'Conan' on TBS HD - Page 2

I for one thought Conan could get some A stars on the show for his first night. Might have tried to get Robin Williams after the tiraed he went on in one of Conans last shows on Tonight. Bottom line on Conan, Jay and Dave is they all have a tired format. As Ken stated, no one can touch Johnny Carson.

One nice thing, since I am in the Mountain time zone (aka the forgotten zone) we get Conan at 9. Then news at 10, Leno/Dave at 10:35..so all options are open.

Conan Says Hello To 4.16 Million In TBS Debut

Premiere Leads Late-Night Among 18-49 Set With 3.29 Million

Mike Reynolds -- Multichannel News, 11/9/2010 1:45:53 PM

Chalk one up for Team Coco.

As expected, Conan O'Brien's new late-night show opened big -- playing before more than 4 million during its premiere on TBS.

Conan averaged almost 4.16 million watchers on Monday night in the 11 p.m., according to Nielsen data. Included in that total were some 3.29 million of the Madison Avenue-coveted persons 18-to-49 set.

That gave Conan the Nov. 8 edge over CBS's Late Show with David Letterman and NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, which claimed 1.34 million and 952,000 of those viewers, respectively, as well as Comedy Central's 11 p.m. hour pair of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (687,000) and The Colbert Report (551,000). For its part, Lopez Tonight, benefiting from its Conan lead-in on TBS, notched 833,000 persons in the demo in the midnight hour, to finish fourth for the night with that group.

Conan, which featured guests and Seth Rogen, Lea Michele and guitarist Jack White, with whom O'Brien played a duet, also garnered a large number of younger viewers, with 2.45 million persons 18 to 34, as the premiere played before a projected median age of 30.

TBS said O'Brien has a strong following among younger viewers, and social media has proven to be a key way for him to connect with his fans. "Conan's audience has been very vocal online, and he clearly made a smooth transition from Twitter to TBS," said Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks, in a statement. "Conan delivered an extraordinary audience and stands out as the youngest late-night talk show on television."

On Nov. 9, Conan will feature Tom Hanks, Jack McBrayer and Soundgarden. Upcoming guests: Jon Hamm, Fistful of Mercy and Charlyne Yi on Wednesday; and Michael Cera, Julie Bowen and Jon Dore on Thursday.

While most observers anticipated big sampling for Conan coming out of the gate, the question will be at what level will show settle, particularly relatively to the 18-to-49 crowd. Some have suggested that TBS's target is a 1 million-plus average among those viewers. Last month, Comedy's The Daily Show, averaged 1.3 million against that demo, marking the first time someone not named Jay or Dave led with that group for a full month since at least 2000.

The following was the late-night performance for the new TV season through Halloween:



Late-Night Viewing In New TV Season

Source: Nielsen, from Sept. 20 through Oct. 31, 2010.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/..._TBS_Debut.php

I think the "Ed Sullivan Theater" is one of two major production centers CBS has in NYC, so it's hard to imagine they're not putting the best the network has into those operations. I suspect TBS might have just put the job up for bid, so to speak.

As mentioned upthread, there's also going to be a different look and feel for a theater than a studio.

As for the program itself, the cold open was terrific. After seeing that, along with the cold open he did on the first night of TTS, I kind of wonder if he'd be better served by developing some vehicle in the future that took advantage of his skills in 'field' or 'narrative' pieces rather than a talk show proper.

The moon thing was funny I liked the first night back and its just the first night so I am sure once they get into there grove again it will get even better.

I thought it was a very funny show.

Great Job Conan!

It was funny, but when are they EVER going to use it again? It's not very practical. Now, if they could work it into some skits, maybe, but I don't see how.

Letterman's theater is very nice, but the set itself is a bit dated at this point. They could use a refresh.

Conan's set was very reminiscent of his Tonight Show set, but with less homage to Late Night (for obvious reasons), a little less flair (perhaps purposefully so), and on a slightly smaller scale (though I think that's mostly due to the much lower ceiling).

It's going to shift between monologue and sit down segment so it's always over his shoulder. It's not meant for bits.

Speaking of dated sets, Conan's is brand new yet it looks like the guy that designed the Brady Bunch sets designed it.

I was fortunate enough to see Conan at his old late night gig in feb 08 and his tonight show gig in august 09. I thought his first episode for tbs was good. Not amazing, but he is the same Conan I've been watching for 15years. I'm excited that he's back

These are the people that came up with the masturbating bear just because it is not meant for bits won't stop them from using it in a bit.

Cool!!

Checking in tonight.

Currently watching the 2nd episode. I thought the codes and standards bit was pretty funny. I was dying from the Tokyo Sandblaster!

Interesting that Leno finished 3rd. Maybe Conan is taking more viewers away from Leno than Letterman. Poetic justice maybe.

No comments on the quality of the HD? In my opinion it is far below any other late night show; very soft, almost 480i resolution. Lopez is much sharper by comparsion.

Really? I was going to comment that it was the best. :|

The HD looks really good to me via Directv.

That was the one thing that stood out for me most. If he's like that all the time, I'll watch it just for him. I stopped watching the old show regularly after he left.

Other than that, the thing that stood out 2nd most for me was that there were way too many commercials and breaks, and way not enough show. And the whole experience was at warp speed. They need to tone down that "ADHD" approach some.

Gearing it towards a "younger" crowd is one thing, but they don't have to make it like a video game.

That won't (as in WILL NOT) continue.

Huh? And we thought the guys at NBC didn't know what they were talking about half the time.

