quit the man show and started this revamped show to try to pick up more female viewers.
Our local ABC affiliate in Salt Lake is KTVX (who decided to run infomercials instead of airing the World Cup final live last summer) and they indicated they would run the Kimmel show at 135AM last night and have it on its regular schedule at 2:05 AM. After the local news (which runs from 10PM to 1035PM) and Nightline, their schedule calls for them showing an hour of tabloid news programming (Extra and Inside Edition) the Oprah Show (which is a RERUN of the show already broadcast in the afternoon) and an hour of infomercials (their station manager refers to the infomercials as "programming commitments") and finally will show the Kimmell show. I think it's time to fire off another letter to the programming department. (I gave them an earful after last summer's WC final). My perception is that ABC's schedule calls for local stations to show their local news, Nightline, and then the Kimmel show. Is that what anyone is getting?
Show sucked anyway. Don't worry if you missed it. To summarize: * Jimmy Kimmel -- played out, not funny. * Snoopy Dogg Dogg -- funny, low key sidekick of the week. * House band -- pretty good, were playing Queens of the Stone Age music at interludes * George Clooney -- drunk. * Warren Sapp -- uncomfortable, not really asked any deep questions, probably wished he was with his teammates celebrating * Coldplay -- pretentious. At least two of these losers had something about Free Trade written on their hands. I could care less whether you perceive their songs as "good" or "bad" or whatever. But I HATE rock stars who feel the need to write political messages on themselves before performing on national TV (even if I agree with their actual message, like when Eddie Vedder did it on Unplugged). I do not listen to or watch bands to be "informed." I would like to think this show will go away as quickly as Chevy Chase or Magic Johnson.
While I agree with you about being sermonized by rock stars, they are at least consistent. They did the same thing in their untelevised concert in Birmingham last Friday night.
For those of you who don't get Kimmel, this might be why: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40820-2003Jan24.html RS
I noticed during the game that the commercials for the Kimmel show were stopped and local news commercials inserted instead (here in DC). For some reason, I can't seem to access the Post. All I get is some page saying: "This will only take a few seconds. Knowing more about our audience will help us continue to improve our web site and provide ads that are relevant to our audience. It's fast and it's FREE." I fill out the form and just get the same page again. Can anyone fill me in on what the story says about the problem with the show?
Though I get a kick out of the Man Show, it sounds like I didn't miss much last night. Guess it's not that much of a loss having it on in the dead of night. As others pointed out, a lot of comedians have done the interview show thing before and these shows usually don't last very long.
Well, the show was a little sloppy last night, having watched from Snoop Dogg on. But it is the premiere so I figure most people would expect that. I'm really hoping that this show becomes a hit because I like Kimmel, and more importantly, The Sports Guy is one of the writers of the show.
I still find it astonishing that all these dudes from KROQ in Los Angeles are now national celebrities: Carson Daly -- used to do the local dirthead rock reports for KROQ. Now, of course, he is a tool for the nation. Adam Corolla -- used to do a comedy routine on the KROQ morning show where he'd play Mr. Birchum, a crotchety wood shop teacher. Sounds dumb, but it was pretty funny. Then he went on to co-host LoveLine with Dr. Drew and the rest is history. Jimmy Kimmel -- used to be Jimmy the Sports Guy also on the KROQ morning show and was pretty amusing and actually knowledgeable. Then Ben Stein, the Man Show and now ABC. Astounding. I have to say, Adam Corolla is the most talented by a longshot. I don't really like the Man Show, nor the televised Love Line. But when he was on the radio version of Love Line, helping out these tortured teens with sometimes trivial sometimes terrifying sexual problems, he was pretty consistently smart and freakin hilarious. He helped me weather many a late night deadline crunch.
No, no, no...I think the "Make Trade Fair" message was clearly in reference to Tampa Bay having had to give up WAY too much in order to hire Jon Gruden. They're just big NFL fans, those Coldplay kids. Actually, I don't know that I've seen anyone as nervous in my LIFE as Kimmel was last night. He may yet get the hang of it. Later, COZ
I thought I was going to HATE this show. I've watched both nights it has been on, and while it's rough in some spots (bad in some people's books, but good in mine), I think this show can really take off. I love Snoop as this week's co-host too.
Well I watched a bit last night when he had on the Rock. But before that they had dumped fake snow on him and Snoop and it just kept snowing and that bit grew old real quick. When the Rock came out it was still snowing and he looked a lil' annoyed by it. I think it's gonna take him and the show's producers a while before things settle down on there. In the meantime I'll just catch bits and pieces.
the idea of the guest host is pretty cool, and this will definatly dictate the quality of the shows. Snoop is badass. you just have to shove that guy in front of a camera and he's gold. when the guest host is weak, however i don't think i'll watch
I'm pretty sure it's Janeane Garofalo next week. She's about as hit-and-miss as Kimmel with her jokes, so it could be a long week... Snoop's perfect as the cohost, but I couldn't imagine him as the host of a show like this.
So Miss Feminism will be sitting next to the man who took "girls jumping on trampolines" to millions of people? Wow. Hide the steel chairs... Seriously, having Janeane - who I think is one of the funniest people around today - on just makes me madder at WJLA here in DC. Settle this ************ and bring me this show! RS
Obviously, you didn't see the first night of Chevy Chase's talkshow debacle. It was painful watching his hands shake. Thought he was going to soil himself right then and there.
Worst thing I've ever seen last night (Tuesday). Did the guests Kimmel was originally supposed to have all bail out? Come on, they couldn't have had some dumbass paranormal chick and Tammy Faye Baker scheduled all along. The part with Jimmy's uncle was really bad, too, but at least that was obviously premeditated (taped at the DefJam Super Bowl party). The part with the paranormal ghost-chaser was incredibly painful, as she did weird dances and chants to remove the ghosts from the studio. It was one of those things that was so embarassing to watch, if one of your friends walked in the room, you'd switch the TV over to WWE so it looked like you were watching something of substance.