With just three weeks into the New Year, the Late Show with Stephen Colbert is one of the most anticipated shows of 2015. Scheduled to premiere on September 8, 2015, anticipation for the new show is already building, as we wait with bated breath for it’s arrival.
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“After David Letterman ends an era in late night, we finally get to see the host rip off that formidable mask of irony. A (Colbert) nation will now get to find out what’s underneath.”
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“But who is Stephen Colbert?”
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The title is misleading, but stay with me here! They give a great shout out to Stephen.
“Stephen Colbert moving to The Late Show: While we’ll miss the Colbert Report, we can’t wait to see what the brilliant Stephen Colbert has planned when he moves into CBS’ The Late Show chair.”
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“David Letterman says goodbye in May paving the way for Stephen Colbert to take over CBS’ flagship late night variety show.”
“‘I think people are going to be surprised who he is. He’s so much more than the character,’ says longtime friend Steve Carell.”
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“I believe Colbert may be the biggest talent in late night since the guy he’s replacing, and if he comes up with some scheme to rethink the post-evening-news hour, I will be eager to see what it is. If Colbert wants to blow up the desk, give the man as much dynamite as he needs. But I wouldn’t underestimate the difference Colbert could make just by being himself.”
“In particular, Tassler suggested that Colbert and his team — which includes many who worked with him on The Colbert Report — are looking at the underpinnings of the late-night talk show to see if any of it needs reconsideration or even reinvention. One of the host’s concerns, she said, was that he knew he would be ditching the character he used to host The Colbert Report and hosting as the “real” Stephen Colbert. But she also felt he would have good instincts about how to handle that transition.
“He’s a real student of the media. He knows the format better than anybody,” she said of Colbert’s knowledge of talk shows. “There will be parts that will be traditional, in some context, and then there will be things he’s going to try to do differently.”
It should be said that promises to break open the late-night talk show format seem to pop up every time someone takes over one of the late-night institutions, yet any changes made to the format tend to be mostly incremental. However, Colbert and his team are incredibly clever and smart about how TV works. It makes more sense to hope they might pull it off than most other hosts who land late-night shows.”
“While Stephen Colbert has hosted The Colbert Report since 2005, he’s been in character as “Stephen Colbert,” blowhard conservative and Apple fanatic, the entire time. Though it’ll be sad to see David Letterman depart the Late Show after so many years, it should be interesting to see where Colbert and crew take the program, and how the comedian-host’s skills translate to mass-market late night TV. Things look good, just knowing him and his style, but late night has the potential to throw wrenches in anyone’s best-laid plans, no matter how smart and witty they might be. Here’s hoping Colbert finds his footing quickly and with his characteristic flair.”
Anticipation for the 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert'
With just three weeks into the New Year, the Late Show with Stephen Colbert is one of the most anticipated shows of 2015. Scheduled to premiere on September 8, 2015, anticipation for the new show is already building, as we wait with bated breath for it’s arrival.
“After David Letterman ends an era in late night, we finally get to see the host rip off that formidable mask of irony. A (Colbert) nation will now get to find out what’s underneath.”
“But who is Stephen Colbert?”
The title is misleading, but stay with me here! They give a great shout out to Stephen.
“Stephen Colbert moving to The Late Show: While we’ll miss the Colbert Report, we can’t wait to see what the brilliant Stephen Colbert has planned when he moves into CBS’ The Late Show chair.”
“David Letterman says goodbye in May paving the way for Stephen Colbert to take over CBS’ flagship late night variety show.”
“‘I think people are going to be surprised who he is. He’s so much more than the character,’ says longtime friend Steve Carell.”
“I believe Colbert may be the biggest talent in late night since the guy he’s replacing, and if he comes up with some scheme to rethink the post-evening-news hour, I will be eager to see what it is. If Colbert wants to blow up the desk, give the man as much dynamite as he needs. But I wouldn’t underestimate the difference Colbert could make just by being himself.”
“In particular, Tassler suggested that Colbert and his team — which includes many who worked with him on The Colbert Report — are looking at the underpinnings of the late-night talk show to see if any of it needs reconsideration or even reinvention. One of the host’s concerns, she said, was that he knew he would be ditching the character he used to host The Colbert Report and hosting as the “real” Stephen Colbert. But she also felt he would have good instincts about how to handle that transition.
“He’s a real student of the media. He knows the format better than anybody,” she said of Colbert’s knowledge of talk shows. “There will be parts that will be traditional, in some context, and then there will be things he’s going to try to do differently.”
It should be said that promises to break open the late-night talk show format seem to pop up every time someone takes over one of the late-night institutions, yet any changes made to the format tend to be mostly incremental. However, Colbert and his team are incredibly clever and smart about how TV works. It makes more sense to hope they might pull it off than most other hosts who land late-night shows.”
“While Stephen Colbert has hosted The Colbert Report since 2005, he’s been in character as “Stephen Colbert,” blowhard conservative and Apple fanatic, the entire time. Though it’ll be sad to see David Letterman depart the Late Show after so many years, it should be interesting to see where Colbert and crew take the program, and how the comedian-host’s skills translate to mass-market late night TV. Things look good, just knowing him and his style, but late night has the potential to throw wrenches in anyone’s best-laid plans, no matter how smart and witty they might be. Here’s hoping Colbert finds his footing quickly and with his characteristic flair.”