For one thing, O'Brien's pushing 50.

For another, there are younger.

Yeah, he was there.

Same here. I watched him once a week or so ago, and for some reason, he was entirely different that night. It was like he was on some kind of drug to calm him down and make him more "normal"-acting.

He wasn't doing any of those inappropriate facial tics, head-tilts and expressions, his normally bulging, glassy eyes were slitty and half-closed, and most of the jokes were actually funny.

I hadn't seen the show in months, and I got fooled into thinking maybe things had improved, but it appears it was just an anomaly.

4.2 Million Watch Conan's Debut Which Beats Leno, Letterman, Stewart & Colbert

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 9, 2010 @ 10:00am PST

It was a great opening for Conan O'Brien on TBS last night. The comedian's eponymous talk show drew big 4.2 million viewers and massive 3.3 million adults 18-49 and 2.5 million in 18-34 to rank as the top-rated latenight show on TV - broadcast or cable - last night.
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This was an impressive 2/3+ of the audience he attracted for his debut on NBC's The Tonight Show in May 2009. Conan ranked as the No.1 latenight talk show telecast of all time on basic cable, beating The Daily Show's Oct. 29, 2008 edition. It also topped all other latenight telecasts in basic cable history. The show's median age was also impressive: 30, the lowest among all latenight shows and half of that for the big broadcast latenight franchises.

Conan towered over its direct competition, Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (1.3 million; 690,000 in 18-49) and The Colbert Report (1 million; 550,000 in 18-49) and also beat its broadcast counterparts, Leno (3.5 million, 952,000 in 18-49) and Letterman (3.4 million; 1.3 million in 18-49).

While Leno and Letterman are not direct competitors as their airtime is shifted by a half-hour, beating soundly The Tonight Show must have been gratifying for Conan following his dismissal from the show 9 months ago.


Despite having direct latenight show competition for the first time, The Daily Show was pretty resilient in total viewers, down a modest 13% from its season-to-date Monday viewer average. The hit was bigger in the 18-49 demographic, 21%. Colbert at 11:30 PM followed a similar pattern (down 12% in total viewers, 25% in 18-49 from its season average.) Stewart opened his show by congratulating O'Brien on his return to TV until he "realized" Conan was airing opposite him. (video below the chart.)

The big launch for Conan follows a brilliant campaign that incorporated savvily social media, especially Twitter, Conan's first outlet following his exit from NBC. Conan's audience has been very vocal online, and he clearly made a smooth transition from Twitter to TBS, said Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks. Conan delivered an extraordinary audience and stands out as the youngest talk show on television."

Conan's Monologue & Opening Video) Conan also provided a boost to his lead-out, TBS' Lopez Tonight, which logged what appear to be the show's best numbers at least in a long while. Note Letterman's big lead over Leno in adults 18-49, which comes on the heels of Letterman topping his longtime rival for the first time since Leno retook The Tonight Show:

http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/what...nan-a-success/

youngest AUDIENCE....

not youngest host....

Loved the Standards and Practices bit. And it was weird watching him set up the time-lapse recreation of them building his set, because he had just done the same thing on the Tonight Show. Was pleasantly surprised at what the actual joke was though. Hilarious.

‘Conan’ Second Night Falls 25% To A 2.1 Preliminary Household Rating

By Bill Gorman– November 10, 2010

After a 2.8 household rating in the preliminary metered markets for premiere of Conan on TBS, his second night fell 25% to a 2.1 household rating (i.e. 2.1% of US TV households on average watched the show) in Nielsen’s metered market overnight data. These are not the adults 18-49 ratings we typically report on the site. We’ll have viewership and adults 18-49 (and perhaps other) demo group ratings later today.

If his adults 18-49 rating declines by a similar % it will be in the neighborhood of a 1.9 adults 18-49 rating.

Last night’s other late night show’s preliminary HH ratings:

Letterman’s Late Night: 3.0, Leno’s Tonight Show: 2.5, ABC’s Nightline: 3.2
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/11/10...d-rating/71535

Compare to Monday:


http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...0#post19460190

Another funny show. The skit with standards and practices had us LOL. Tom Hanks was great and always goes above and beyond when he is a guest on Conan's show and the Whale segment was another perfect example of that. Only downer was Soundgarden who indeed sounded like they hadn't played together in 13 years and I'm a fan of theirs. I feel this show is only going to get better and better as they settle in and will be a nightly viewer for sure.

He's hard to miss. He's in the band's front row, second from the right, with the big white Panama hat.

Since U-Verse carries both TBS HD and TBS HDW in California, I have access to the show at 8pm, 10pm replay, 11pm, and 1am replay. 4 different times to catch the show! I've set up the DVR to record the TBSHD broadcast at 10pm, since I typically have other programming scheduled at 8pm, but whenever possible I'll try and watch the earlier broadcast. It'll be nice not having to stay up until 12:30 every night to watch the show like I did with TTS.


Well, from the second show, it looks like they were indeed able to work it into a skit. The whale bit with Tom Hanks was hilarious! So it appears that in addition to the moving moon (which another poster pointed out moves between monologue and desk), they can use it as a blue screen.

Did anyone else notice that when the moon moves, its reflection in the bay also moves?

Soundgarden sounded good to me. The problem was that crappy new song they decided to play. Would have loved to hear a classic instead - Blow up the Outside World or something along those lines. I was wondering where the whale bit was going, and was pleased with the result. Good to see the creator of CoCo getting his come uppance.